Primary education information for parents - Applying for an out of zone school in Wirral

If you want to send your child to a school outside your catchment area (or parish for Aided schools) you will need to include it as a preference on your online or paper application and return it by 15 January 2024.

This kind of application cannot always be agreed. For example, if a school is already full, the Local Authority cannot allow the school to become overcrowded. The admission authority must also make sure that there are not more than 30 children in Foundation and Infant classes.

You are advised to always include your zoned school as one of your other preferences in case a place cannot be allocated at the out of zone school.

Sometimes there will be room in an out of zone school for some but not all of the children whose parents have asked for places.