Secondary education information for parents

Admission arrangements

The arrangements described below apply to children born between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014. We will not normally offer places in community secondary schools to children born after 31 August 2014.

Places at community schools are decided by the Director of Children, Families and Education according to the arrangements made by the local authority and described on this webpage. Places in academy, foundation, trust and voluntary aided schools are decided by the governing bodies of those schools according to arrangements they have made after consultation. You can get details of the admission policies from the relevant school.

The governing bodies of Calday Grange Grammar School, West Kirby Grammar School, Wirral Grammar School for Boys and Wirral Grammar School for Girls have reached an agreement with the authority on how their admission procedures will work. If parents want their children to be considered for places at these schools, Wirral Local Authority will assess these children on behalf of the school. The assessments for St Anselm’s College and Upton Hall School (FCJ) will be carried out by those schools.

School open days and evenings

We recommend that you visit school open days to find out more about them. Contact schools to find out more about about their open days and evenings.