If you want your child to be educated at a school maintained by another English local authority, you must name that school as one of your preferences on your Wirral Parental Preference Application. Wirral Local Authority will then send your application to the relevant local education authority.
You will be told by Wirral Authority whether your application has been successful on 3 March 2025 as detailed above.
Parents who live outside Wirral
If you live elsewhere in England you do not complete a Wirral preference form. If you want your child to go to a Wirral school, you must name the school on your home authority’s preference form and they will send your details to us. If you live in any other country, including Wales or Scotland, you must complete a Wirral preference form if you want your child to go to a Wirral school. No matter where you live, if you want your child to be assessed for a grammar school in Wirral, you must have told us by 31 May 2024.