Halton Local Authority's Admissions

Application to Secondary 2021

Applications are now open online for parents/carers of children in Year 6 wishing to make an application for their child to start Secondary School in September 2021.

Apply Online​

The deadline for Secondary 2021 applications is Saturday 31^st October 2020. Don’t be late as this may reduce your chances of being offered a place at one of your preferred schools

For information regarding secondary schools in Halton and their admissions policies, please take a look at the Admission to Secondary School 2021 Booklet​ before making an application.

If you are unable to apply online please email schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk for a paper application form.

You may also find the following documents useful when preparing your application:

• Myths about Secondary School applications
• Secondary 2020 Summary​​​

​Application to Primary 2021

Applications are now open online for parents/carers of children born between 01/09/2016 and 31/08/2017 and wishing to make an application for their child to start Primary School in September 2021.​

Apply Online

The deadline for Primary 2021 applications is Friday 15^th January 2021. Don’t be late as this may reduce your chances of being offered a place at one of your preferred schools

For information regarding primary schools in Halton and their admissions policies, please take a look at the Admission to Primary School 2021 Booklet before making an application.

If you are unable to apply online please email schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk for a paper application form.​

You may also find the following documents useful when preparing your application:

• Myths about Primary School applications
• Primary 2020 Summary ​

​​Application to Primary or Secondary School September 2020

If you have not yet applied for your child, or need to make a change of preference, for Reception class or Year 7 in September 2020, please email schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk for the application forms and a list of current vacancies or call us on 0151 5117338/5117271.​​​​

Requests to educate outside of normal age group

For parents of summer-born children (those born between April 1st and August 31st), wishing to make a formal request to educate their child outside of their normal age group (i.e. they start Reception class in 2022 instead of 2021), please complete and return this Defer Primary Application form to schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk before the deadline of 15th January 2021.

Your preference school(s) will be contacted and a decision will be made in the best interests of the child at the earliest opportunity.

​PREPARING YOUR CHILD FOR SCHOOL

To help you in getting your child ready for school Halton has an Early Years Strategy and has also prepared a booklet with guidance on how to prepare your child for school and how to get support from birth up to five years old, The Early Years Newborn to 5 Years Booklet.

HALTON BOROUGH COUNCIL DETERMINED ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS AND CO-ORDINATED SCHEMES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2020 INTAKE

In accordance with statutory requirements Halton Local Authority consulted between 8th October and 16th November 2018 on its proposed admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools, and co-ordinated primary and secondary admission schemes which apply to all schools in Halton for the September 2020 intake. At a meeting held on 16th January 2019 the Council’s Executive Board agreed the arrangements and a link to the determined arrangements is attached below.  ​

• ​Scheme For The Co-ordination Of Admission Arrangements For Secondary Schools - 2020/21 Academic Year 

Voluntary Aided Schools and Academy/Free Schools who intend amending their arrangements may be undertaking their own consultation and you should visit the school’s website where those details should be available for viewing. Halton Local Authority’s Annual Report to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator 2019. Office of the Schools Adjudicator annual report is also available​.

HALTON BOROUGH COUNCIL DETERMINED ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS AND CO-ORDINATED SCHEMES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2021 INTAKE

Following consultation, the Council’s Executive Board at the meeting held on 16th January 2020, determined the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for the September 2021 intake, and the Primary and Secondary coordinated admission schemes for the September 2021 intake, which apply to all schools in Halton (Academy, Free Schools, Voluntary Aided, Community, and Voluntary Controlled). The documents are linked below:

• Halton Determined Co-ordinated Secondary School Admissions Scheme 2021
• Halton Determined Co-ordinated Primary School Admissions Scheme 2021

Anyone wishing to make an objection to Halton’s determined admission arrangements must contact the Schools Adjudicator​ ​by15th May 2020 to register ​their objection. Details regarding the admission arrangements for Academies and Voluntary Aided schools in Halton can be found on the school’s own website, along with details of how to formally object.​

Halton LA Report to the Schools Adjudicator

• Halton Local Authority’s Annual Report to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator 2020. Office of the Schools Adjudicator annual report is also available.​
  

School Place Planning Strategy

• School Place Planning Strategy​

Data Protection

Halton Borough Council is the Data Controller for the personal information you provide.

We collect and hold information about you in order to process your school admissions request, including applications to primary, junior and secondary schools, in-year transfer applications and school admissions appeals.

For further information regarding data protection please visit our Data Protection and FOI web page