Halton Local Authority's Admissions

Application to Secondary 2025

The deadline for Secondary 2025 applications was Thursday 31^st October 2024 and has now passed. The online system for Secondary applications is now closed and you will need to complete a Late Secondary 2025 Application Form using the link below or by calling in to any of the Halton Direct Link Offices to complete one. 

For information regarding secondary schools in Halton and their admissions policies, please take a look at the Admission to Secondary School 2025 Booklet before making an application.

Late Secondary 2025 Application Form​

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

• Myths about Secondary School applications
• Secondary 2024 Summary​

Application to Primary 2025

Applications are now open for parents/carers of children born between 01/09/2020 and 31/08/2021 wishing to make an application for their child to start Primary School in September 2025.

The deadline for Primary 2025 applications was Wednesday 15^th January 2025 and has now passed.

Parents/carers wishing to make an application are now required to complete the Late Primary Application Form 2025 which can be found in the link below or you can visit any of the Halton Direct Link Offices to request one. Forms can also be obtained by emailing schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk 

LATE Primary 2025 Application Form

Please take a look at the Admission to Primary School 2025 Booklet before making an application.​

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

• Myths about Primary School applications
• Primary 2024 Summary​

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 2026 instead of 2025), please complete and return this Defer Primary Application form to schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk before the deadline of 15th January 2025. You should read the DfE guidance Summer Born Children: Starting School – Advice for Parents before making your decision.

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

HALTON BOROUGH COUNCIL DETERMINED ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS AND COORDINATED SCHEMES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2025 INTAKE

Following consultation, the Council’s Executive Board at the meeting held on 18th January 2024 determined the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools in Halton, and the Coordinated Schemes for both Primary and Secondary schools for the September 2025 intake which apply to all primary and secondary schools in Halton.

• Primary Scheme
  
• Secondary Scheme
  

Should you wish to object to the arrangements, objections must be made to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator by 15th May 2024. A link to the OSA website is here: Office of the Schools Adjudicator.​

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.
  
• Halton Local Authority’s Annual Report to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator 2021.
• Halton Local Authority’s Annual Report to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator 2022.

School Place Planning Strategy

• School Place Planning Strategy 2023-2028

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