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Application to secondary​ 2020

Parents and carers of Year 6 children (born between 01/09/2008 and 31/08/2009) living in Halton are now invited to apply for a secondary school place in September 2020. The deadline to apply for a secondary school place in September 2020 is Thursday 31st October 2019. The online system for Secondary applications is available hereApply »

• ​Admission to SECONDARY School 2020 Booklet
• Secondary 2020 Application Form​​​
• Myths about Secondary School Applications​​​

​​Application to primary 2020

Parents and carers of pre-school children (born between 01/09/2015 and 31/08/2016) living in Halton are now invited to apply for a primary school place in September 2020. The deadline to apply for a primary school place in September 2020 is Wednesday 15th January 2020. The online system for Primary applications is available here​​​​Apply​ »

• ​Admission to PRIMARY School 2020 Booklet
• Primary 2020 Application Form​​​​​
  
• Myths about Primary​ School Applications​​​

​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 PROPOSED ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS AND CO-ORDINATED SCHEMES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2021 INTAKE

Halton Borough Council is now commencing consultation on the proposed admission arrangements and co-ordinated schemes for the September 2021 intake. The consultation is live for a period of 6 weeks, beginning on 7th October 2019 and closing on 15th November 2019 at 5pm. If you wish to make a comment regarding the consultation, please email schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk​. Please not that you will not receive a response to any comments, but any comments made will be included in the final report to the council’s executive board.​

• ​​Scheme For The Co-ordination of Admission Arrangements For Secondary Schools – 2021/22​​

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