Halton Local Authority's Admissions
Application to Secondary 2022
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 2022.
The
deadline for Secondary 2022 applications is Sunday 31st October 2021.
Don’t belate as this is likely to 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 toSecondary School 2022 Booklet before making an application.
If you are unable to apply
online please email
schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk for a paper application form, or these can also be collected from any Halton Direct Link Office.
You may also find the following documents useful when preparing your application:
Application to Primary 2022
Applications are now open
online for parents/carers of
children born between 01/09/2017 and 31/08/2018 wishing to make an application for their child to start Primary School in September 2022.
The
deadline for Primary 2022 applications is
Saturday 15th January 2022.
Don’t belate as this is likely to 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 toPrimary School 2022 Booklet before making an application.
If you are unable to apply
online please email
schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk for a paper application form, or these can also be collected from any Halton Direct Link Office.
You may also find the following documents useful when preparing your application:
Late Application to Primary or Secondary School September 2021
If you have not yet applied for your child, or need to make a change of preference, for the current Reception class or Year 7 between September 2021 and 31st December 2021, 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 2023 instead of 2022), please complete and return this
Defer Primary Application form to
schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk before the deadline of 15th January 2022. 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.
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 2022 INTAKE
Following consultation, the Council’s Executive Board, at the meeting held on 21st January 2021, determined the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for the September 2022 intake, and the Primary and Secondary coordinated admission schemes for the September 2022 intake, which apply to all schools in Halton (Academy, Free Schools, Voluntary Aided, Community, and Voluntary Controlled). The documents are linked below:
Anyone wishing to make an objection to Halton’s determined admission arrangements must contact the
Schools Adjudicator by
15th May 2021 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 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:
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
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