Apply for a school place

• Admission to reception class and transfer to secondary school
• Determined Admission Arrangements for Knowsley Schools 2024/25
• Late applications and change of preference
• Supplementary Information Forms
• Allocation details for oversubscribed schools
• Appealing for a school place
• In-Year School Admission Procedures
• Fair Access Protocol (FAP)
• Determined Admission Arrangements for Knowsley Schools 2023/24
• Determined Admission Arrangements for Knowsley Schools 2022/23
• Admission to School Nursery Classes
• Apply for a Sixth Form Place
• Elective Home Education
• Privacy Notice - School Admission Service
• Ofsted changes to school inspections

The Local Authority consulted with schools, neighbouring local authorities, church authorities and parents/members of the public before determining admission arrangements for the 2024/25 intake of nursery, reception and Y7 pupils. An on-line public consultation was undertaken via this website for the required six-week period (from 19 December 2022 to 31 January 2023).

No comments or objections were received in respect of the proposed arrangements and subsequently the arrangements have been determined and can be viewed via the links below.
 

• 2024/25 Admission arrangements for primary community schools and primary and secondary academies adopting the LA arrangements
• 2024/25 Admission arrangements for nursery classes of community primary schools and primary academies adopting the LA arrangements

The Local Authority has also formulated primary and secondary admission schemes.  These are the procedures for applying for places and the allocation processes for entry to school in the 2024/25 school year and apply to all schools/academies in the Local Authority area.

 

• Primary coordinated scheme 2024/25
• Secondary coordinated scheme 2024/25

Academies and Voluntary Aided Schools (Catholic and Church of England) are also required to determine their admission arrangements on an annual basis.

Parents have a right to raise an objection with the Schools Adjudicator if they believe that any determined arrangements are not lawful or do not comply with the mandatory elements of the national School Admissions Code.  Full details of how to raise an objection are given on the DFE website on www.education.gov.uk/schoolsadjudicator/decisions/obj  Objections must be submitted no later than 15 May 2023.

The determined admission policies and admission numbers for Voluntary Aided Schools/Academies in Knowsley and any Academies that are not adopting the Local Authority admission policy, can be accessed from the links below and can also be viewed on the individual school website.

Secondary Schools

• Lord Derby Academy
• All Saints Catholic High School
• St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic Centre for Learning

Primary Schools

Kirkby

• Kirkby Church of England Primary School
• St Joseph The Worker Catholic Primary School
• St Laurence’s Catholic Primary School
• St Marie’s Catholic Primary School
• St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School
• Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School

Huyton and Knowsley Village

• Hope Primary Joint Catholic & Church of England Primary School
• Huyton with Roby Church of England Academy Primary School
• St Aidan’s Catholic Primary School
• St Albert’s Catholic Primary School
• St Aloysius Catholic Primary School
• St Anne’s Catholic Primary School
• St Brigid’s Catholic Primary School
• St Columba’s Catholic Primary School
• St Gabriel’s Church of England Academy Primary School
• St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
• St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
• St Margaret Mary’s Catholic Infant School
• St Margaret Mary’s Catholic Junior School

Prescot, Whiston and Cronton

• Cronton Church of England Academy Primary School
• Holy Family, Cronton, Catholic Primary School
• Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School
• St Leo’s & Southmead Catholic Primary School for the Community
• St Luke’s Catholic Primary School
• St Mary & St Paul’s Church of England Primary School

Halewood

• Halewood Church of England Academy Primary School
• Holy Family, Halewood Catholic Primary School for the Community
• St Andrew The Apostle Catholic Primary School
• St Mark’s Catholic Primary School

If you require any of these documents in another format, please contact [email protected] or the individual school

Who to contact:

Email: [email protected]

Write to:
Knowsley Council
School Admissions
Education Improvement Team
PO Box 21
Municipal Buildings
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
L36 9YU