Admissions

Admissions to our school are administered by Wirral Local Education Authority. Please click on the link below to apply for a place.

http://www.wirral.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/school-admissions

 

Foundation Stage 2

If your child is due to start Foundation 2 in September 2025 you can apply online through the Wirral website found here. Before you make your application it is strongly advised that you read the authority’s information booklets for parents and the admission policy for the school. The deadline for applications is January 2025.

Foundation Stage 1 (Nursery)

All families can access 15 hours free nursery provision in the term after their child is 3 (more information below). We can offer parents the government’s target of 30 hours of nursery provision a week for eligible families.

Our nursery is open from:

Morning Session 8.40am to 11:40am

Afternoon Session 12.00pm to 3.00pm

Sessions run for 38 weeks of the year, during term time only.

For those children attending full time, lunch is 11.30 – 12.00pm (Parents are asked to supply a packed lunch)

When Can Children Start?

If places are available children become eligible from the term after their third birthday.

  • children born between 1 January and 31 March become eligible in April (Summer Term)

  • children born between 1 April and 31 August become eligible in September (Autumn Term)

  • children born between 1 September and 31 December become eligible in January (Spring Term)

The entitlement will last until your child is in full-time education.

How Are Admissions Managed?

We can only offer 52, part time places (15 hours) or 26 full time places (30 hours)

Admission are prioritised in the following order:

  1. Looked After Children are admitted as a priority

  2. Any children with siblings at the school

  3. Children living in the school’s catchment area

  4. Children living nearest to the school

If we are over- subscribed available places will be offered on this basis.

Parents should apply for a place in Foundation 1 by completing an application form available from the school office. The application is made directly to the school.