School admissions Policy and Reports
Here you can find:
- Determined admission arrangements for Sefton Community, Voluntary Controlled and the majority of Academy Schools for September 2026.
- Determined admission arrangements for Sefton Community, Voluntary Controlled and the majority of Academy Schools for September 2025. Please note a change to the Published Admission Number for Hatton Hill Primary shown below.
- For Hatton Hill Primary School only - In Year Variation to Admission Number for 2025 agreed by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator in September 2024.
- Policy for children starting primary school outside of their normal age group.
- In Year School Admissions Policy (updated September 2024), including the Fair Access & School Transfer Protocols.
- Sefton’s 2024 Annual School Admissions report to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA).
| Secondary Schools Determined Admission Arrangements 2026 |  (pdf 3.12MB) |
| Primary Schools Determined Admission Arrangements 2026 | (pdf 5MB) |
| Primary Schools Determined Admission Arrangements 2025 | (pdf 5.02MB) |
| Hatton Hill Prim Admission Number Variation 2025 | (pdf 138KB) |
| Secondary Schools Determined Admission Arrangements 2025 | (pdf 1.98MB) |
| Policy admission to reception outside of normal age group | (pdf 645KB) |
| In Year Admissions Policy | (pdf 396KB) |
| Sefton OSA Report 2024 | (pdf 315KB) |