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 2025.
- Policy for children starting primary school outside of their normal age group.
- Determined admission arrangements for Sefton Community, Voluntary Controlled and the majority of Academy Schools for September 2024.
- In Year School Admissions Policy (updated August 2023), including the Fair Access & School Transfer Protocols.
- Sefton’s 2023 Annual School Admissions report to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator (OSA).
| Primary Schools Determined Admission Arrangements 2025 |  (pdf 5.02MB) |
| Secondary Schools Determined Admission Arrangments 2025 | (pdf 1.98MB) |
| Policy for children starting primary school outside of their normal age group | (pdf 434KB) |
| Primary Schools Determined Admission Arrangements 2024 | (pdf 3.03MB) |
| Secondary Schools Determined Admission Arrangements 2024 | (pdf 1.96MB) |
| In Year Admissions Policy | (pdf 398KB) |
| Sefton OSA Report 2023 | (pdf 377KB) |