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 2027.
The deadline for Secondary 2027 applications is 31st October 2026. Don ’t be late as this is likely to reduce your chances of being offered a place at your three preferred schools.
For information regarding secondary schools in Halton and their admissions policies, please take a look at the Admission to Secondary School 2027 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:
Applications are now open online for parents/carers of children born between 01/09/2022 and 31/08/2023 wishing to make an application for their child to start Primary School in September 2027.
The deadline for Primary 2027 applications is 15th January 2027. Don ’t be late as this is likely to reduce your chances of being offered a place at your three preferred schools
For information regarding primary schools in Halton and their admissions policies, please take a look at the Admission to Primary School 2027 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 2026
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 2026 and 31st December 2026, please email schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk for the application forms and a list of current vacancies.
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 2028 instead of 2027), please complete and return this Defer Primary Application form to schooladmissions@halton.gov.uk before the deadline of 15th January 2027. 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.
Following consultation, the Council’s Executive Board at the meeting held on 15th January 2026, determined the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for the September 2027 intake, and the Primary and Secondary coordinated admission schemes for the September 2027 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 2026 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 2026 INTAKE
Following consultation, the Council’s Executive Board at the meeting held on 16th January 2025, determined the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools for the September 2026 intake, and the Primary and Secondary coordinated admission schemes for the September 2026 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 2025 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.
Following consultation, the Council’s Executive Board at the meeting held on 18th January 2024 determined the admission arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools in Halton, and the Coordinated Schemes for both Primary and Secondary schools for the September 2025 intake which apply to all primary and secondary schools in Halton.
Should you wish to object to the arrangements, objections must be made to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator by 15th May 2024. A link to the OSA website is here: Office of the Schools Adjudicator.
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