Admissions
Starting Primary or Secondary School in September 2026
Our admissions criteria follow that of Sefton Local authority, this information can be accessed via the link below. School admission applications for children entering primary school (Reception class) & secondary school (moving from Year 6 to Year 7) in September 2026 will open on 1st September 2025 via the online Citizen Portal. It is not possible to apply for these age groups any earlier than 1 September 2025. The information found on the starting primary or secondary school page will be updated on or before 1 September 2025 to assist you in making your school choices and application.
Starting primary or secondary school in September 2026 (admissions for any other age group please go to the In Year admissions & school transfers page)
General Information
School admission applications for children entering primary school (reception class) & secondary school (moving from Year 6 to Year 7) in September 2026 are now closed.
Please go to the ‘Starting School‘ page for full information, a Parents Guide to Admission, a Sefton Schools Information Guide, and a link to the Citizen Portal. Please also take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions section on the starting school page.
*IMPORTANT: You MUST apply through your home Local Authority for a Reception or Secondary school place regardless of where the school you are applying for is located. As long as you live within Sefton, you apply through Sefton even if your preferred school(s) is outside of Sefton. If you do not live within the Sefton area you must apply through your home Local Authority for a Sefton school.
All formal applications must be made through the local authority:
Sefton Admissions Team
People Directorate
Sefton Council
Town Hall
Bootle
Liverpool
L20 7AE
Website: www.sefton.gov.uk/admissions
Tel: 0151 934 3590
Determined Admission Arrangements
Greenbank High School (Girls) – Admission Number 206
After the admission of pupils with an Education, Health and Care Plan where the school is named
in the plan, and where there are more applications than places available, the following admissions
criteria will be applied in order, by Sefton LA, to allocate places at the school, on behalf of the
school’s Governing Body (or Multi Academy Trust):
1) Looked after children and all previously looked after children, including those children
who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England
and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (or became subject to a child
arrangements order, or special guardianship order).
2) Sibling – Children with a sister living in the same house who already attends the school
as long as they will still be at the school in September 2026. Sibling is defined in these arrangements as: Sisters including step-sisters, foster sisters, half-sisters, adopted sisters or daughters of the parent(s) /carer(s) partner, living in the same family unit at the same address, who attend the school in question, as long as they will be at the school in September 2026.
3) Children of staff where the member of staff has been employed at a school within the
Southport Learning Trust for two or more years at the time at which the admission
application for the school is made, and/or where the member of staff is recruited to fill a
vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Parent(s)/carer(s) must
state the employee’s name on their admission application form. Details will be validated by
the school.
4) Distance – Other requests that name the school as a preference.
Tie Breaker Clause
(1) If it is not possible to offer places for all applications within any criteria then priority will be given
to those living closest to the school measured by the shortest walking distance from the child’s
home. We will measure from the property’s address point, to the nearest school gate (using
recognised routes known to the Local Authority at the time of measurement).
Appeals
If your child has been refused a place at a school by the Admission Authority (or via a Fair Access Panel decision), you have the right to submit an appeal against this decision, to an Independent Appeal Panel. You can find the relevant information on how to submit an appeal in our Admission Appeals Guide for Parents. A timetable for appeals can also be found at the link below:
https://www.sefton.gov.uk/schooladmissionappeals
In Year Admissions
For parents looking to secure a place for their child during the school year (any year group) you are kindly requested to contact Sefton admissions (who co-ordinate this process for us) to complete the necessary application paperwork via their website.
Sefton in Year Admissions Team can be contacted on 0151 934 3490 or via the following link:
