Transfer Information for September 2020
For information about the admissions process for secondary schools in Wirral, a timetable of key dates, downloadable booklets and much more, please visit the Wirral Local Authority website by clicking here.
In addition, we have reproduced some of this information below.
Secondary Schools Admissions Timetable
31 MAY 2019
Deadline for Request for Assessment Forms to be returned.
September 2019
Preference forms and information booklets on secondary education are available online or on request.
The online admission system opens on 1 September for the parents of Year 6 children who live in Wirral.
Tests for grammar school assessments are carried out.
October 2019
Grammar school assessment outcomes are sent to parents by 21 October.
31 October 2019
Online applications and preference forms must be returned by this date.
2 March 2020
Email offers are sent to online applicants.
Offers of school places for paper form applicants are posted second class on this date.
10 March 2020
Reply slips or online acceptances to be returned by this date.
31 March 2020
Appeals to be submitted by this date.
May to July 2020
Appeals to be heard and decided.
September 2020
Children start secondary school in Year 7.
Local Secondary Schools
Our Year 6 children go on to attend a number of different secondary schools in the area, including:
Birkenhead High School Academy for Girls
Wirral Grammar School for Boys
Wirral Grammar School for Girls
Wirral F.U.S.S. offers free (recycled) school uniform for certain secondary schools in the area. More details are available by downloading their letter by clicking here.