Admissions
Admissions from Primary school
Sefton Local Authority coordinates school admissions on behalf of all schools in Sefton. As an Multi Academy Trust, Mersey View Learning Trust is its own admission authority and determines its own admission criteria, however, the school has commissioned Sefton Local Authority to administer and apply its admission criteria on behalf of of the Trustees of Mersey View Learning Trust.
Admissions for September 2025
For full details of the admissions criteria and the process for application please visit the Sefton Council website:
https://www.sefton.gov.uk/media/7229/parents-admissions-guide.pdf
Closing Date for applications to start Secondary School is 31 October 2024
Closing Date for applications to start Primary School is
You can also telephone the Sefton Admissions Department directly on 0151 934 3590.
Parents / Carers are invited to contact any of our schools directly at any time for further information and/or to arrange a visit.
Admissions to other year groups and to Year 7 once the academic year has begun
Parents should contact school in the first instance.
All those applying for admission outside the normal admission round will be considered in accordance with the same criteria as those applying for entry at the usual time.
Details of the In Year admissions process can be found on the following link:
www.sefton.gov.uk/inyearadmissions
Changes to Admission Criteria - September 2025
In accordance with statutory requirements, Sefton Local Authority is now consulting on the proposed admission arrangements for primary community, voluntary controlled & some academy schools, plus secondary academy schools (for whom the LA administers the admission arrangements on behalf of the school) for September 2025 entry. The proposed schemes have now been published on the Sefton website and can be found at: www.sefton.gov.uk/schooladmissionspolicyandreports
If the above link does not work you may need to copy & paste the address into a web browser such as Edge or Chrome. You may also need up to date Adobe Acrobat to view the PDF document.
The consultation period for both schemes will run from 13 November 2023 until 17 January 2024.
Note: If the above link does not work the address may need to be copied & pasted into a web browser such as Edge or Chrome. You may also need up to date Adobe Acrobat to view the PDF document.