How to Apply for a place for your child:

Full details of our main school admission criteria can be found in our Admission Arrangement Policy below.  The schools planned admission number (PAN) is 60.

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Nursery Admissions

Children are eligible to start our Nursery during the September after their third birthday. You can apply for a Nursery place from the September before they are due to start by completing the Nursery Application Form below.

Nursery Application Form

Please note:

  • If your child is successful in obtaining a place in our Nursery this does NOT automatically mean they will gain a place in our Reception class. 
  • To make an application for a Reception place you should follow the process outlined below. 
  • All Reception applications received will be ranked against the school admission criteria which can be found in the Admission Arrangements Policy.

Reception Admissions

For a place in Reception you need to apply via the Citizen’s Portal on the Sefton Council Website from the link here:

Sefton Council Citizen's Portal

Once you have applied for your Reception place on the Citizen’s Portal you should supply school with further information about your child by completing the Reception Supplementary Information Form on the link below. Supplementary forms should be submitted to school along with your child’s baptism certificate, birth certificate and proof of home address (council tax or utility bill).

Reception Supplementary Information Form

Over Subscription Criteria 2027/28:

Within each of the categories listed below, the following provisions will be applied in the following order.

  1. Where evidence is provided at the time of application of an exceptional social, medical or pastoral need of the child which can most appropriately be met at this school, the application will be placed at the top of the category in which the application is made. (see note 9)
  2. The attendance of a brother or sister at the school at the time of enrolment will increase the priority of an application within each category so that the application will be placed at the top of the category in which the application is made after children in (i) above (see note 7).

Oversubscription Criteria

Where there are more applications for places than the number of places available, places will be offered according to the following order of priority.

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children.
  2. Baptised Catholic children resident in the parish of St Josephine Bakhita, Litherland (the part of the parish formerly known as English Martyrs at Litherland) (see notes 3&10)
  3. Other Catholic children. (see note 3)
  4. Members of an Eastern Christian Church not in full communion with Rome (see note 4)
  5. Children of other Christian Ecclesial Communities whose membership is evidenced by a minister of religion. (see note 5)
  6. Children of other faiths whose membership is evidenced by a religious leader. (see note 6)
  7. Any other children.

Please note the changes to the Admission Criteria for 2027/28 following the consultation which took place in November 2025.

Full details of the admission process can be found on Sefton Council’s website: (click the link below)

Sefton Council School Admissions

In-year Admissions

In Year School Admissions are when a child moves from one school to another during the academic year.  Within Sefton there are two different types of In Year Admission:

  1. Due to a house move (via A1 application form)
  2. A school transfer for reasons other than a house move (via T1 application form)

In year applications will be considered if there is space available in the specific year group.  If there are more applications than spaces available then the school admission criteria will be applied.  

For further information and to apply for an in year transfer please contact Sefton Admission Team on 0151 934 3290/3590 or by emailing Iyadmissions@sefton.gov.uk

You can also find details of the In-Year Admission process on Sefton Council Website:

Sefton Council In-Year Admissions

Appeals Process

If your child has been refused a place in the main school you have the right to submit an appeal against this decision to an Independent Appeal Panel. Liverpool Archdiocese will arrange and hear appeals for the main school.

Further details will be provided in the application decision letter sent to you by the Local Authority (In Year Admissions) or on the National Offer Day for Primary Admissions. Please follow the link to Liverpool Arch Diocese Admissions and Appeal page to submit an appeal and details of the appeal timetable: 

Liverpool Arch Diocese admissions and appeals