Admissions

Admissions (children currently attending a Sefton School)

Pupils currently attending Sefton Schools will receive an information booklet about local schools directly from their primary schools during September. It also contains an application form and gives details about how to apply online at www.sefton.gov.uk/admissions

If you reside in Sefton you can return this form to your child’s current primary school or direct to:

Sefton Admissions Team
Children, Schools and Families
Town Hall
Bootle
L20 7AE

If you reside in Sefton but your child attends a primary school in another authority please return this form direct to the above address.

All applications must be received by 31st October at the latest, parents are advised to complete and return their forms as quickly as possible.

Admissions (children currently attending a Liverpool School)

Applications can be completed online by visiting the following site:

www.liverpool.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/school-admissions

When using the above website, you must register to use this service with an email account. If you do not have an email account, you can sign up for one from either Microsoft or Google.

When completing your application, you must search for Hillside High School under section 4 titled School Preferences. You can search by post code or Local Authority. (See below)

If you have any trouble applying online, please contact the School office on 0151 525 2630 and we would be happy to assist you with your application.

All applications must be received by 31st October at the latest, parents are advised to complete their forms as quickly as possible.

Admissions Criteria

Priority will be given to children in the following order:

First Priority: A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after.

Second Priority: Children who have a brother or sister (including step-children, foster-children and half- brothers and sisters, adopted brothers or sisters or children of the parent/carer’s partner) living in the same house who already attend the school, as long as they will still be at the school in September 2017 (see note [1] below). 

Third Priority: Children who, at the start of the Spring Term 2019, are on the rolls of Bedford Primary School and Christ Church C of E Primary School (see note [1] below).

Fourth Priority: Other requests that name the school as a preference (see note [1] below).

Note [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 Authority at the time of measurement). If you require an explanation of how the distance from your home to school has been measured, please contact the Admissions Team.