Coronavirus (COVID-19) updates: Advice for residents and businesses | Updates to council services

For further help and advice call our COVID-19 helpline:
Mon to Fri 9am - 5pm on 0151 666 5050 or email covid19enquiries@wirral.gov.uk

To tackle coronavirus (COVID-19), only the children of critical workers and identified vulnerable children can attend school. All other children will complete school work at home. New applications for transfers between Wirral schools until the school attendance restriction are suspended until further notice. If your child is new to Wirral and has no Wirral school place, you may still apply, however unless your child falls into either of the two categories above (critical worker or vulnerable child) any place offered will not be physically taken up until restrictions are lifted - the new school will include your child in their arrangements for completing school work at home.

There will now be unavoidable delays to progressing school admission appeals this year. Appointed Clerks will contact parents with a revised date as soon as this is possible. We will keep you updated pending advice from the Department for Education about how all Education Appeals are to be administered in this unprecedented time.

Secondary school admissions timetable

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.