Early September 2017
- preference forms and information booklets on secondary education are available online or on request
- the online admission system opens for parents of children in year 6 in Wirral schools
- tests for grammar school assessments are carried out
October 2017
- the Independent Assessment Boards meet
- grammar school assessment outcomes are sent to parents (by 21 October)
31 October 2017
- online applications and preference forms must be returned by this date
1 March 2018
- email offers are sent to online applicants
- offers of school places for paper form applicants are posted second class on this date
17 March 2018
- reply slips or emails to be returned by this date
31 March 2018
- appeals to be submitted by this date