School admissions
Closing dates for secondary school aptitude assessments
If your child is starting secondary school in September 2020, you must register for them to take part in the aptitude assessments by the dates below for the following schools.
| School | Registration closing date | Date of exam | Telephone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Blanch | 09/09/19 | 24/09/19, 25/09/19 | 0151 233 7373 |
| Bellerive FCJ Catholic College | 06/09/19 | 14/09/19 | 0151 727 2064 |
| King David High School | 09/09/19 | wc 23/09/19 | 0151 235 1420 |
| Liverpool College | 21/09/19 | 12/10/19 | 0151 724 4000 (ext 228) |
| North Liverpool Academy | 31/10/19 | 07/11/19, 09/11/19, 05/12/19, 07/12/19 | 0151 260 4044 |
| St Edward's College | 02/09/19 | wc 16/09/19 | 0151 281 1999 |
| St Francis Xavier's Catholic Academy | 30/09/19 | 05/10/19 | 0151 288 1000 |
| St Hilda's CE High School | 23/08/19 | 21/09/19 | 0151 733 2709 |
| St Margaret's CE Academy | 06/09/19 | 21/09/19 | 0151 427 1825 |
| The Belvedere Academy | 20/09/19 (noon) | 05/10/19 | 0151 727 1284 |
| The Blue Coat | 06/09/19 | 28/9/19 | 0151 733 1407 |
Banding
If the North Liverpool Academy, Liverpool College and the Belvedere Academy are oversubscribed a banding system is used to decide which children are offered places. The results of the test will place applicants in one of five ability bands.
If these bands are oversubscribed, random allocation is used to allocate places. The aim of using banding is to help the academy to have a spread of children with different abilities and because of this applicants will not be informed about the outcome of the tests for these three schools.