Admissions
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Nursery School Places
Click the link below to access information regarding admissions for Nursery in Holy Spirit.
To apply for 15 hours or 30 hours of funding for Nursery please also visit www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
Reception School Places
APPLYING FOR RECEPTION FOR SEPTEMNER 2025
Our annual published Admission Number for Reception from September 2025 is 30 each year.
Applications for admission into Reception need to be made direct to St Helens Council. Click here to be taken to the St Helens portal where you can apply for a school place. Should your child not receive a place at Holy Spirit, you need to contact school admissions at St Helens Council who will direct you through the process of appeals. Click here to be read the Appeals information.
We hold tours of the school site in the Autumn term and parents/carers are welcome to visit school, to look around and to ask questions about our school. Please note that these will be arranged in accordance with school safeguarding procedures and we may not be able to hold individual tours or schedule frequent tours during the school day. Please ring the school office to make an appointment for a member of the senior leadership team to contact you to arrange a visit to school.
Primary School Places
APPLYING FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR SEPTEMBER 2025
If your child turns 4 between 1 September 2024 and 31 August 2025, he or she will transfer to primary school in September 2025. From Wednesday 27th September the website www.sthelens.gov.uk/admissions is open for parents/carers who wish to apply online.
You will be notified in April 2025 confirmation of your child's allocated school place.
The closing date for you to submit your application is 15th January 2025.
Before submitting your application, please click here to read the Primary Parent/Carer Booklet which contains useful information about the application process, including: how places will be allocated, definition of home address and how late applications will be dealt with.
A common application form and the primary education information for parents and carers booklet will be available online via St Helens Council’s website no later than 12th September 2024. Parents/carers click here to apply for a school place online.
In Year Transfers
If you wish for your child to transfer to us in-year, you will need to contact the Local Authority in the first instance.
Applying for a Secondary School Place
Click the link below to see the arrangements for admissions from St. Helens Council
Arrangements for admissions to secondary school