St John's Catholic Primary School

Our admissions policy can be found on our school policies page here. There is no automatic transfer from nursery to reception and you MUST complete a local authority application form online.

This form will be available on the Liverpool.gov.uk site: You must also provide evidence of your childs faith to the school office NO LATER THAN for Baptised Catholic children, proof of Baptism in the form of a Baptismal Certificate is required. This should be brought directly to the school office before the 15th January 2026.

A receipt will be given for all certificates/ supplementary forms. Baptism should take place before the closing date for applications (15th January 2026). For children of other faiths supplementary faith form or letter from Mosque/ Temple of Faith confirming child's religion should be brought directly to the school office before the 15th January 2026 .

In the event of any over-subscription in the number of applications made St John's will rank the children based on St John's Catholic Primary School Oversubscription Criteria (.