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How do I apply?

The Greenshaw Learning Trust is the admissions authority for Greenshaw High School. More information about admission to Greenshaw Learning Trust schools can be found here. The Greenshaw Learning Trust admissions policy can be found here.

The school has 314 places available in Year 7, which includes statemented pupils.

In the event of oversubscription, the following admissions criteria will be applied in the following order:

  1. To Looked After Children or children who were previously looked after.
  2. To those with exceptional medical reasons or exceptional social reasons.
  3. Up to 60 students who have successfully passed the Selective Eligibility Test.
  4. Children of permanent staff.
  5. Students who have a sibling at the school, up to and including Year 13, at the time of admission.
  6. The remaining places will be offered on the basis of proximity to Greenshaw, measured in a straight line from your home address.

The Greenshaw Learning Trust is the admissions authority for Greenshaw High School. The Greenshaw Learning Trust admissions policy can be found here.

To view the school’s admission arrangements, please click here: https://www.greenshawlearningtrust.co.uk/join-us/admissions-to-our-schools

If parents/carers wish to apply under our social and medical criteria (see 2 above), they will also need to complete a Social and Medical Application Form, which can also be downloaded here.

You can view our online prospectus here.

Selective Eligibility Test (SET) for entry in September 2026 

SET exam date: Tuesday 16th September 2025

Registration opens: May 1st 2025
Registration closes: August 1st 2025.

Please note there is an earlier deadline of 17th June 2025 for submission of requests for access arrangements for SEN candidates.

Information about the Selective Ability Test for entry to Greenshaw High School in September 2026 will be available here.