Applications for September 2025 entry to Year 7 are now open. Applications will close on 31st October 2024.
Bellerive FCJ Catholic College has been educating young women in Liverpool since 1844.
Thank you for taking an interest in Bellerive FCJ Catholic College. Bellerive FCJ Catholic College is a Catholic school rooted in gospel values and we will ensure that the education that your daughter will receive will have Christ at the centre. Our teaching and pastoral care of the pupils are rooted in the FCJ Values.
To view our 2025 Admissions Policy, please click here
Liverpool City Council – Transfer to Secondary Information, please click here
Please note that Bellerive’s application form must be completed and submitted to the college, as well as the completion of the Local Authority online application form. Download our Admissions Policy for more information regarding your application.
Please complete the Bellerive FCJ Admissions Application Form below and return to school by 31st October 2024.
To view Bellerive FCJ 2025 Admissions Application Form for intake into Year 7, please click here
Liverpool City Council Application form
“Leaders, including governors, do all that they can to ensure that pupils and students are well-prepared for their future lives. Pupils feel confident to be themselves because staff foster a positive culture of tolerance and respect.”
OFSTED 2021
Settling In
We know that the move from primary to secondary school can be a stressful one. We have an experienced pastoral team in Year 7, and they will strive to ensure every student settles as quickly as possible. We have robust arrangements for Transition, we will visit your daughter in her primary school prior to her starting in Year 7. She will also have an opportunity to come to Bellerive on Transition Day. She will meet her new classmates and spend time with her new Form Teacher.
We invite every family to meet their daughter’s form tutor in the first half-term of Year 7 to ensure communication is genuinely a two-way process.
Bellerive is a well-respected and successful school with a proven record of academic success. Pupils are taught in a caring, Christian atmosphere.
OFSTED 2021
Admission Appeals
If you made an application to Bellerive FCJ Catholic College and your child has not been offered a place, you have the right to appeal against the decision. Please contact the Margaret Clitherow Centre, Croxteth Drive, Liverpool, L17 1AA to request a form.
Appeals are heard by a committee called an Appeal Panel, independent of the school. Your appeal case will go before an Independent Appeals Panel, and you will be invited to the hearing to present your case. This is an opportunity for the school to give a detailed explanation of why we cannot admit your child, and this is also your opportunity to present your reasons as to why you believe we should admit your child to Bellerive.
You should think carefully about whether or not you wish to appeal against the decision.
You will need to consider:
- The Admissions Policy for not admitting pupils, which clearly states how applications will be dealt with in the event of the school being oversubscribed.
- Your reasons for wanting your child to attend Bellerive and the strength of your case (based on the oversubscription criteria).
“Pupils, including students in the form, enjoy coming to Bellerive FCJ Catholic College. They describe it as a happy and safe place to learn”
"Pupils told inspectors that they trust that staff have their best interests at heart. Staff support and care about pupils as individuals. They expect pupils to flourish."
OFSTED 2021
In Year Admissions
Please note, this section relates to In Year Admissions (or Transfers) ONLY and is NOT for 2025 Year 7 Admission applications.
In Year Admissions (or Transfers) are applications outside the normal round of admissions.
- If your child is currently in a Liverpool school, please speak to their school to start the process.
- In Year Admissions for everyone else (new to the city, transferring from another local authority school, home educating, residing in a neighbouring local authority) are co-ordinated by Liverpool City Council. For Information about the in-year admissions process in Liverpool schools or to make your application to the Council, please click here.
To view our 2024 Admissions Policy, please click here
"Leaders make sure that pupils and students receive a high-quality, broad and ambitious curriculum across all key stages, including in the sixth form. Classrooms are vibrant places for pupils to learn. Pupils' behaviour in lessons is extremely positive. They are polite and respectful. Pupils are eager and curious. Pupils are resilient if they make mistakes."
OFSTED 2021