A new school year has officially begun and whilst National Offer Day may feel like a lifetime away, it was a tense time for many families and unfortunately not all children received the school allocation they had wished for.
According to Lancashire County Council, 98 per cent of children were awarded their first-choice primary school for the 2026/2027 academic year but that meant 2 per cent were left disappointed.
The latest available DfE figures show which Lancashire primary schools were the hardest to get into in September 2026 so take a look at the 21 toughest schools below...
We have ordered these schools in ascending order so that the hardest primary schools feature last.
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9. Singleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (13)
20 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 13 first choice offers were handed out which is a success rate of 65% | Google Maps
10. Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary School (12)
68 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 44 first choice offers were handed out which is a success rate of 64.71% | Google
11. Edenfield Church of England Primary School (11)
47 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 30 first choice offers were handed out which is a success rate of 63.83% | Google Maps
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12. Thornton Primary School (10)
27 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 17 first choice offers were handed out which is a success rate of 62.96% | Google Maps