A new school year began this month and whilst National Offer Day may feel like a long time ago, 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 and we gathered the 21 toughest schools across the county in our previous story here.
Below howeever, we have turned our attention to just the schools in South Ribble so take a look at the 10 hardest schools to get into across the city next.
We have ordered these schools in ascending order so that the hardest primary schools feature last.
If your child’s primary school does not feature that is because it had an 100 per cent acceptance rate.
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9. Farington Primary School (4)
34 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 29 first choice offers were handed out which is a success rate of 85.29% | Google Maps
10. Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (3)
15 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 12 first choice offers were handed out which is a success rate of 80% | Google Maps
11. Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School (2)
38 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 30 first choice offers were handed out which is a success rate of 78.95% | Google Maps
12. Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (1)
39 pupils put this school as their first choice but only 30 first choice offers were handed out which is a success rate of 76.92% | Google Maps