Last week, the Post revealed that across England, 8% of primary school applicants and 17% of secondary school applicants did not get a place at their first choice school for 2022/2023, affecting nearly 150,000 children in total. In Lancashire, 66 secondary schools made the oversubscribed list, and 28 of these were in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble.
Even more primary schools in Lancashire are oversubcribed – 164 in total – and of these 14 were in Chorley and nine in South Ribble. Take a look at how the schools rank across both areas below:
All the information is from Department of Education data released in June, which you can download here.
For the oversusbcribed primary schools in Preston, read this story.
5. Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (ranked 58th)
Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School had 11 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 9 of these were offered places. This means 2 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
6. Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School (ranked 61st)
Euxton Primrose Hill Primary School had 73 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 60 of these were offered places. This means 13 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
7. St George's Church of England Primary School (ranked 62nd)
St George's Church of England Primary School had 54 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 45 of these were offered places. This means 9 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
8. Lever House Primary School (ranked 73rd)
Lever House Primary School had 51 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 43 of these were offered places. This means 8 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps