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.
13. Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (ranked 108th)
Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School had 33 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 30 of these were offered places. This means 3 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
14. Leyland St James Church of England Primary School (ranked 108th)
Leyland St James Church of England Primary School had 33 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 30 of these were offered places. This means 3 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
15. Withnell Fold Primary School (ranked 116th)
Withnell Fold Primary School had 14 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 13 of these were offered places. This means 1 did not get a place. Photo: Google Earth
16. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (ranked 119th)
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School had 15 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 14 of these were offered places. This means 1 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps