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.
17. Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School (ranked 128th)
Walton-le-Dale Community Primary School had 64 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 60 of these were offered places. This means 4 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
18. New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School (ranked 128th)
New Longton All Saints CofE Primary School had 32 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 30 of these were offered places. This means 2 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
19. St Bede's Catholic Primary School (ranked 138th)
St Bede's Catholic Primary School had 18 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 17 of these were offered places. This means 1 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
20. St. Mary's Catholic Primary School (ranked 155th)
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School had 29 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 28 of these were offered places. This means 1 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps