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.
21. Gillibrand Primary School (ranked 157th)
Gillibrand Primary School had 30 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 29 of these were offered places. This means 1 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
22. Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School (ranked 158)
Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary School had 30 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 29 of these were offered places. This means 1 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
23. Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School (ranked 158th)
Chorley St James' Church of England Primary School had 31 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 30 of these were offered places. This means 1 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
24. Lostock Hall Community Primary School (ranked 164th)
Lostock Hall Community Primary School had 60 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 59 of these were offered places. This means 1 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps