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.
For primary schools, a whopping 164 in Lancashire were oversubcribed, and of these 34 were in Preston alone. Looking at these Preston primary schools, we have collected the 27 who were oversubscribed by more than one pupil, take a look at the rankings below:
All the information is from Department of Education data released in June, which you can download here.
For the Chorley and South Ribble oversusbcribed primary schools, a seperate article will follow.
5. Eldon Primary School (ranked 5)
Eldon Primary School had 50 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 29 of these were offered places. This means 21 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
6. Longsands Community Primary School (ranked 11th)
Longsands Community Primary School had 45 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 29 of these were offered places. This means 16 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
7. Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School (ranked 15th)
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary School had 32 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 21 of these were offered places. This means 11 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
8. Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School (ranked 17th)
Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary School had 87 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 58 of these were offered places. This means 29 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps