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.
9. St Gregory's Catholic Primary School (ranked 21st)
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School had 40 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 27 of these were offered places. This means 13 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
10. St Augustine's Catholic Primary School (ranked 24th)
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School had 50 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 35 of these were offered places. This means 15 did not get a place. Photo: Google Earth
11. Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School (ranked 25th)
Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary School had 14 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 10 of these were offered places. This means 4 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
12. Harris Primary School (ranked 27th)
Harris Primary School had 39 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 28 of these were offered places. This means 11 did not get a place. Photo: Google Earth