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.
13. Fishwick Primary School (ranked 42nd)
Fishwick Primary School had 22 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 17 of these were offered places. This means 5 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
14. Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School (ranked 50th)
Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary School had 43 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 34 of these were offered places. This means 9 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
15. English Martyrs Catholic Primary School (ranked 56th)
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School had 32 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 26 of these were offered places. This means 6 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
16. St Clare's Catholic Primary School (ranked 58th)
St Clare's Catholic Primary School had 44 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 36 of these were offered places. This means 8 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps