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.
Inner London was found to have the hardest secondary schools to get into in the country, with 30% of children not getting their first choice secondary school, whilst the North West had 15% not get their first secondary chool choice.
In Lancashire, 66 secondary schools made the oversubscribed list, and 28 of these were in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble.
How competitive is it to get into your secondary school? Here we reveal which secondary schools in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble are the hardest to get into, ranked from highest to lowest.
All the information is from Department of Education data released in June, which you can download here.
9. Parklands High School (ranked 16th)
Parklands High School had 254 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 193 of these were offered places. This means 61 pupils did not get a place. Photo: NW
10. Corpus Christi Catholic High School (ranked 20th)
Corpus Christi Catholic High School had 148 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 115 of these were offered places. This means 33 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
11. Moor Park High School and Sixth Form (ranked 21st)
Moor Park High School and Sixth Form had 119 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 93 of these were offered places. This means 26 pupils did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
12. St Cecilia's RC High School (ranked 22nd)
St Cecilia's RC High School had 110 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 89 of these were offered places. This means 21 pupils did not get a place. Photo: NW