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.
17. Eden Boys' School, Preston (ranked 34th)
Eden Boys' School, Preston had 129 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 114 of these were offered places. This means 15 pupils did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
18. Walton-Le-Dale High School (ranked 38th)
Walton-Le-Dale High School had 134 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 121 of these were offered places. This means 13 pupils did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
19. All Hallows Catholic High School (ranked 40th)
All Hallows Catholic High School had 186 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 171 of these were offered places. This means 15 pupils did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
20. Academy@Worden (ranked 41st)
Academy@Worden had 103 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 95 of these were offered places. This means 8 pupils did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps