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.
25. Longridge High School (ranked 55th)
Longridge High School had 137 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 134 of these were offered places. This means 3 pupils did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
26. Fulwood Academy (ranked 57)
Fulwood Academy had 53 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 52 of these were offered places. This means 1 pupil did not get a place. Photo: NW
27. Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School (ranked 59th)
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High School had [147 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 145 of these were offered places. This means 2 pupils did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
28. Garstang Community Academy
Garstang Community Academy had 131 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 130 of these were offered places. This means 1 pupil did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps