Across England, 8% of primary school applicants and 17% of secondary school applicants did not get a place at their first choice school, affecting nearly 150,000 children in total.
Inner London was found to have the hardest schools to get into in the country. One in every eight children (13%) did not get into their first choice primary school. This rose to one in three (33%) for secondary school places.
How competitive is it to get into your local primary school? Here we reveal which Lancaster district primary schools are the hardest to get into.
And here’s our look at the secondary schools across the Lancaster district that it’s hardest to get into.
How competitive is it to get into your local primary school? Here we reveal which Lancaster district primary schools are the hardest to get into.
![35 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 33 of these were offered places. This means 94.3% who put the school as a first preference got a place.](https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI5NTY2MTE5LWVhMTctNDE2Yy1iY2M2LTBlYmI1MTQ4MTJhYjowNTdjZGVkNy1iNTY3LTQ5ZTAtOTljMC0zOTk4NjQzYWJiNmM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
13. Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary School
35 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 33 of these were offered places. This means 94.3% who put the school as a first preference got a place. Photo: Google
![25 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 24 of these were offered places. This means 96% who put the school as a first preference got a place.](https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYyYjQ3ZGJkLWU0NTQtNDdkOS05NmRhLTk0YTkxZTQxOTM2NzpjZDNkMWE5Mi0yZTZhLTQ3MmQtOTg4Ni1jYzMzYzM4Mjg5MzA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
14. Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary School
25 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 24 of these were offered places. This means 96% who put the school as a first preference got a place. Photo: Google