Last week, the Gazette 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 Lancashire, 66 secondary schools made the oversubscribed list, 13 of these being in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre.
For primary schools, a whopping 164 in Lancashire were oversubscribed, and of these 19 were in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. Take a look at how these schools rank below:
All the information is from Department of Education data released in June, which you can download here.
19. Northfold Community Primary School (ranked 148th)
Northfold Community Primary School had 26 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 25 of these were offered places. This means 1 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps
20. Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School (ranked 152nd)
Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 28 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 27 of these were offered places. This means 1 did not get a place. Photo: Google Maps