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.
In the South East, 8.8% of applicants did not get into their first choice primary school and 16.7% did not secure a place at their preferred secondary school. This meant 8,312 primary and 16,978 secondary aged children did not get a place at their first choice school.
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 Crawley area primary schools are the hardest to get into.
13. St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School, Crawley
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School had 63 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 59 of these were offered places. This means 4 or 6.3% did not get a place. Photo: Steve Robards
14. Pound Hill Infant Academy, Pound Hill
Pound Hill Infant Academy had 84 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 81 of these were offered places. This means 3 or 3.6% did not get a place. Photo: Google
15. Brook Infant School, Maidenbower
Brook Infant School had 59 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 57 of these were offered places. This means 2 or 3.4% did not get a place. Photo: Google
16. Milton Mount Primary School, Pound Hill
Milton Mount Primary School had 90 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 87 of these were offered places. This means 3 or 3.3% did not get a place. Photo: Google