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 primary schools in the Mid Sussex area are the hardest to get into.
13. Harlands Primary School, Haywards Heath
Harlands Primary School had 50 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 46 of these were offered places. This means 4 or 8% did not get a place. Photo: Google
14. St Mary’s CofE Primary School, East Grinstead
St Mary’s CofE Primary School had 30 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 28 of these were offered places. This means 2 or 6.7% did not get a place. Photo: Google
15. St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, East Grinstead
St Peter’s Catholic Primary School had 31 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 29 of these were offered places. This means 2 or 6.5% did not get a place. Photo: Google
16. St Wilfrid’s Catholic Primary School, Burgess Hill
St Wilfrid’s 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: Google