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.
17. London Meed Primary School, Burgess Hill
London Meed Primary School had 54 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 52 of these were offered places. This means 2 or 3.7% did not get a place. Photo: Steve Robards
18. St Wilfrid’s CofE Primary School, Haywards Heath
St Wilfrid’s CofE Primary School had 57 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 55 of these were offered places. This means 2 or 96.5% did not get a place. Photo: Google
19. The Gattons Infant School, Burgess Hill
The Gattons Infant School had 88 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 86 of these were offered places. This means 2 or 97.7% did not get a place. Photo: Steve Robards
20. Fairway Infant School, Copthorne
Fairway Infant School had 56 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 55 of these were offered places. This means 1 or 1.8% did not get a place Photo: Google