School admissions in Lancashire

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

470 schools. 112 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
The Olive School, PrestonPreston	2.25	60
Aughton Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolOrmskirk	1.93	30
St Peter's Roman Catholic Primary School, NewchurchRossendale	1.72	18
Barden Primary SchoolBurnley	1.65	57
Wellfield Methodist and Anglican Church SchoolBurnley	1.60	30
Harris Primary SchoolPreston	1.59	29
Edenfield Church of England Primary SchoolBury	1.57	30
Morecambe and Heysham Grosvenor Park Primary SchoolMorecambe	1.55	44
Mossgate Primary SchoolMorecambe	1.54	28
Accrington St John with St Augustine Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington	1.53	30
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Lea TownPreston	1.53	15
St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, AccringtonAccrington	1.53	19
Salterforth Primary SchoolBarnoldswick	1.47	15
Halsall St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk	1.44	25
Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde	1.43	35
Nelson St Philip's Church of England Primary SchoolNelson	1.42	19
Thornton Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys	1.42	19
Worsthorne Primary SchoolBurnley	1.41	29
Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBurnley	1.41	27
Bickerstaffe CofE Primary School and NurseryOrmskirk	1.38	16
Moorside Community Primary Academy SchoolSkelmersdale	1.37	27
Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.37	30
Barrowford St Thomas Church of England Primary SchoolNelson	1.35	17
Ormskirk Asmall Primary SchoolOrmskirk	1.35	20
Barrow URC Primary SchoolClitheroe	1.33	30
Clayton-le-Moors All Saints' Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington	1.33	30
Hambleton Primary AcademyPoulton-le-Fylde	1.33	30
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyNelson	1.33	15
Oswaldtwistle Hippings Methodist Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolAccrington	1.33	30
Singleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde	1.33	15
St James' Catholic Primary School, SkelmersdaleSkelmersdale	1.31	29
Coupe Green Primary SchoolPreston	1.30	20
Crawford Village Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	1.30	10
Euxton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolChorley	1.30	30
St John's Stonefold CofE Primary SchoolAccrington	1.30	20
Fishwick Primary SchoolPreston	1.29	17
Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.29	59
Blacko Primary SchoolNelson	1.29	14
Cottam Primary SchoolPreston	1.28	60
Haslingden Broadway Primary SchoolRossendale	1.27	30
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School, LancasterLancaster	1.27	30
St Francis Catholic Primary School, GoosnarghPreston	1.27	15
Trinity and St Michael's VA CofE/Methodist Primary SchoolLeyland	1.27	30
The Willows Catholic Primary School, KirkhamPreston	1.26	31
Marsden Community Primary SchoolNelson	1.25	59
Lytham Hall Park Primary SchoolLytham St Annes	1.25	60
Heysham St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolMorecambe	1.24	29
Queen's Drive Primary SchoolPreston	1.23	60
Chorley St James' Church of England Primary SchoolChorley	1.21	29
Tarleton Community Primary SchoolPreston	1.21	29
Broughton-in-Amounderness Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.20	59
Euxton Primrose Hill Primary SchoolChorley	1.20	59
Barton St Lawrence Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.20	25
Brabins Endowed SchoolPreston	1.20	15
Brindle St James' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolChorley	1.20	10
Britannia Community Primary SchoolBacup	1.20	30
Burscough Lordsgate Township Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk	1.20	30
Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde	1.20	30
Great Wood Primary SchoolMorecambe	1.20	60
Sharneyford Primary SchoolBacup	1.20	10
Great Harwood Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.17	29
St James-the-Less Roman Catholic Primary School, RawtenstallRossendale	1.17	29
Anderton Primary SchoolAdlington	1.17	30
St Catherine's Catholic Primary SchoolLeyland	1.17	30
Sherwood Primary SchoolPreston	1.15	60
Whitefield Infant School and NurseryNelson	1.14	83
Holmeswood Methodist SchoolOrmskirk	1.14	7
Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPreston	1.14	21
Staining Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBlackpool	1.14	35
Clayton-le-Woods Manor Road Primary SchoolChorley	1.14	36
Delph Side Community Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	1.14	29
St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary SchoolLancaster	1.14	29
Farington Primary SchoolLeyland	1.13	30
Kirkham St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.13	30
Longsands Community Primary SchoolPreston	1.13	30
Newton Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.13	30
Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	1.13	30
Penwortham Middleforth Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.13	30
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyColne	1.13	30
Caton St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster	1.12	25
Hapton Church of England/Methodist Primary SchoolBurnley	1.11	18
Maharishi Free SchoolOrmskirk	1.11	18
Leyland St James Church of England Primary SchoolLeyland	1.11	28
Northfold Community Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys	1.10	29
Oswaldtwistle West End Primary SchoolOswaldtwistle	1.10	29
Walton-le-Dale Community Primary SchoolPreston	1.10	59
Accrington Woodnook Primary SchoolAccrington	1.10	30
Gisburn Road Community Primary SchoolBarnoldswick	1.10	30
Pendle Primary AcademyNelson	1.10	60
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	1.10	30
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolMorecambe	1.10	30
Tarleton Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolPreston	1.10	31
Parbold Douglas Church of England AcademyNr Wigan	1.09	32
Burnley Stoneyholme Community Primary SchoolBurnley	1.08	60
Dalton St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolWigan	1.07	14
Waddington and West Bradford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolClitheroe	1.07	28
Bradley Primary SchoolNelson	1.07	58
Colne Lord Street SchoolColne	1.07	29
St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, PadihamBurnley	1.07	29
Colne Christ Church Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolColne	1.07	30
Foulridge Saint Michael and All Angels CofE Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolColne	1.07	30
St George's Church of England Primary School, ChorleyChorley	1.07	45
St Richard's Catholic Primary School, SkelmersdaleSkelmersdale	1.07	30
Heskin Pemberton's Church of England VA Primary SchoolChorley	1.06	18
Mawdesley St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk	1.05	19
Lancaster Lane Primary and Pre-SchoolLeyland	1.03	29
Trinity Church of England/Methodist SchoolSkelmersdale	1.03	29
Goosnargh Oliverson's Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.03	30
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, WartonPreston	1.03	30
Walton-le-Dale, St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.03	30
Accrington Hyndburn Park Primary SchoolAccrington	1.02	59
Rosewood Primary SchoolBurnley	1.02	59
Abbey Village Primary SchoolChorley	1.00	13
Arkholme Church of England Primary SchoolCarnforth	1.00	12
Balderstone St Leonard's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	9
Barnacre Road Primary SchoolLongridge	1.00	27
Barnoldswick Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolBarnoldswick	1.00	35
Belthorn Academy Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	30
Bolton by Bowland Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolClitheroe	1.00	5
Bretherton Endowed Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLeyland	1.00	15
Briercliffe Primary SchoolBurnley	1.00	32
Brinscall St John's CofE and Methodist Primary SchoolChorley	1.00	19
Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and NurseryPreston	1.00	23
Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	3
Carnforth Christ Church, Church of England, Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCarnforth	1.00	4
Carnforth Community Primary SchoolCarnforth	1.00	14
Castle View Primary AcademyLancaster	1.00	7
Cawthorne's Endowed SchoolLancaster	1.00	1
Clayton Brook Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	13
Clitheroe Brookside Primary SchoolClitheroe	1.00	8
Cobbs Brow SchoolSkelmersdale	1.00	40
Cockerham Parochial CofE Primary SchoolCockerham, Lancaster	1.00	13
Coppull Parish Church of England Primary SchoolChorley	1.00	20
Coppull Primary School and NurseryChorley	1.00	26
Dolphinholme Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster	1.00	14
Duke Street Primary SchoolChorley	1.00	39
Earby Springfield Primary SchoolBarnoldswick	1.00	13
Edisford Primary SchoolClitheroe	1.00	30
Ellel St John the Evangelist Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster	1.00	28
Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary SchoolFleetwood	1.00	28
Forton Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	12
Freckleton Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	29
Gillibrand Primary SchoolChorley	1.00	24
Gisburn Primary SchoolClitheroe	1.00	16
Goosnargh Whitechapel Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	15
Green Haworth Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington	1.00	6
Grindleton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolClitheroe	1.00	3
Higher Walton Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	12
Hillside Community Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	1.00	14
Hornby St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster	1.00	1
Howick Church Endowed Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	12
Kingsfold Primary SchoolPRESTON	1.00	17
Lancaster Dallas Road Community Primary SchoolLancaster	1.00	42
Laneshaw Bridge PrimaryColne	1.00	23
Langho and Billington St Leonards Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	44
Larkholme Primary SchoolFleetwood	1.00	36
Lea Neeld's Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	20
Leck St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolVia Carnforth	1.00	3
Leyland St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolLeyland	1.00	16
Little Digmoor Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	1.00	13
Little Hoole Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	20
Melling St Wilfrid Church of England Primary SchoolCarnforth	1.00	5
Mellor St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	17
Moor Nook Community Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	14
Moss Side Primary SchoolLeyland	1.00	30
Nether Kellet Community Primary SchoolCarnforth	1.00	15
Newchurch-In-Pendle St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolBurnley	1.00	8
Ormskirk Lathom Park Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk	1.00	10
Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School, ParboldWigan	1.00	21
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School, CarnforthCarnforth	1.00	10
Over Kellet Wilson's Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolCarnforth	1.00	14
Padiham Green Church of England Primary SchoolPadiham	1.00	18
Penwortham Broad Oak Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	23
Penwortham, St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	37
Preston Grange Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	19
Read St John's CofE Primary SchoolBurnley	1.00	29
Ribblesdale SchoolClitheroe	1.00	24
Ribchester St Wilfrid's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	15
Richard Durning's Endowed Primary SchoolOrmskirk	1.00	9
Rishton Methodist Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	24
Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	1.00	26
Rufford CofE SchoolOrmskirk	1.00	16
Sabden Primary SchoolSabden	1.00	14
Scorton Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	7
Shakespeare Primary SchoolFleetwood	1.00	55
Silverdale St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCarnforth	1.00	3
Simonstone St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolBurnley	1.00	20
Slaidburn Brennands Endowed Primary SchoolClitheroe	1.00	2
St Anne's Church of England Primary SchoolRossendale	1.00	16
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale	1.00	16
St Bede's Catholic Primary SchoolChorley	1.00	27
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	1.00	19
St Hubert's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great HarwoodBlackburn	1.00	15
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, AndertonChorley	1.00	29
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, BrindlePreston	1.00	11
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, ChorleyChorley	1.00	30
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WithnellChorley	1.00	17
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Hurst GreenClitheroe	1.00	14
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, LancasterLancaster	1.00	9
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	16
St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery, ChorleyChorley	1.00	19
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-BrockPreston	1.00	4
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great EcclestonPreston	1.00	5
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, MorecambeMorecambe	1.00	16
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, ScarisbrickOrmskirk	1.00	6
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, ChippingPreston	1.00	7
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, Clayton-le-MoorsAccrington	1.00	10
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, LanghoBlackburn	1.00	23
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, SabdenClitheroe	1.00	5
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBacup	1.00	5
St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	24
St Michael and St John's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyClitheroe	1.00	10
St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & NurserySt Michael's-on-Wyre, Preston	1.00	14
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, CoppullChorley	1.00	16
St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, LongtonPreston	1.00	23
St Thomas the Martyr Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	1.00	23
St William's Catholic Primary School, PillingPreston	1.00	5
St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic AcademyFleetwood	1.00	20
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School EuxtonChorley	1.00	30
St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, FleetwoodFleetwood	1.00	15
Tarleton Mere Brow Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	8
Tatham Fells Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLancaster	1.00	5
The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	1.00	29
The Cathedral Catholic Primary School, LancasterLancaster	1.00	18
Thorneyholme Roman Catholic Primary School, Dunsop BridgeClitheroe	1.00	6
Trawden Forest Primary SchoolColne	1.00	30
Treales Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	1
Upholland Roby Mill CofE Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	1.00	5
Warton Archbishop Hutton's VC Primary SchoolNr Carnforth	1.00	11
Winmarleigh Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	1.00	2
Wray with Botton Endowed Primary SchoolLancaster	1.00	7
Wrightington Mossy Lea Primary SchoolWigan	1.00	2
Yealand Church of England Primary SchoolCarnforth	1.00	3
Haslingden Primary SchoolRossendale	0.98	57
St Matthew's Church of England Primary AcademyPreston	0.98	44
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, OswaldtwistleAccrington	0.97	39
Our Lady and St Gerard's Roman Catholic Primary School, Lostock HallPreston	0.97	35
Salesbury Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.97	35
St Peter's CofE Primary School ChorleyChorley	0.97	35
Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary SchoolFleetwood	0.97	34
Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary SchoolLytham St Annes	0.97	61
Seven Stars Primary SchoolLeyland	0.97	30
St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBurnley	0.97	30
Grimsargh St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	0.97	29
Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary SchoolAccrington	0.97	29
St Augustine of Canterbury RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyBurnley	0.97	29
Accrington Huncoat Primary SchoolAccrington	0.96	28
Our Lady and St Anselm's Roman Catholic Primary School, WhitworthRochdale	0.96	28
Tonacliffe Primary SchoolWhitworth	0.96	28
Westwood Primary SchoolChorley	0.96	28
Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary and Nursery SchoolLancaster	0.96	27
Balshaw Lane Community Primary SchoolChorley	0.96	53
Bowerham Primary & Nursery SchoolLancaster	0.96	52
Haslingden St James Church of England Primary SchoolHaslingden	0.96	26
Morecambe Bay Community Primary SchoolMorecambe	0.96	26
St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolLytham St Annes	0.96	26
Stanah Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys	0.96	52
Cuerden Church School, Bamber BridgePreston	0.96	25
Bacup Thorn Primary SchoolBacup	0.96	24
Clayton-le-Woods Church of England Primary SchoolChorley	0.96	24
Clitheroe Pendle Primary SchoolClitheroe	0.96	48
Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.96	24
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School, ChurchAccrington	0.96	24
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, ChorleyChorley	0.96	24
St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolUpholland	0.96	24
Brindle Gregson Lane Primary SchoolPreston	0.96	23
Longton Primary SchoolPreston	0.96	23
Clifton Primary SchoolLytham St Annes	0.95	22
Leyland Methodist Infant SchoolLeyland	0.95	44
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, ChorleyChorley	0.95	22
St Mary's RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBurnley	0.95	22
Crawshawbooth Primary SchoolRossendale	0.95	43
Adlington Primary SchoolChorley	0.95	21
Lancaster Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster	0.95	21
St Maria Goretti Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	0.95	21
Accrington Spring Hill Community Primary SchoolAccrington	0.95	40
Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary SchoolLytham St Annes	0.95	20
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	0.95	20
St Charles' Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBlackburn	0.95	20
Adlington St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolChorley	0.95	19
Chorley All Saints Church of England Primary School and Nursery UnitChorley	0.95	19
Bolton-le-Sands Church of England Primary SchoolCarnforth	0.94	36
Crow Orchard Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	0.94	18
St Mary and St Andrew's Catholic Primary School, Barton NewshamPreston	0.94	18
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	0.94	35
Leyland St Andrew's Church of England Infant SchoolPreston	0.94	51
Medlar-with-Wesham Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	0.94	17
Bacup Holy Trinity Stacksteads Church of England Primary SchoolBacup	0.94	16
Chatburn Church of England Primary SchoolClitheroe	0.94	16
Lostock Hall Community Primary SchoolPreston	0.94	48
St Stephen's CofE SchoolPRESTON	0.94	32
Moorside Primary SchoolLancaster	0.94	47
Lancaster Road Primary SchoolMorecambe	0.93	46
Whitefield Primary SchoolPreston	0.93	46
Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, PreesallPoulton-Le-Fylde	0.93	15
Northbrook Primary AcademyLeyland	0.93	15
Ormskirk St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolOrmskirk	0.93	60
Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolPadiham, Burnley	0.93	30
Stalmine Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde	0.93	15
Woodplumpton St Anne's CofE Primary SchoolPreston	0.93	15
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	0.93	29
Skerton St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster	0.93	29
Nelson St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolNelson	0.93	57
Chorley, the Parish of St Laurence Church of England Primary SchoolChorley	0.93	28
Eccleston Primary SchoolChorley	0.93	28
Warton St Paul's Church of England Primary AcademyPreston	0.93	14
Willow Lane Community Primary SchoolLancaster	0.93	28
Oswaldtwistle St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington	0.93	27
Park Primary SchoolColne	0.92	53
Banks St Stephen's CofE SchoolSouthport	0.92	13
Coppull St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolChorley	0.92	13
St John With St Michael Church of England Primary SchoolRochdale	0.92	13
St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, HelmshoreLancashire	0.92	13
Padiham Primary SchoolBurnley	0.92	38
Burscough Bridge St John's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk	0.92	25
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton CleveleysThornton-Cleveleys	0.92	25
Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary SchoolAccrington	0.92	37
Caton Primary SchoolLancaster	0.92	12
Christ Church Charnock Richard CofE Primary SchoolChorley	0.92	24
Eccleston St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolChorley	0.92	12
Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn	0.92	24
Hesketh-With-Becconsall All Saints CofE SchoolPreston	0.92	24
Highfield Community Primary SchoolChorley	0.92	24
Nateby Primary SchoolPreston	0.92	12
New Longton All Saints CofE Primary SchoolPreston	0.92	24
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, OsbaldestonBlackburn	0.92	12
Whittle-le-Woods Church of England Primary SchoolCHORLEY	0.91	35
St Nicholas Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington	0.91	23
Burnley Brunshaw Primary SchoolBurnley	0.91	45
Lancaster Ryelands Primary SchoolLancaster	0.91	44
Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPreston	0.91	22
Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPreston	0.91	11
Ribby with Wrea Endowed CofE Primary SchoolPreston	0.91	22
Strike Lane Primary SchoolPreston	0.91	22
Water Primary SchoolRossendale	0.91	11
Rawtenstall St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolRawtenstall	0.91	32
Penwortham Primary SchoolPreston	0.90	21
Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk	0.90	30
Burnley St Stephen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBurnley	0.90	30
Samlesbury Church of England SchoolPreston	0.90	10
St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary SchoolBurnley	0.90	40
St John's CofE Primary School, ClivigerBurnley	0.90	30
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, Stacksteads, BacupBacup	0.90	10
Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys	0.90	30
Cop Lane Church of England Primary School, PenworthamPreston	0.90	29
Ribbleton Avenue Infant SchoolPreston	0.90	58
Alston Lane Catholic Primary School, LongridgePreston	0.89	19
Buckshaw Primary SchoolChorley	0.89	19
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	0.89	38
St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, HaslingdenRossendale	0.89	19
Trinity Church of England/Methodist Primary School, Buckshaw VillageChorley	0.89	47
St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great EcclestonPreston	0.89	28
Helmshore Primary SchoolRossendale	0.89	55
Coates Lane Primary SchoolBARNOLDSWICK	0.89	18
Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary SchoolMorecambe	0.89	18
Woodland Community Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	0.89	27
Morecambe and Heysham Westgate Primary SchoolMorecambe	0.89	44
Rosegrove Infant SchoolBurnley	0.89	35
St Clare's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	0.89	35
Longridge Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	0.88	26
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	0.88	26
Lever House Primary SchoolLeyland	0.88	43
Morecambe and Heysham Torrisholme Community Primary SchoolMorecambe	0.88	60
St Chad's Catholic Primary SchoolChorley	0.88	17
Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys	0.88	34
Deepdale Community Primary SchoolPreston	0.88	75
Accrington Benjamin Hargreaves Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington	0.88	16
Higham St John's Church of England Primary SchoolBurnley	0.88	16
Casterton Primary AcademyBurnley	0.87	39
Burscough Village Primary SchoolOrmskirk	0.87	30
Farington Moss St. Paul's C.E. Primary SchoolLeyland	0.87	30
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	0.87	45
St James' Church of England Primary School, ClitheroeCLITHEROE	0.87	15
St John's Catholic Primary School, SkelmersdaleSkelmersdale	0.87	15
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WrightingtonWigan	0.87	15
Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary SchoolThornton-Cleveleys	0.87	15
West Street Community Primary SchoolColne	0.87	30
Appley Bridge All Saints Church of England Primary AcademyWigan	0.86	22
Carleton Green Community Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde	0.86	44
Cherry Fold Community Primary SchoolBurnley	0.86	22
Heasandford Primary SchoolBurnley	0.86	87
Whalley Church of England Primary SchoolClitheroe	0.86	43
Ormskirk Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk	0.86	57
Ansdell Primary SchoolLytham St Annes	0.86	28
Bacup St Saviour's Community Primary SchoolBacup	0.86	7
Great Marsden St John's Primary School A Church of England AcademyNelson	0.86	21
Hoole St Michael CofE Primary SchoolPreston	0.86	7
Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided SchoolPreston	0.86	7
Rivington Foundation Primary SchoolBolton	0.86	14
St John's Catholic Primary School, BurscoughBurscough	0.86	14
Weeton St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPreston	0.86	7
Brookfield Park Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	0.85	20
Northern Primary SchoolBacup	0.85	20
Oswaldtwistle St Paul's Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington	0.85	13
St Ignatius' Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	0.85	26
Accrington Peel Park Primary SchoolAccrington	0.85	71
Barrowford SchoolNelson	0.84	19
Weeton Primary SchoolPreston	0.84	19
Baxenden St John's Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington	0.83	30
Bishop Martin Church of England Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	0.83	18
Burscough Bridge Methodist SchoolOrmskirk	0.83	6
Holme Slack Community Primary SchoolPreston	0.83	24
Quernmore Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolLancaster	0.83	12
Slyne-with-Hest, St Luke's, Church of England Primary SchoolLancaster	0.83	30
St Mary's CofE Primary School RawtenstallROSSENDALE	0.83	18
Holland Moor Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	0.83	53
Burnley Ightenhill Primary SchoolBurnley	0.83	41
Burnley Springfield Community Primary SchoolBurnley	0.83	23
Holy Saviour Roman Catholic Primary School, NelsonNelson	0.83	23
Burnley Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolBurnley	0.82	28
Altham St James Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington	0.82	11
Rawtenstall Balladen Community Primary SchoolRossendale	0.82	11
St Joseph's Catholic primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBarnoldswick	0.82	11
Waterfoot Primary SchoolRossendale	0.82	33
Castercliff Primary SchoolNelson	0.81	37
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolLeyland	0.81	21
Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary SchoolBury	0.81	26
Colne Primet Primary SchoolColne	0.80	20
Frenchwood Community Primary SchoolPreston	0.80	25
Ormskirk West End SchoolOrmskirk	0.80	10
Preesall Fleetwood's Charity Church of England Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde	0.80	15
Roughlee Church of England Primary SchoolNelson	0.80	5
St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyNelson	0.80	30
St Patrick's Roman Catholic Primary School, Walton-le-DalePreston	0.80	30
St Wulstan's Roman Catholic Primary School, Great HarwoodGreat Harwood	0.80	20
Trumacar Nursery and Community Primary SchoolMorecambe	0.80	45
Westhead Lathom St James' Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk	0.80	15
Withnell Fold Primary SchoolChorley	0.80	5
Fulwood, St Peter's Church of England Primary School and NurseryPreston	0.79	29
Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde	0.79	29
St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyBurnley	0.79	29
West End Primary SchoolMorecambe	0.79	29
Pool House Community Primary SchoolPreston	0.79	24
Overton St Helen's Church of England Primary SchoolMorecambe	0.79	19
Preston Greenlands Community Primary SchoolPreston	0.79	19
Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Ingol, PrestonPreston	0.78	23
Accrington St Mary Magdalen's Church of England Primary SchoolAccrington	0.78	27
Bamber Bridge St Aidan's Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	0.78	18
Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde	0.77	31
Catforth Primary SchoolPreston	0.77	13
Lytham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolLytham St. Annes	0.77	13
Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary SchoolBurnley	0.76	29
Downholland-Haskayne Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk	0.75	4
Morecambe and Heysham Sandylands Community Primary SchoolMorecambe	0.75	56
St Anne's and St Joseph's RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAccrington	0.75	12
Whittlefield Primary SchoolBurnley	0.75	24
Walverden Primary SchoolNelson	0.75	51
Reedley Primary SchoolBurnley	0.72	53
Ingol Community Primary SchoolPRESTON	0.71	28
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Medlar-with-WeshamPreston	0.71	14
Rawtenstall Newchurch Church of England Primary SchoolRossendale	0.70	10
Brookfield Community Primary SchoolPreston	0.70	23
Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolBurnley	0.69	26
Garstang Community Primary SchoolPreston	0.68	25
Scarisbrick St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk	0.67	3
St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolSkelmersdale	0.67	6
St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, GarstangPreston	0.67	6
Ashton Primary SchoolPreston	0.66	29
Knuzden St Oswald's Church of England Primary AcademyBlackburn	0.65	17
Kelbrook Primary SchoolBarnoldswick	0.64	14
Kirkham and Wesham Primary SchoolPreston	0.63	27
St Bernard's Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston	0.61	28
Newburgh Church of England Primary SchoolWigan	0.60	10
Lea Community Primary SchoolPreston	0.59	56
Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary SchoolPreston	0.58	12
Aughton Town Green Primary SchoolOrmskirk	0.58	45
The Roebuck SchoolPreston	0.55	40
Kennington Primary SchoolPreston	0.54	35
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAccrington	0.50	12
Banks Methodist SchoolSouthport	0.00	1

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

80 schools. 40 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Corpus Christi Catholic High SchoolPreston	1.84	151
Bay Leadership AcademyMorecambe	1.57	136
Millfield SchoolThornton-Cleveleys	1.45	168
Lathom High School : A Technology CollegeSkelmersdale	1.43	160
St Michael's Church of England High SchoolChorley	1.42	219
Broughton High SchoolPreston	1.39	168
St Bede's Catholic High SchoolOrmskirk	1.32	133
Clitheroe Royal Grammar SchoolClitheroe	1.32	175
Whitworth Community High SchoolROCHDALE	1.32	125
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, HyndburnAccrington	1.31	160
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High SchoolAccrington	1.29	190
Alder Grange SchoolRossendale	1.25	142
St Mary's Catholic High SchoolLeyland	1.24	160
Ripley St Thomas Church of England AcademyLancaster	1.22	289
Saint Aidan's Church of England High SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde	1.22	160
Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar SchoolRossendale	1.21	181
Lostock Hall AcademyPreston	1.20	156
All Hallows Catholic High SchoolPreston	1.18	171
Preston Muslim Girls High SchoolPreston	1.18	120
Holy Cross Catholic High SchoolChorley	1.14	189
Lancaster Girls' Grammar SchoolLancaster	1.13	184
Shuttleworth CollegeBurnley	1.13	192
Balshaw's Church of England High SchoolLeyland	1.12	179
Lancaster Royal Grammar SchoolLancaster	1.12	164
Parklands High SchoolChorley	1.11	215
Moor Park High SchoolPreston	1.11	127
All Saints' Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyRossendale	1.09	98
Penwortham Priory AcademyPreston	1.09	151
Ss John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High SchoolColne	1.08	179
St Bede's Catholic High School, LythamLytham St Annes	1.08	157
St Cecilia's RC High SchoolPreston	1.07	119
Pendle Vale CollegeNelson	1.06	207
Bishop Rawstorne Church of England AcademyLeyland	1.06	179
Burnley High SchoolBurnley	1.06	119
Bowland HighClitheroe	1.04	133
Ashton Community Science CollegePreston	1.02	169
Hodgson AcademyPoulton-Le-Fylde	1.02	212
Marsden Heights Community CollegeNelson	1.02	205
Haslingden High School and Sixth FormRossendale	1.01	263
The HollinsAccrington	1.01	152
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademyBurnley	1.00	248
Penwortham Girls' High SchoolPreston	0.99	161
Colne Park High SchoolColne	0.99	212
Eden Boys' School, PrestonPreston	0.96	121
Fleetwood High SchoolFLEETWOOD	0.94	213
Brownedge St Mary's Catholic High SchoolPreston	0.94	159
Tarleton AcademyPreston	0.94	137
Lytham St Annes High SchoolLytham St. Annes	0.93	275
Our Lady's Catholic High SchoolPreston	0.93	175
Ribblesdale SchoolClitheroe	0.93	276
St Augustine's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary AcademyClitheroe	0.93	214
Carr Hill High SchoolPreston	0.93	155
Albany AcademyChorley	0.91	142
Up Holland High SchoolWigan	0.91	192
West Craven High SchoolBarnoldswick	0.90	100
Sir John Thursby Community CollegeBurnley	0.89	223
The Hyndburn AcademyBlackburn	0.87	104
Cardinal Allen Catholic High School, FleetwoodFleetwood	0.86	162
Unity CollegeBurnley	0.85	263
Ormskirk SchoolOrmskirk	0.85	248
Hutton Church of England Grammar SchoolPreston	0.85	147
Longridge High SchoolPreston	0.84	184
Garstang Community AcademyPreston	0.84	156
Lancaster High SchoolLancaster	0.84	122
Burscough Priory AcademyOrmskirk	0.83	130
Accrington AcademyAccrington	0.83	199
Our Lady's Catholic CollegeLancaster	0.80	166
Christ The King Catholic High SchoolPreston	0.79	95
Morecambe Bay AcademyMorecambe	0.74	214
Carnforth High SchoolCarnforth	0.74	135
Fulwood AcademyPreston	0.70	197
Academy@WordenLeyland	0.70	174
Colne Primet AcademyColne	0.68	154
Baines SchoolPoulton-le-Fylde	0.63	171
Southlands High SchoolChorley	0.59	123
Wellfield AcademyLeyland	0.59	120
Walton-Le-Dale High SchoolPreston	0.56	134
RhyddingsAccrington	0.53	129
Archbishop Temple Church of England High SchoolPreston	0.48	205
The Valley Leadership AcademyBacup	0.41	104