Thousands of children missed out on a place at their preferred secondary school in Bristol this year, official figures reveal.
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.
One secondary school in Bristol proved to be one of the country’s hardest to secure a place at with just 38% of applicants to select it as their first choice being accepted.
In the South West, 10.7% of applicants did not get into their first choice secondary school. This meant 5,969 secondary aged children did not get a place at their first choice school.
How competitive is it to get into your local secondary school? Here we reveal which Bristol secondary schools are the hardest to get into.
1. Bristol Cathedral Choir School, College Green
Bristol Cathedral Choir School had 326 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 124 of these were offered places. This means 202 applicants, 62%, did not get a place. | Google
2. Montpelier High School, Montpelier
Montpelier High School had 254 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 127 of these were offered places. This means 127 applicants, 50%, did not get a place. | Google
3. Redland Green School
Redland Green School had 346 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 212 of these were offered places. This means 134 applicants, 38.7%, did not get a place. | Google
4. Bristol Free School, Brentry
Bristol Free School had 283 applicants put the school as a first preference but only 177 of these were offered places. This means 106 applicants, 37.5%, did not get a place. | Google