Half of parents who chose one Leeds school as their first choice this year were denied a place for their child - and you can use our interactive tool to find out how oversubscribed your own school is.
Figures show just 45 per cent of those who put Roundhay School as their first choice secondary secured a place for this September.
The school had 2.2 first preference applications for each of the 235 places offered - 513 in total.
Of those who put the school as their first pick, 232 were successful.
Including second and third preferences, there were 6 applications for each offered place, with two second preferences and one third preference getting a place.
If you want to know how many applications there were for a place at a school in your area, you can use our interactive to explore how successful people applying were this September.
The Ruth Gorse Academy was the next hardest secondary to get into locally, with just 62 per cent of those who put it as a first preference getting a place.
There were 1.4 first preferences for the school, a total of 357, for each of its 250 places offered.
Roundhay School was the hardest primary school to secure a place at locally.
The school had 2.1 first preferences for each of the 60 places offered, with just 46 per cent of those who put the school as their first choice getting a place.
Overall, the primary school was put down as a preference 333 times, with three second preferences being successful.
Shire Oak VC Primary School saw 53 first preferences for 30 places offered - 1.8 per place - with just 49 per cent of parents who put it as a first choice being offered a place.
Leeds schools with lowest proportion of successful first preferences
| School name | Type | Number of places offered | Number of 1st preferences | % first preference | 1st preferences to offers | All preferences | All preferences to offers |
| Roundhay School | Secondary | 235 | 513 | 45.2 | 2.2 | 1416 | 6 |
| Shire Oak VC Primary School | Primary | 60 | 124 | 46 | 2.1 | 333 | 5.6 |
| Beeston Hill St Luke's CofE Primary School | Primary | 30 | 53 | 49.1 | 1.8 | 169 | 5.6 |
| Meanwood CofE Primary School | Primary | 30 | 53 | 56.6 | 1.8 | 189 | 6.3 |
| Roundhay St John's CofE Primary School | Primary | 30 | 35 | 57.1 | 1.2 | 154 | 5.1 |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, Beeston | Primary | 30 | 45 | 57.8 | 1.5 | 128 | 4.3 |
| All Saint's Richmond Hill CofE Primary School | Primary | 30 | 51 | 58.8 | 1.7 | 117 | 3.9 |
| Moortown Primary School | Primary | 30 | 44 | 59.1 | 1.5 | 327 | 10.9 |
| Shadwell Primary School | Primary | 30 | 49 | 59.2 | 1.6 | 173 | 5.8 |
The national picture
King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School for Boys in Birmingham is the toughest secondary school in England to get a place at.
Just 10 per cent of those who put it as a first preference secured a place in 2018.
It had 263 first preferences - 2.2 for each of the 117 places offered - and 11.2 preferences per place in total.
Peter Gladwin Primary School in Brighton and Hove was the hardest primary to get into, with just 10 per cent of those who put it as a first preference getting a place.
While it had 29 first preference offers compared to 30 places offered, just three children who had it as a first choice got a place.
The Royal School, Wolverhampton, had 7.9 first place preferences for each of offer - a total of 246 compared to 31 places - the highest ratio in England.
Overall, the school had 28.5 preferences per offered place.
Where the figures came from
The data from the Department for Education is based on figures from National Offers Day, so data held directly by individual schools may differ, for example, because late applications were included.
The application process for places in September 2020 will re-open at the start of this month as pupils head back to schools.
This year’s deadline for applying for a Reception place is January 15, 2020, while it is October 31, for secondary applications.
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