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 Yorkshire and the Humber, 6.2 per cent of applicants did not get into their first choice primary school and 11.5 per cent did not secure a place at their preferred secondary school.
This meant 3,550 primary and 7,198 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 per cent) did not get into their first choice primary school.
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This meant 3,550 primary and 7,198 secondary aged children did not get a place at their first choice school.