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.
How competitive is it to get into your local primary school?
Here we reveal which Harrogate district primary schools are the hardest to get into...
9. St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School had 25 applicants who put the school as their first preference but only 24 of these were offered places - this means that 1 applicant did not get a place Photo: Google
10. Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School
Richard Taylor Church of England Primary School had 30 applicants who put the school as their first preference but only 29 of these were offered places - this means that 1 applicant did not get a place Photo: Google
11. Oatlands Infant School
Oatlands Infant School had 75 applicants who put the school as their first preference but only 74 of these were offered places - this means that 1 applicant did not get a place Photo: Google