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.
This rose to one in three (33%) for secondary school places.
How competitive is it to get into your local secondary school?
Here we reveal which Harrogate district secondary schools are the hardest to get into...
5. Harrogate High School
Harrogate High School had 149 applicants who put the school as their first preference but only 143 of these were offered places - this means that 6 applicants did not get a place Photo: Adrian Murray
6. Outwood Academy Ripon
Outwood Academy Ripon had 125 applicants who put the school as their first preference but only 124 of these were offered places - this means that 1 applicant did not get a place Photo: Tom McGourty