Getting your child into the right primary school is a stressful process as all parents want the best for their sons and daughters.

Unfortunately in the race for places, many will miss out on their first choice.

Mill View Primary School in Upton has been found to be the most oversubscribed primary within Cheshire.

With more than five applications for each place and only 30 spots were on offer, 132 children missed out.

Related: Race for a secondary school place

St Martin’s Academy had the highest numbers of first preference applications per place with 52 made for 25 places.

This was closely followed by Leighton Academy, where there were 114 applicants for just 60 spots.

Less than half of pupils who put the Hoole school as their first choice (44.2%) got places.

Successful applicants needed to live less than 0.17 miles away, a four minute walk.

All three primaries have been labelled ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, with St Martin’s awarded the honour in June.

Schools base their admissions criteria on factors including how close by applicants live, whether a sibling is there already and their care needs.

Academies can set their own criteria as long as they comply to the School Admissions Code.

Related: How the figures were compiled

St Paul’s Catholic Primary was found to have the smallest catchment area in the county.

Based on last year’s offers the last child given a place lived just 0.08 miles from the school, a walk which would take just over a minute and a half.

Did your child miss out on their first choice school? What do you make of the fact so many primary schools are oversubscribed? Let us know in the comments below.