Saunders is the most oversubscribed high school in the district, Ms. Fierstein said.

Now its aim is to stop the oversubscribed all-boys school favouring the children of parents who are actively involved in their local Catholic parishes.

The Nobel School is an oversubscribed secondary school of average size.

The school, oversubscribed and overcrowded, has no playground.

It has received over 1,000 applicants for its next 120 places, making it one of the most oversubscribed taxpayer-funded schools in England.

It is a popular and oversubscribed school, larger than average for a village primary school.

In both cases, parents sued when their children made an oversubscribed school their first choice and were turned down because of their race.

It is one of the most oversubscribed schools in London.

It is also one of the most oversubscribed schools in the country with about 1,300 applications for 180 places.

It is one of the most oversubscribed schools in Northern Ireland.