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The Oxbridge Files. Which schools get the most pupils in?

The Oxbridge Files. Which schools get the most pupils in?
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Oxford and Cambridge have released figures showing how many offers they gave to pupils from schools in the 2020 UCAS application cycle. We have combined the figures in this table. It shows how well state grammars and sixth-form colleges compete with independent schools. Over the years, both universities have roughly doubled the proportion of pupils from state schools: 67 per cent, up from 52 per cent in 2000. Of the 80 schools, 35 are independent, 22 grammar, 15 sixth-form colleges, seven comprehensives or academies, and one is a further education college. (Schools are ranked by offers received, then by offer-to-application ratio. If schools received fewer than three offers from one university, this number has been discounted due to UCAS’s disclosure control.)

Sources: Cambridge, applications, offers & acceptances by UCAS Apply Centre 2020; University of Oxford applications By UCAS Apply Centre 2020