HC Deb 07 May 2003 vol 404 cc687-9W
Mr. Chaytor

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many, and what percentage, of(a) applicants and (b) successful applicants there were to (i) Oxford and (ii) Cambridge University from (A) fee paying schools, (B) local authority 11–18 comprehensive schools, (C) sixth form colleges, (D)

Percentage of applications from maintained sector Year of entry Percentage of acceptances from maintained sector Year of entry
Cambridge University 2000 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002
Christ's 55 58 61 37 51 54
Churchill 75 68 70 68 58 66
Clare 56 65 66 55 59 60
Corpus Christi 49 56 57 39 53 52
Downing 51 47 54 41 46 50
Emmanuel 61 59 57 54 53 54
Fitzwilliam 71 68 72 66 60 69
Girton 61 62 64 61 58 51
Gonville and Caius 48 46 52 48 36 46
Homerton1 — — 76 — — 72
Hughes Hall2 — — 60 — — 100
Jesus 57 53 53 54 56 56
King's 84 85 80 77 78 69
Lucy Cavendish2 — — 89 — — 100
Magdalene 42 42 48 36 44 55
New Hall 59 58 65 58 55 54
Newnham 58 64 62 49 59 61
Pembroke 55 57 59 50 50 51
Peterhouse 52 45 53 43 43 53
Queen's 60 60 57 55 53 47
Robinson 65 64 69 56 64 62
Selwyn 58 54 61 49 48 58
Sidney Sussex 55 58 58 45 52 58
St. Catherine's 58 52 59 52 51 57
St. Edmund's2 — — 100 — — —
St. John's 52 55 50 45 49 45
Trinity 56 52 54 48 45 44
Trinity Hall 55 53 52 47 50 43
Wolfson2 — — 83 — — 83
All standard colleges 59 58 60 52 53 55
Mature student colleges (Hugh Hall, Lucy Cavendish, St. Edmunds and Wilfson) 86 86 — 87 87 —
1 Homerton College amalgamated with Cambridge on 1 April 2001
2 Prior to 2002, figures for these colleges were amalgamated.

Percentage of applications from maintained sector Year of entry Percentage of offers to maintained sector Year of entry
Oxford University 2001 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002
Balliol — 50 61 56 53 51
Brasenose — 40 40 44 44 49
Christ Church — 43 49 47 39 47
Corpus Christi — 57 60 56 52 58
Exeter — 51 52 60 56 48
Harris Manchester — 100 100 100 86 92
Hertford — 69 76 61 67 71
Jesus — 67 68 57 58 61
Keble — 58 63 65 60 59
Lady Margaret Hall — 46 51 47 41 52
Lincoln — 52 63 46 57 64
Magdalene — 56 57 46 52 52
Mansfield — 71 81 75 67 75
Merton — 61 59 61 54 53
New — 54 53 48 49 55

state grammar schools and (E) further education colleges, in each of the last three years, broken down by constituent college. [101040]

Margaret Hodge

[holding answer 10 March 2003]The available information for the constituent colleges of Oxford and Cambridge is shown in the following tables. These figures are compiled by the institutions themselves, who are responsible for its accuracy. The tables cover all applicants, irrespective of their qualifications, and therefore take no account of any differential levels of A-level attainment between students from the maintained and independent school sectors.

Percentage of applications from maintained sector Year of entry Percentage of offers to maintained sector Year of entry
Oxford University 2001 2001 2002 2000 2001 2002
Oriel — 46 54 40 45 49
Pembroke — 45 46 45 55 51
Queen's — 50 49 53 57 46
Somerville — 55 55 60 61 64
St. Anne's — 53 61 61 57 55
St. Catherine's — 59 58 56 49 44
St. Edmund Hall — 40 46 42 60 55
St. Hilda's — 62 61 53 64 63
St. Hugh's — 63 62 50 66 74
St. John's — 67 80 70 53 51
St. Peter's — 50 49 51 61 64
Trinity — 47 49 44 54 51
University — 46 46 48 43 49
Wadham — 71 75 66 68 73
Worcester — 41 49 47 48 48
Total — 55 59 54 55 57
1 Figures not available for applications in 2000.