§ Mr. ChaytorTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many and what percentage share of(a) applicants and (b) successful applicants there were to (i) Oxford and (ii) Cambridge University from (1) fee- paying schools, (2) local authority 11 to 18 year comprehensive schools, (3) Sixth Form Colleges, (4) state grammar schools and (5) tertiary and general further education colleges, together with the equivalent figures for each constituent college of each of the two universities, for the academic year 2000–01. [145739]
§ Mr. Wicks[holding answer 24 January 2001]: The available data for Oxford and Cambridge are shown in the following table. Figures for each constituent college are not available centrally.
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UCAS UK-domiciled applicants and acceptances to Oxford and Cambridge universities by previous educational establishment— autumn 2000 entry Oxford Cambridge Number Percentage1 Number Percentage1 Applicants Independent 3,202 40 3,526 36 Comprehensive2 2,665 33 3,702 38 Sixth Form College 782 10 913 9 Grammar 428 5 609 6 FE/HE 497 6 526 5 Other3 108 1 136 1 Not known 281 4 413 4 Total 7,963 100 9,825 100
UCAS UK-domiciled applicants and acceptances to Oxford and Cambridge universities by previous educational establishment—autumn 2000 entry Oxford Cambridge Number Percentage1 Number Percentage1 Acceptance applicants Independent 1,343 46 1,306 44 Comprehensive2 945 32 1,002 33 Sixth Form College 269 9 251 8 Grammar 162 6 210 7 FE/HE 119 4 109 4 Other3 27 1 28 1 Not known 63 2 93 3 Total 2,928 100 2,999 100 1 Constituent parts may not sum to totals because of rounding 2 Includes former Grant Maintained schools 3 Includes Sixth Form Centres, Special schools, Other secondary schools, Other educational establishments (Adult Colleges and City Technology Colleges), and students whose previous establishment was not known