School type
This page shows the number of UK-domiciled students applying to, receiving offers from and admitted to Oxford by the type of school they attended: state or independent.
UK-domiciled students applying from other types of school have been excluded from the tables below. This is because the group is small, constituting only 4.4% of applications (1,884) between 2019 and 2021, and includes students from overseas or unknown schools, making it difficult to draw reliable conclusions from the numbers.
University-level data
- The proportion of students admitted to Oxford from the UK state sector fell in 2021 following the exceptional intake in 2020 but remains higher than in all previous years since the University began recording detailed admissions statistics.
- The proportion of UK students admitted from the independent sector has decreased between 2017 and 2021.
UK applications to Oxford, offers made and students admitted by school type, 2017–2021
| State | Independent | ||||||
| Applications | Offers | Admitted | Applications | Offers | Admitted | State proportion of total UK students admitted9 | |
| 2021 | 9,608 | 1,829 | 1,760 | 4,104 | 833 | 819 | 68.2% |
| 2020 | 9,411 | 2,021 | 1,937 | 4,060 | 902 | 886 | 68.6% |
| 2019 | 8,914 | 1,908 | 1,557 | 4,403 | 1,050 | 942 | 62.3% |
| 2018 | 8,207 | 1,789 | 1,502 | 4,265 | 1,069 | 981 | 60.5% |
| 2017 | 7,765 | 1,683 | 1,431 | 4,242 | 1,148 | 1,029 | 58.2% |
9. Excluding students whose education cannot be classified as either state or independent.
Context
Breakdown of students achieving AAA or better at A-level by school type
(all UK universities, 2019 UK intake)*
Breakdown of students achieving A*A*A or better at A-level by school type
(all UK universities, 2019 UK intake)*
Oxford University (2021 UK intake)9
*Most recent available national data covers 2019 intake: defined as first-year, first-degree, UK-domiciled undergraduate students, academic year 2019/20. AAA+ pool includes equivalent Scottish qualifications. Excludes unknown school type. See note on HESA data for full citation.
For further information on all Oxford's admissions statistics, including by course and by college, please read the Annual Admissions Statistical Report.
You may also be interested to see detailed statistics relating to school type, and information on the UCAS apply centres of applicants.