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.
University-level data
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 4.6% of applications (2,022) between 2022 and 2024 and includes students from overseas or unknown schools, making it difficult to draw reliable conclusions from the numbers.
- The proportion of students admitted to Oxford from the UK state sector in 2024 was 66.2%. This is a decrease of 2.4 percentage points from 2020.
- The proportion of UK students admitted from the independent sector has increased between 2020 and 2024.
UK applications to Oxford
Offers made and students admitted by school type, 2020–2024
| State | Independent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Applications | Offers | Admitted | Applications | Offers | Admitted | State proportion of total UK students admitted9 |
| 2024 | 10,258 | 1,964 | 1,668 | 3,852 | 933 | 851 | 66.2% |
| 2023 | 10,150 | 1,935 | 1,662 | 3,797 | 858 | 796 | 67.6% |
| 2022 | 9,965 | 1,851 | 1,678 | 3,855 | 815 | 785 | 68.1% |
| 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% |
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, 2021 UK intake)*
Breakdown of students achieving A*A*A or better at A-level by school type
(all UK universities, 2021 UK intake)*
Oxford University (2024 UK intake)
*Most recent available national data covers 2021 intake: defined as first-year, first-degree, UK-domiciled undergraduate students, academic year 2021/22. 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.