SUMMARY
Please note that last year's figures are shown in italics in brackets.
Table 1.1 Applications and acceptances by type of school/college and gender
- The total number of applications is 14,498 (14,105) an increase of 3% on the previous year.
- The total number of applications from the maintained sector is 6,689 (6,214) an increase of 8%.
- The total number of applications from the independent sector is 4,095 (3,949) an increase of 4%.
- The total number of acceptances is 3,531 (3,390) an increase of 4%.
- The total number of acceptances from the maintained sector is 1,762 (1,517) an increase of 16%.
- The total number of acceptances from the independent sector is 1,277 (1,327) a decrease of 4%.
- The male:female ratio of accepted students is 52:48 (51:49).
Table 1.2 Home applications and acceptances by type of UK school/college and gender
- For applications from Home students attending UK schools/colleges the proportion of
acceptances by school/college type are:
| Maintained |
59% (55%) |
| Independent |
41% (45%) |
Table 3.1 Applications and acceptances by UCAS tariff scores and gender
- Of those accepted 98% (97%) achieved three grade As (or more) counting only their best three A
levels excluding General Studies.
- The number of unsuccessful applicants who went on to achieve three grade As counting only their
best three A levels excluding General Studies is 5,494 (5,453).
Table 7.1 UK domiciled applicants and acceptances by socio-economic classification
- The proportion of those accepted whose socio-economic group is known and who declare themselves to be from one of the lower socio-economic
groups as defined by UCAS (groups 4-7) is 12% (11%). In addition 12% (10%) of those
accepted chose not to declare their socio-economic classification.
Table 8.1 Home applications and acceptances by ethnic origin
- The proportion of those accepted whose ethnicity is known and who declare they have an ethnic minority background or other
is 15% (15%). In addition 10% (4%) of those accepted chose not to declare their ethnic origin.
Table 9.1 Applications and acceptances by disability
- The proportion of those accepted who declare they have disability is 4% (3%).
Notes for information
- These statistics refer to applicants making an application in October 2007, either for entry in
October 2008 or deferred entry in October 2009. Applicants holding a deferred offer from the
previous admissions round are not included. Please note that the statistics also exclude 221 (206)
applicants through UCAS who did not submit a Cambridge Application Form (CAF) in
addition to a UCAS application.
- The term 'Home' refers to applicants who have indicated that they are in UCAS residential
categories A, B, C, D and G (that is all categories except O). For more information about UCAS
residential categories contact UCAS via www.ucas.ac.uk.
- Acceptance figures include only those applicants who received an unconditional firm offer of a
place. It excludes those made conditional offers who were unsuccessful at confirmation.
- In many places percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number, so values given do
not always add up to 100.
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