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 14,105, almost unchanged compared to the previous year.
• The total number of applications from the maintained sector is 6,214 (6,553) a decrease of 5%.
• The total number of applications from the independent sector is 3,949 (4,053) a decrease of 3%.
• The total number of acceptances from the maintained sector is 1,517 (1,554) a decrease of 2%.
• The total number of acceptances from the independent sector is 1,327 (1,340) a decrease of 1%.
• The proportion of students accepted who are female is 49% (51%)

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	55% (56%)
  Independent	45% (44%)

Table 3.1 Applications and acceptances by UCAS tariff scores and gender

• Of those accepted 97% (96%) 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 5,453 (5,228).

Table 7.1 UK domiciled applicants and acceptances by socio-economic classification

• The proportion of those accepted who declare themselves to be from one of the lower socioeconomic groups as defined by UCAS (groups 4-7) is 10% (10%). In addition 10% (10%) of those accepted chose not to declare their socio-economic classification.

Table 8.1 Home applicants and acceptances by ethnic origin

• The proportion of those accepted who declare they have an ethnic minority background or other is 14% (13%). In addition 4% (9%) of those accepted chose not to declare their ethnic origin.

Table 9.1 Applicants and acceptances by disability

• The proportion of those accepted who declare they have disability is 3% (3%).

Notes for information

• These statistics refer to applicants making an application in October 2006, either for entry in October 2007 or deferred entry in October 2008. Applicants holding a deferred offer from the previous admissions round are not included. Please note that the statistics also exclude 206 (157) 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.