They got it wrong: The best and worst colleges for state school admissions

A media storm has recently ignited around David Cameron’s and his college’s perceived lack of state school admissions. A recent report by the Sutton Trust showed only 11 per cent of state school pupils who apply to Brasenose win a place, the lowest of any college. Shock, the college which admits the smallest proportion of applicant also admits the smallest proportion of state school applicants.

According to the government’s Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission, some colleges are failing to maintain the university’s standards on state school admissions. The commission, released at the end of last year, pointed out that some colleges will need to increase their state school intake by 25 per cent to reach Oxford’s goals. However, the commission was not as accurate as hoped. It only examined acceptance rates from 2013 and did not take into account students who did not fall into the state or private school category. By looking at the average over the last three years, the rates are worse that the already pessimistic statistics given by the commission.

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However it isn’t all sour for Oxford. Some colleges have been commended for their high state school acceptance rates, bucking the trend among most.

Amongst all of the colleges, Mansfield best reflects proportion of state eduction and private education.

However, private schools only represent 7 per cent of British school children. There still needs to be a lot done to make Oxford a far less exclusive place. In fact these statistics mean that Oxford is worse than was already stated for state school admissions.