Miss Zoe Allwood
FOI Manager
Ariyan Hoque
By email
Reference: FOI-2021-290
21 April 2021
Dear Ariyan Hoque,
Your request was received on 28 March 2021 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’).
You asked:
Could you please provide the data for all home undergraduate applications in the past 5
complete application cycles separated by state and independent schools for the Natural
Sciences course:
1. The number of applicants, applicants interviewed and applicants given an offer separated by
gender 2. The number of applicants, applicants interviewed and applicants given an offer
separated by ethnicity
For the next two requests, please provide the average raw mark and average point-based score
(if applicable where raw marks are converted and used in scoring system)
3. The average score on the admissions exam (separated by section if applicable) of all offer
holders separated by gender 4. The average score on the admissions exam (separated by
section if applicable) for each section of all offer holder separated by ethnicity
We refer you to our response to your request reference FOI-2021-278.
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Yours sincerely,
Zoe Allwood