Business Assurance
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Information Compliance
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Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx.xx
Ella Pare
By email only to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
23rd June 2020
Dear Ella,
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”)
Further to your recent request for information held by King’s College London, I am
writing to confirm that the requested information is held by the university.
Your request
We received your information request on 8th June 2020 and have treated it as a
request for information made under section 1(1) of the Act.
You requested the following information:
For the A100 Medicine programme, please could you answer my following questions for the 2018
and 2019 MBBS cycle.
1. How many candidates obtained an interview that did not meet the GCSE requirements (B in
maths and English)
2. What was the average UCAT for these applicants (if applicable)
3. What were the lowest 15 GCSE scores for candidates that obtained an interview/ an average of
the GCSE results
Our response
Please find an excel spreadsheet containing the following information:
• Applicants who received an interview for A100 in the 2018 and 2019 cycle
• UKCAT scores
• Any GCSEs/IGCSEs studied and their grades
This information can be used to determine the following:
• Applicants who received an interview but did not receive a B in Maths or
English (if any)
• Average UKCAT scores
• The lowest/average GCSE combinations (All GCSEs have been included
including Maths and English)
Please note:
• Data has been taken for the following UCAS cycles: 2018 and 2019.
• Applicants could have applied for deferred entry.
• GCSE grades are inputted onto applications by applicants themselves. If a
qualification were a condition of an offer, the university would request proof
of such qualifications before issuing an unconditional offer. These grades are
not necessarily accurate.
• Applicants may upload certificates showing GCSE grades. However, these
grades may not be stored on the university system.
• The data is not manually cleaned and is provided as it is stored.
• Resits/remarks may be included in the data.
• The qualifications data is also provided as it is stored in the system. As a
result, there are often multiple lines of data per application, dependent on
the number of qualifications.
This completes the university’s response to your information request.
Your right to complain
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
information request or feel that it has not been properly handled you have the right
to complain or request a review of our decision by contacting the Assistant Director
of Business Assurance (Information Compliance) within 60 days of the date of this
letter.
Further information about our internal complaints procedure is available at the link
below:
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/college/policyzone/assets/files/governance_and_legal/Freed
om_of_Information_Policy_updated_Oct_%202011.pdf In the event that you are not content with the outcome of your complaint you may
apply to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally the Information
Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the internal
complaints procedure provided by King’s College London.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at the following address:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely
Katie Poole
Information Compliance
