Miss Zoe Al wood 
FOI Manager  
 
 
 
Henry  Webster 
 
By email 
 
 
Reference: FOI-2022-45 
17 February 2022 
 
 
 
 
Dear Mr Webster, 
 
Your request was received on 23 January 2022 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the 
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘the Act’). 
 
You asked: 
 
Please may you provide me with the following data from 2017-2022 cycles for the following 
colleges for the Physical Natural Sciences course: 
- Emmanuel 
- Peterhouse 
- St. Catherines 
- Trinity 
- Jesus 
- Christ's 
Regarding: 
1. The success rate of applicants from state schools 2. The success rate of applicants from 
independent schools 3. The percentage of applicants offered an interview 4. The percentage of 
applicants that received an offer (including those that were pooled) 5. The percentage of 
successful applicants who were pooled 6. The minimum, mean and maximum score of 
successful applicants for the Mathematics section of the NSAA 7. The minimum, mean and 
maximum score of successful applicants for the Physics and Chemistry section of the NSAA 
 
The requested information, insofar as it is held, is attached. Information about interviews is not held; all 
interview processes for entry to undergraduate degree courses at the University are set and managed 
locally by each of the individual Colleges, each of which is a separate legal entity and public authority 
under the Act. 
 
The Old Schools 
Trinity Lane 
Cambridge, CB2 1TN 
 
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 764142 
Email: xxx@xxxxx.xxx.xx.xx 
www.cam.ac.uk 
 

---

 
 
 
Please note that the attached document should not be copied, reproduced or used except in 
accordance with the law of copyright. 
 
If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a 
complaint or request an internal review of this decision, you should contact us quoting the reference 
number above. The University would normally expect to receive your request for an internal review 
within 40 working days of the date of this letter and reserves the right not to review a decision where 
there has been undue delay in raising a complaint. If you are not content with the outcome of your 
review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the 
Information Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints 
procedure provided by the University. The Information Commissioner may be contacted at: The 
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF 
(https://ico.org.uk/). 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
Zoe Al wood 
 

---

Document Outline

• Please may you provide me with the following data from 2017-2022 cycles for the following colleges for the Physical Natural Sciences course:
• - Emmanuel
• - Peterhouse
• - St. Catherines
• - Trinity
• - Jesus
• - Christ's
• Regarding:
• 1. The success rate of applicants from state schools 2. The success rate of applicants from independent schools 3. The percentage of applicants offered an interview 4. The percentage of applicants that received an offer (including those that were pool...
• The requested information, insofar as it is held, is attached. Information about interviews is not held; all interview processes for entry to undergraduate degree courses at the University are set and managed locally by each of the individual Colleges...
• Please note that the attached document should not be copied, reproduced or used except in accordance with the law of copyright.

---