Business Assurance
5th Floor
Information Compliance
James Clerk Maxwell Building
57 Waterloo Road
London
SE1 8WA
Tel: 020 7848 7816
Email
: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx.xx
T. Ahmad
By email only to:
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
7 April 2021
Dear Ahmad,
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”)
Further to your recent request for information held by King’s Col ege London, I am
writing to confirm that some of the requested information is held by the university.
Your request
We received your information request on 23 March 2021 and have treated it as a
request for information made under section 1(1) of the Act.
You requested the following information:
1) Will KCL do the Superstar Scheme in 2020/21?
2) How many applied for Superstar Scheme for Law LLB and how many students did KCL take
on with the Superstar Scheme for Law LLB ? Years 2016/17,2017-18,2018/19, 2019/20
requested please.
3) What is the difference between adjustment and the superstar scheme?
Our response
1. We review our approach to Clearing and Superstar Scheme in early
Summer and advertise our entry criteria on our webpages.
2.
2020 2019
2018
2017
1
19
19
17
* Please note that we do not hold data on how many people applied for the
Superstar Scheme, so the figures given are the number of students that were
accepted.
3. Adjustment is a placement service provided by UCAS, please review the
UCAS website for more information
https://www.ucas.com/ucas/undergraduate/apply-and-track/results/ucas-
adjustment-if-youve-done-better-expected
In the Clearing period King’s may consider students with exceptional grades
through the Superstar scheme for placement onto courses which are
otherwise not available in Clearing.
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. General y, 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 fol owing address:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Yours sincerely
Jade Roche
Information Compliance
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