In a significant first for any Cambridge College, over 90% (91.1%) of our UK students are from state schools. This is compared to a University average of 72.5% across Cambridge, and an average of 68.3% at Oxford.
Other headline figures from our UK cohort include:
- Over 64% from backgrounds that are either disadvantaged, underrepresented or historically-excluded from Cambridge.
- 35.5% IMD quintiles 1 & 2 (regions of greatest socioeconomic disadvantage in the UK)
- 10% were eligible for Free School Meals at some point during their education
- At least one in four will be the first in their family to go to University
Importantly, Lucy Cavendish College has achieved this without compromising academic standards. Our students studying STEM subjects achieved an average of three A*s at A-level, whilst incoming arts, humanities and social sciences students achieved an average of 2.5 A*s.
