Research edition · Comparison · Eton · Wycombe Abbey
How do Eton and Wycombe Abbey compare on Oxford offers / applications?
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2016–2023. Edition of 28 Sep 2026.
The answer · Too close to call
Over the 8 years we can compare (2016–2023), Wycombe Abbey is ahead by a typical 0.4 points, under one point, so the two are effectively level on this measure.
The figures
- Eton
- Wycombe Abbey
Each school against the same scale and years.
A break in a line means a year has no comparable figure; nothing is estimated. The figures behind the chart are listed below.
| Year | Eton (%) | Wycombe Abbey (%) | Gap (points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 36.42 | 32.5 | 3.92 |
| 2017 | 29.11 | 33.33 | −4.22 |
| 2018 | 30.46 | 41.67 | −11.2 |
| 2019 | 32.09 | 32.43 | −0.34 |
| 2020 | 32.09 | 32.61 | −0.52 |
| 2021 | 24.6 | 16.67 | 7.94 |
| 2022 | 32.41 | 28.13 | 4.28 |
| 2023 | 28.21 | 33.33 | −5.13 |
Figures to two decimal places at most. A figure known only within the school’s rounding is shown as a range, never as its lower end.
Read this with the answer
- Entry-cycle applications and offers only; school-reported destination totals are not substituted.
- Published results describe different groups of pupils, chosen in different ways. They can’t show the effect of attending a school, or what one pupil would achieve.
- Only the years both schools can be compared on are used: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. A missing or excluded year is not a zero result.
- The period check compares all shared years, the latest three, the latest five and each year left out in turn, not every possible period. One of these choices of years changes which school is ahead.
- These figures carry the record’s existing source checks, which are kept apart from background links. This edition didn’t reopen every original publication.
- Offers are divided by applications made from the same school. An offer is not an acceptance or a final destination. This edition uses Oxford years up to 2023 only, and only those whose applications and offers both have an exact source check.
- Historical results: the latest shared year is 2023. They can’t show 2026 results.
16 of the 16 recorded figures behind this comparison have an exact source check for that field and year; 0 are recorded or calculated figures with their support set out in Record details. This is not a fresh check of every source.
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Where the figures come from
Each record gives the full definition, the documents it came from and what we checked.
Eton College · 2016 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2016
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2016 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2016
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2017 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2017
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2017 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2017
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2018 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2018
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2018 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2018
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2019 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2019
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2019 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2019
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2020 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2020
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2020 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2020
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2021 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2021
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2021 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2021
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2022 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2022
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2022 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2022
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2023 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2023
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2023 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2023
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.