MCS Oxford: named universities and courses, 2015

1. What it counts: UCAS apply-centre 12528; Magdalen College School, Oxford; 2015 Cambridge cycle applicants, not the school leaver cohort Where it’s from: Checked against the text of the university’s original PDF; the live web copy couldn’t be reopened at the time. Worth knowing: Original printed token: 16. Cells printed <3 are retained as fewer than 3; no midpoint or pupil allocation. Original PDF text layer and table headings checked. Direct public retrieval failed; held-file materialisation returned HTTP 502, so no fresh rendered-page visual check is claimed. How the source defines it: University-published acceptances by named apply centre and cycle. The table is not a destination register or an admissions probability.

1. What it counts: UCAS school 12528; Magdalen College School, Oxford; 2015 Oxford undergraduate cycle acceptances, not the school leaver cohort Where it’s from: Checked against the university’s Freedom of Information spreadsheet. The 2024 and 2025 admissions rounds haven’t yet been checked against an original. Worth knowing: Original printed token: 13. Most recent school name for the UCAS school ID is shown, not necessarily the name used in the source year (Guide row41). Identity checked by UCAS school ID, school name, country, postcode and independent-school group. How the source defines it: University-published acceptances by UCAS school and cycle from the FOI workbook. UCAS cycle named for entry in that year or deferred entry in the following year (Guide rows17–34). Undergraduate UCAS applications; Astrophoria Foundation Year and Graduate Entry Medicine excluded. Applications lacking UCAS school ID excluded (Guide rows37–42). Meeting offer conditions and firmly accepting a place to begin study; small numbers may not enrol because of late withdrawal or deferral. This is not an enrolment or school destination count (Guide row40). The table is not a destination register or an admissions probability.

1. What it counts: UCAS apply-centre 12528; Magdalen College School, Oxford; 2015 Cambridge cycle applicants, not the school leaver cohort Where it’s from: Checked against the text of the university’s original PDF; the live web copy couldn’t be reopened at the time. Worth knowing: Original printed token: 39. Cells printed <3 are retained as fewer than 3; no midpoint or pupil allocation. Original PDF text layer and table headings checked. Direct public retrieval failed; held-file materialisation returned HTTP 502, so no fresh rendered-page visual check is claimed. How the source defines it: University-published applications by named apply centre and cycle. The table is not a destination register or an admissions probability.

1. What it counts: UCAS school 12528; Magdalen College School, Oxford; 2015 Oxford undergraduate cycle applications, not the school leaver cohort Where it’s from: Checked against the university’s Freedom of Information spreadsheet. The 2024 and 2025 admissions rounds haven’t yet been checked against an original. Worth knowing: Original printed token: 49. Most recent school name for the UCAS school ID is shown, not necessarily the name used in the source year (Guide row41). Identity checked by UCAS school ID, school name, country, postcode and independent-school group. How the source defines it: University-published applications by UCAS school and cycle from the FOI workbook. UCAS cycle named for entry in that year or deferred entry in the following year (Guide rows17–34). Undergraduate UCAS applications; Astrophoria Foundation Year and Graduate Entry Medicine excluded. Applications lacking UCAS school ID excluded (Guide rows37–42). The table is not a destination register or an admissions probability.

Every row: Where it’s from: Original publication

1. Also printed: Stated count 20. Worth knowing: Year is school-leaving cohort; university entry year is separately stated. This group must not be added to other report totals without population reconciliation. This 2015 observation is explicitly printed retrospectively in the 2016 report. How the source defines it: Pupils who left in 2015 and entered university in autumn 2016 after a planned gap year
2. Also printed: Russell Group place percentage · strictly greater than stated threshold 84%. Worth knowing: Strictly greater than the printed threshold. For 2013–15 the population is those taking up places that autumn; 2012 denominator wording is not fully defined. How the source defines it: More than 84% gaining Russell Group places
3. Also printed: Places starting in the same year 118. Worth knowing: No cohort denominator is printed for this earlier-year item. This 2015 observation is explicitly printed retrospectively in the 2016 report. How the source defines it: Same-autumn university starts printed retrospectively
4. Also printed: Russell Group places 123. Worth knowing: The entry-year total may include prior leavers; not confined to current Upper Sixth starters. This 2015 observation is explicitly printed retrospectively in the 2016 report. How the source defines it: Final Russell Group places printed retrospectively

Every row: Where it’s from: Original publication

1. Worth knowing: Offer stage, not evidence of confirmed attendance. How the source defines it: Leavers offered places at their first-choice university
2. Worth knowing: Offers, not final destinations; institutions remain combined. This 2015 observation is explicitly printed retrospectively in the 2016 report. How the source defines it: Pupils offered Oxford or Cambridge places, printed retrospectively

1. What it counts: UCAS apply-centre 12528; Magdalen College School, Oxford; 2015 Cambridge cycle applicants, not the school leaver cohort Where it’s from: Checked against the text of the university’s original PDF; the live web copy couldn’t be reopened at the time. Worth knowing: Original printed token: 17. Cells printed <3 are retained as fewer than 3; no midpoint or pupil allocation. Original PDF text layer and table headings checked. Direct public retrieval failed; held-file materialisation returned HTTP 502, so no fresh rendered-page visual check is claimed. How the source defines it: University-published offers by named apply centre and cycle. The table is not a destination register or an admissions probability.

1. What it counts: UCAS school 12528; Magdalen College School, Oxford; 2015 Oxford undergraduate cycle offers, not the school leaver cohort Where it’s from: Checked against the university’s Freedom of Information spreadsheet. The 2024 and 2025 admissions rounds haven’t yet been checked against an original. Worth knowing: Original printed token: 15. Most recent school name for the UCAS school ID is shown, not necessarily the name used in the source year (Guide row41). Identity checked by UCAS school ID, school name, country, postcode and independent-school group. How the source defines it: University-published offers by UCAS school and cycle from the FOI workbook. UCAS cycle named for entry in that year or deferred entry in the following year (Guide rows17–34). Undergraduate UCAS applications; Astrophoria Foundation Year and Graduate Entry Medicine excluded. Applications lacking UCAS school ID excluded (Guide rows37–42). The table is not a destination register or an admissions probability.