MCS Oxford: named universities and courses, 2016

1. What it counts: UCAS apply-centre 12528; Magdalen College School, Oxford; 2016 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: 23. 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; 2016 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: 20. 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; 2016 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: 44. 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; 2016 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: 69. 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: Places deferred to the next year 25 · Places starting in the same year 149 · Pupils in the stated year group 175. Worth knowing: The report separately states starts and next-year deferred places. Do not infer missing categories or force these figures to exhaust the year group. How the source defines it: Upper Sixth cohort, same-autumn starts and following-year deferrals
2. Also printed: taking up first-choice place 86%. Worth knowing: Application-entry-year population may include previous leavers; no denominator is inferred from current Upper Sixth starters. How the source defines it: Share of pupils applying for autumn 2016 entry who gained first-choice university places
3. Also printed: Russell Group places 166. Worth knowing: Population is not expressly confined to same-year Upper Sixth starters. Some totals exceed that subgroup; no rate is derived. How the source defines it: Total final places at Russell Group universities as printed
4. Also printed: Stated count 35. 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 2016 observation is explicitly printed retrospectively in the 2017 report. How the source defines it: Pupils who left in 2016 and entered university in autumn 2017 after a planned gap year

1. Where it’s from: Original publication Worth knowing: Combined institutions; no allocation to either university or final-destination inference. How the source defines it: Pupils offered places at Oxford or Cambridge

1. What it counts: UCAS apply-centre 12528; Magdalen College School, Oxford; 2016 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: 26. 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; 2016 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: 22. 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.