For universities it marked the first reversal in the rise of state school enrolments since 2010-11, matching other data showing only slow progress being made in recruiting students from areas of low educational attainment. The figures showed that the University of Oxford remains the university accepting the lowest proportion of state school pupils, with just 58% starting in 2017-18, closely followed by the University of St Andrews, on 60%, and the University of Durham and Imperial College, on 61%. Cambridge University was next, with 63% of its intake from state schools, with the universities of Bristol and Exeter on 66%. Among members of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities, Queen Mary University in London had the highest rate at 91%. In contrast, just 3% of students at the University of Glasgow receive the allowance, 3.5% at Imperial College and 4.1% at Cambridge.

Source: The Guardian February 07, 2019 18:00 UTC