How Oxford selects Law applicants
No cut-off. A ranking.
2,115 applied. 630 were interviewed. 250 offers were made for 2026 entry.
8.81 applicants per place.
What the report says
Interviews go to the top of a ranking
Contextualised GCSEs plus both LNAT scores. No pass mark.
LNAT is 20% of the ranking
80% GCSEs, 10% multiple choice, 10% essay.
GCSEs are read in context
Oxford adjusts them for your school and background.
Sit by 15 October 2026
Section A has 42 questions. Ten reviewed reasoning questions are free. The full LNAT course is £199, one payment: every lesson, the full question bank, all Section A papers and the essay coach.
Questions applicants ask
How many people get an Oxford Law interview?
For 2026 entry, Oxford's Law Admissions Report records 630 applicants interviewed from 2,115 applicants. That is about 30% of applicants.
How many applicants per place does Oxford Law have?
For 2026 entry, Oxford's Law Admissions Report records 8.81 candidates per place at the start of the process and 8.39 candidates per place ultimately awarded. These are one cycle's figures, not a published LNAT threshold or prediction for future entry.
How many Oxford Law offers were made?
The report records 250 offers made for 2026 entry, or about 12% of the 2,115 applicants, plus two deferred offers for 2027, 252 offers in total. The report also records 8.81 applicants per place.
What does Oxford use the LNAT for?
Where a GCSE score exists, Oxford's report says its ranking used 80% contextualised GCSEs, 10% LNAT multiple-choice score and 10% LNAT essay score. The LNAT score is not a published cut-off or offer guarantee.