Three chapters, built from primary admissions data.
The standard UCL Law offer is A*AA. GCSEs sit in the file, contextual offers drop one grade. Here's how the policy actually works.
UCL's standard A-Level offer for LLB Law (M100) and the four-year combined Law degrees (M141/M144) is A*AA. There is no interview and the Faculty of Laws does not publish a separate grade-by-grade admissions table. GCSEs and contextual flags feed the paper read, but the headline offer is the same across both programmes.
UCL Law's standard offer is A*AA at A-Level, with the A* in any subject. There is no required A-Level subject for M100. For M141/M144 (Law with French (M141), German, or Hispanic (M144) Law) the relevant modern language is required at A-Level or equivalent.
One A* in any subject, plus two A grades. Order doesn't matter formally, but a strong A* in an essay-based subject (English, History, Politics) signals well alongside a Law application.
[DATA GAP: Faculty of Laws does not publish offer-holder grade distribution.]
No required A-Level subject for M100. UCL states explicitly that there are no preferred A-Levels, the Faculty assesses applicants on the LNAT and UCAS form rather than subject combination.
Source: UCL LLB Law course page.
UCL has no blanket policy against resits, but considers resat A-Levels in the round. Strong recent A-Level results carry more weight than older retakes. [DATA GAP: explicit resit policy for Law specifically.]
Source: UCL admissions general guidance.
Predicted grades are read alongside GCSEs, the LNAT and the personal statement. Predictions of A*AA or above are the baseline expectation. [DATA GAP: % of offer-holders with predicted grades above offer.]
Source: UCL admissions policy.
UCL does not publish a formal GCSE cutoff for Law. But because the Faculty of Laws doesn't interview, GCSEs, alongside the LNAT, the personal statement and predicted grades, sit on the page when offers are decided.
What we know: UCL Law's offer-holder cohort tends to have strong GCSE profiles, multiple 8s/9s is common, though the Faculty has not published an offer-holder GCSE distribution. [DATA GAP: offer-holder mean GCSE 7+/8+/9 count.]
Compared with Oxford (which publishes offer-holder GCSE percentages 8/9) and Cambridge (which publishes a similar breakdown), UCL's GCSE picture has to be reconstructed from FOI returns and applicant reporting rather than from first-party publication.
[DATA GAP: cycle-by-cycle GCSE breakdown.]
Access UCL is UCL's widening-participation contextual-offer scheme. Eligible applicants receive a reduced offer, for Law, AAB rather than A*AA, provided their UCAS form and LNAT performance meet UCL's standards.
UCL determines Access UCL eligibility automatically from UCAS data, school type, postcode, free school meals, care-experienced, refugee status and similar indicators. Applicants don't apply separately.
Source: Access UCL scheme page.
For Law specifically: AAB in place of A*AA. The LNAT, personal statement and GCSEs are still considered, the contextual flag changes the grade requirement, not the rest of the file.
Source: UCL admissions policy.
[DATA GAP: % of UCL Law offer-holders made via Access UCL.]
UCL has published some Access UCL cohort-wide figures, but no Law-specific breakdown.
Access UCL doesn't lower the LNAT bar, and doesn't lower the personal-statement bar. The contextual route reduces the grade ask only.
Source: Access UCL FAQ.
UCL has no interview, so the grade picture, achieved GCSEs, predicted A-Levels, sits in front of the admissions tutor at the same time as the LNAT and the personal statement.
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