FIGURES have revealed which Cumbrian school is the best for Russell Group and Oxbridge admissions. 

The data from the Department for Education and Ofsted shows the proportion of the student cohort who left school in 2020 and went on to study at Oxford and Cambridge or one of the Rusell Group universities which include Durham, Newcastle, and Lancaster. 

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith tops these charts with 45 per cent of its 2020 cohort going on to study at a Rusell Group university, whilst six per cent were admitted at Oxbridge. 

These figures are well above the national average, which shows that across the UK, 18 per cent are admitted into a Russell Group university and one per cent go on to study at Oxbridge. 

Elsewhere in the area, Cockermouth School saw 32 per cent of its 2020 cohort go on to the Russell Group, and was level with the national average, with one per cent being admitted into Oxbridge.

Keswick School and Wigton's Nelson Thomlinson School both saw 23 per cent leave for Russel Group universities with two and one per cent respectively heading to Oxbridge. 

In Carlisle, Caldew School had the highest percentage of students in 2020 leave to Russell Group universities, with 17 per cent going on to one of its 24 universities, followed closely by William Howard School with 16 per cent, Trinity School with 15 per cent, St John Henry Newman Catholic School with 11 per cent, and Richard Rose Central Academy with 8 per cent.

However, according to the Department for Education and Ofsted data, of these schools' 2020 cohort, zero per cent were admitted into Oxbridge.