Fun > Norrington Table 2000-2007

If you're thinking of applying to Oxford University, you'll have heard about the Norrington Table. It was devised by Sir Arthur Norrington, president of Trinity College in 1962. The table ranks and rates Oxford colleges on the exam results of undergraduate students taking their finals.

For many years the University tried to prevent its publication, but newspapers and students joined forces to gather the data by hand. However inaccuracies were rife: in 2004, missing data led to St Catherine's being accidentally promoted 13 places. In 2005, the University published its own official rankings for the first time. In 2007, Merton College were once again top.

Of course these rankings should be taken with a large pinch of salt, other resources like The Times Good University Guide produce entirely different rankings for universities and colleges.

Year	2000	2001	2001 rev	2002	2003	2004	2004 rev	2005	2005 rev	2006	2007
Merton	1	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Magdalen	3	6	7	5	3	6	3	4	4	3=	2
Christ Church	4	5	9	7	8	20	18	9	9	6	3
Balliol	9	1	1	10	5	4	4	3	3	2	4
New	6	4	3	3	7	11	7	15	15	3=	5
St John's	2	2	2	2	6	2	2	2	1	5	6
Trinity	13	18	17	22	11	23	23	14	14	9	7
Lincoln	21	8	6	20	22	16	13	25	24	8	8
Hertford	10	12	10	16	19	5	8	6	6	17	9
Pembroke	27	23	22	27	25	22	24	17	17	23	10
Worcester	17	14	15	13	12	12	21	20=	20=	14	11
St Edmund Hall	20	26	26	18	20	9	9	24	25	13	12
St Anne's	24	16	18	6	8	17	15	8	8	22	13
University	11	13	13	12	4	25	26	5	5	10	14
Jesus	12	15	14	9	13	7	5	13	13	19	15
Queen's	25	21	21	14	27	26	27	20=	20=	12	16
Wadham	7	21	20	11	2	8	6	11	11	7	17
Keble	14	17	19	15	21	20	19	10	10	26	18
Somerville	8	28	28	24	28	15	17	12	12	16	19
St Peter's	26	29	29	19	18	10	11	27	26	27	20
Brasenose	18	3	5	25	13	24	20	18	18	15	21
Lady Margaret Hall	16	24	25	29	29	27	28	29	29	18	22
Corpus Christi	19	9	8	8	15	14	10	16	16	11	23
Exeter	5	10	12	26	9	13	12	7	7	25	24
St Hugh's	23	19	24	17	17	18	14	28	28	24	25
St Catherine's	22	20	16	4	16	3	16	22	22	21	26
St Hilda's	28	25	23	21	24	30	30	23	23	20	27
Mansfield	29	27	27	28	26	29	29	19	19	29	28
Oriel	15	11	11	23	23	19	25	26	27	28	29
Harris Manchester	30	30	30	30	30	28	22	30	30	30	30

A note about the tables

Final year students score 5 for a first, 3 for a 2:1, 2 for a 2:2 and 1 for a 3rd. The ranking is based on (actual score)/(possible score). Strangely, there's no decent compilation of Norrington Tables on the web, so this is compiled from a number of sources. The Cambridge University equivalent is the Tompkins Table. There is no present way to compare Oxbridge colleges directly!