About the Residential
Each year St Anne’s, Trinity and Christ Church Colleges, with support from Lincoln College, host our annual residential for state school students from the North East of England. This initiative allows up to 120 students from across the region to visit Oxford, attend Oxford’s Summer Open days, and experience what life is like in one of our three colleges.
We provide free accommodation, meals, and travel for participants as well as application workshops and planning sessions, and the full Oxford Open Day experience.
Students are supported from ambassadors from across the four colleges – including our North East Student Ambassadors who can talk about the experience of being a student from the North East at Oxford.
100% of students
Understood the Oxford Application process clearly after attending the residential.
99% of students
Understood what life at an Oxford college would be like after attending the residential.
76% of students
Agreed that they would be more likely to apply to Oxford after attending the residential, with a further 19% still deciding.
Applications
Applications for the 2026 residential are now open.
Please note that this is only open to students from state schools in the North East of England.
Spaces are limited and applications will be assessed against academic criteria, and take into account whether one or more of the following apply to you:
- Your IMD score is 1 or 2.
- Your ACORN postcode score is 4 or 5
- You have been eligible for free school meals
- Neither of your parents went to University
- You are from an ethnic minority background that is underrepresented at Oxford
- You have been, or currently are, in care
- You are a young carer
