Churchill College ESAT scores for Cambridge Engineering

In the 2025 admissions cycle, applicants who received an offer for Engineering (H100) at Churchill College, Cambridge averaged 5.98 in ESAT Mathematics 1, 5.9 in Physics and 5.91 in Mathematics 2. Those three figures sit unusually close together, only 0.08 apart from highest to lowest, which means no single module at Churchill can be sacrificed in the hope that the other two will carry it. Across everyone who applied to the college that year the module averages were 4.8, 4.77 and 4.83, so offer-holders sat 1.18, 1.13 and 1.08 above the field. Placed back in the undergraduate college pool, all three of Churchill's offer averages fall below the pool median: 0.38 below in Mathematics 1, 0.57 below in Physics and 0.31 below in Mathematics 2. These are cycle averages, not entry requirements. Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold of any kind.
Churchill ESAT scores at a glance (2025 cycle)
What offer-holders scored
Mathematics 1 averaged 5.98, Physics 5.9 and Mathematics 2 5.91; 5.93 across the three modules
What the whole applicant field scored
Mathematics 1 averaged 4.8, Physics 4.77 and Mathematics 2 4.83; 4.8 across the three modules
Applicant-to-offer gap
1.18 in Mathematics 1, 1.13 in Physics and 1.08 in Mathematics 2, all close to one another
Rank within the undergraduate college pool
Out of 25 colleges: 18th in Mathematics 1, 23rd in Physics, 18th in Mathematics 2
Distance from the pool median
0.38 below in Mathematics 1 (median 6.36), 0.57 below in Physics (median 6.47), 0.31 below in Mathematics 2 (median 6.22)
Spread across the three modules
0.08, highest in Mathematics 1 and lowest in Physics, so the three sit almost level

These are averages and extremes for applicants and offer-holders at this college in the 2025 Engineering (H100) cycle, not entry requirements; Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold. The FOI response gives no applicant counts per college, so sample sizes are unknown and a handful of candidates can move an average. Ranks are computed within the undergraduate college pool only, and are not comparable with the mature colleges, which admit applicants aged 21 and over. ESAT results are reported on a 1.0 to 9.0 scale to one decimal place. Pool ranks, pool medians, the overall three-module averages and the various gaps are calculated by FrontierVUE from the same response; Cambridge publishes no such rankings.

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What Churchill's ESAT numbers actually are

Here is the full set of figures for Churchill College from the University's official Freedom of Information response FOI-2025-956, covering the 2025 admissions cycle for Engineering (H100). ESAT results are reported on a 1.0 to 9.0 scale to one decimal place, so every number below sits on that scale. The applicant column covers everyone who applied to the college that year; the offer column covers the offer-holders reported under the same college. Both columns are grouped by the college applied to in that cycle, and the University notes that some applicants change college or course during the cycle.
Applicant averageApplicant rangeOffer-holder averageOffer-holder range
Mathematics 14.81 to 95.984.2 to 9
Physics4.771.8 to 95.94 to 8.3
Mathematics 24.831 to 95.914.1 to 8.9

The averages and the lowest and highest scores in the table come line by line from official response FOI-2025-956; the overall three-module averages of 4.8 and 5.93 are calculated by FrontierVUE from that same response. The ranges are the lowest and highest score in each group, not boundaries.

5.93

Overall three-module average for Churchill offer-holders, 2025 cycle

4.8

Overall three-module average across all applicants in the same cycle

0.08

Spread between the three offer averages, highest in Mathematics 1 and lowest in Physics

Among offer-holders the lowest scores were 4.2 in Mathematics 1, 4 in Physics and 4.1 in Mathematics 2, all well beneath the same group's averages of 5.98, 5.9 and 5.91, while the top Mathematics 1 score among offer-holders was 9. One cohort of offers contained both scores at the ceiling of the scale and scores in the low fours. Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold.
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How to read these numbers

These are averages, not entry requirements
Every figure above is an average or an extreme for one group of people in the 2025 cycle. Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold, and no college has published a minimum score of its own. The accurate phrasing is that offer-holders in this module averaged 5.98 that year, not that 5.98 is what you need.
No applicant counts, so small samples move around
Response FOI-2025-956 gives no number of applicants per college. Colleges differ a great deal in size, and where the group is small a few unusually high or low scores can shift the average noticeably. Read these figures for direction and relative position rather than as a stable baseline to track year on year.
Mature colleges do not belong in the same ranking
Hughes Hall, St Edmund's, Wolfson and Lucy Cavendish admit only applicants aged 21 and over, so their applicant pool is a different population. Every rank on this page is computed inside the undergraduate pool of 25 colleges, which is where Churchill sits. Ranking across the two pools would be meaningless and is not attempted here.
The 1.0 to 9.0 scale, to one decimal place
ESAT results are reported on a 1.0 to 9.0 scale to one decimal place. A module spread of 0.08 or a gap of 0.31 from the median is therefore a small quantity on that scale. Judge these differences against the scale itself rather than reading them as if they were percentage points.
One line to hold on to: this page answers what people who applied to this college scored last cycle, not what you must score. Cambridge publishes no ESAT score threshold of any kind.
To place Churchill alongside every other college, there is a separate cross-college piece on this site: Cambridge ESAT scores by college, which carries the comparisons and the interactive charts for every college.
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Three things specific to Churchill

18 / 25

Where the Mathematics 1 offer average ranks in the undergraduate pool

23 / 25

Where Physics ranks, the furthest back of Churchill's three modules

18 / 25

Where Mathematics 2 ranks, level with Mathematics 1

Spread across the three modules

0.08

Mathematics 1 highest at 5.98, Mathematics 2 at 5.91, Physics lowest at 5.9

Versus the pool median in Mathematics 1

0.38 below

Churchill 5.98 against a pool median of 6.36

Versus the pool median in Physics

0.57 below

Churchill 5.9 against a pool median of 6.47, the widest of the three gaps

Versus the pool median in Mathematics 2

0.31 below

Churchill 5.91 against a pool median of 6.22, the narrowest of the three gaps

Applicant-to-offer gap

1.18 / 1.13 / 1.08

Mathematics 1, Physics and Mathematics 2 in order, the three sitting close together

Overall position

All three modules below the pool median

Offer-holders averaged 5.93 overall, the whole applicant field 4.8

Put together, the shape of Churchill is clear enough. First, the three offer averages are almost level, only 0.08 apart, so revision time should be split evenly across the modules; there is no room here for a plan that leans on one module and settles for competence in the rest. Second, all three offer averages fall below the undergraduate pool median, Physics furthest of all at 23rd of 25. That does not make Churchill easier to get into: a lower average may simply reflect who applied that year, and with no applicant counts in the FOI response there is no way to tell how steady the figure is. Third, the applicant-to-offer gaps of 1.18, 1.13 and 1.08 sit close to one another.
04

Preparing with Churchill's shape in mind

01Step one

Split the time three ways

With only 0.08 between Churchill's three offer averages, start by dividing revision time evenly between Mathematics 1, Physics and Mathematics 2, rather than deciding in advance that one of them can have less.

02Step two

Take your own baseline, module by module

Sit a timed paper from the past paper list at /papers/esat and record accuracy and timing for each module separately. What you are looking for is your own weakest module, not the college's ranking on that module.

03Step three

Break the weakest module down to topic level

Take the module that came out worst and break it into topics, then drill those topics in the practice centre until it stops dictating the pace of the whole paper.

04Step four

Go back to full timed sittings

Run the modules back to back to rehearse the switches and the time budget, then work through the per-question solutions and error analysis. Because Churchill's three modules sit so close, whole-paper rhythm is worth more practice than a peak in any single subject.

ESAT guides

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mathematics-1The module every candidate sits: what it covers and how to work through it
physicsHow the Physics module is structured and where marks are usually lost
mathematics-2What Mathematics 2 covers and how to prepare for it
scoringWhere the scaled score comes from and how to read a result
cambridge-college-scoresThe cross-college comparison and interactive charts

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What ESAT score do you need for an offer at Churchill?
There is no such score. Cambridge publishes no ESAT threshold, and Churchill has never stated a minimum of its own. What can be said is what happened in the 2025 cycle: applicants who received an offer at this college averaged 5.98 in Mathematics 1, 5.9 in Physics and 5.91 in Mathematics 2, while the lowest scores within that same group of offer-holders were 4.2, 4 and 4.1. Offers went both to candidates near the top of the scale and to candidates in the low fours, which is not what a score threshold looks like.
Churchill's averages are lower than other colleges. Is it easier to get in?
That inference does not hold. Churchill's three offer averages do sit below the undergraduate pool median, by 0.38 in Mathematics 1, 0.57 in Physics and 0.31 in Mathematics 2, with Physics 23rd of 25. But the FOI response gives no applicant counts, so a small group can move an average, and a lower average more likely reflects who applied that year.
Physics ranks 23rd of 25. Can I do less physics?
If anything the opposite. Churchill's three offer averages are only 0.08 apart, at 5.98 in Mathematics 1, 5.91 in Mathematics 2 and 5.9 in Physics, so that group of offer-holders averaged much the same level across all three. The rank describes where Churchill sits relative to other colleges, not how much Physics matters inside Churchill. Keep the time split evenly.
Should I treat 5.98 as my target?
Neither, really. 5.98 is what Churchill's offer-holders averaged in Mathematics 1 in the 2025 cycle. It describes that group of people, not a requirement for this year, and with no applicant counts in the FOI response the figure carries some wobble. More useful targets are process ones: finishing every module inside the time, a steadily falling arithmetic-error rate, and a weakest module that no longer drags on the rest of the paper.
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