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Three chapters, built from primary admissions data.
King’s standard offer for all seven of its law degrees is A*AA, and its contextual offer is AAB. This chapter explains the A-level and IB offers and the rules around them, what King’s has released about its offer holders’ grades and GCSEs, and who receives the contextual offer.
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Try Jurica for freeKing’s standard offer for all seven of its law degrees is A*AA at A-level, and its contextual offer is AAB. For the IB the offer is 38 points, or 19 points from three Higher Level subjects; the contextual IB offer is 35 points, or 17 at Higher Level.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] The Law LLB has no required subject, and the published offer does not say which subject must carry the A*.[1]
The standard offer on all seven degrees, in any A-level subjects King’s accepts.[1]
The contextual offer, two grades lower, for UK-based applicants who meet one of King’s criteria. The Hong Kong degree makes no contextual offers.[8][7]
The IB offer, which includes Theory of Knowledge and the Extended Essay; 19 points from three Higher Levels is an alternative.[1]
Other qualifications are converted to the same level. The table gives the offers King’s lists for the Law LLB and in its general guide to equivalents.
| Qualification | Standard offer | Contextual offer |
|---|---|---|
| A-levels | A*AA[1] | AAB[1] |
| IB Diploma | 38 points, or 19 from three Higher Levels[1] | 35 points, or 17 from three Higher Levels[1] |
| Access to HE Diploma | 45 Level 3 credits, 39 at Distinction and 6 at Merit[1] | 33 at Distinction and 12 at Merit[1] |
| Scottish Highers and Advanced Highers | AAB at Higher in one sitting, and AA at Advanced Higher[9] | Not listed for Law |
| European Baccalaureate | 87.5% overall[9] | Not listed for Law |
For the Scottish offer, King’s does not count a Higher and an Advanced Higher in the same subject.[9] The Law course page lists no BTEC offer, and the Access to HE Diploma is the only alternative qualification it shows for UK applicants.[1]
There are five rules to know:
If illness or other circumstances affect your A-level studies, we recommend telling King’s at the time (your school can also mention it in your reference), because King’s considers resit applicants only where there were significant mitigating circumstances.[1]
For the Law LLB, Law with Criminology, Politics, Philosophy & Law and the Hong Kong degree, King’s lists no required and no preferred subjects.[1][3][2][7] The three language degrees each require a grade A in the language.[4][5][6]
| Degree | Subject requirement |
|---|---|
| English Law & French Law (M121) | A*AA including A in French. If you have not studied French to that level, King’s can consider DELF at B2 alongside three A-levels.[4] |
| English Law & German Law (M122) | A*AA including A in German, or TestDaF level 4 in all four components alongside three A-levels.[5] |
| English Law & Spanish Law (M123) | A*AA including A in Spanish, and DELE at B2 as well.[6] |
Note that the A* on the language degrees need not be in the language itself: the language needs an A, and the A* can be in any accepted subject.[4][5] Since King’s names no preferred subjects for the other degrees, we recommend choosing the A-levels in which you are most likely to reach A*AA. A subject with a good deal of reading and essay writing (History or English Literature, for example) is also useful practice for a law degree, although King’s does not ask for one.
King’s has not published the predicted grades of any recent offer holders. The one FOI reply that compares applicants with offer holders covers 2012 to 2016 entry, and in each of those years offer holders had been predicted about half an A* more than applicants on average.[10]
| Year of entry | Predicted A*s (applicants) | Predicted A*s (offer holders) | Predicted As (offer holders) | Predicted Bs (offer holders) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012[10] | 3.00 | 3.62 | 1.50 | 0.07 |
| 2013[10] | 2.97 | 3.33 | 1.71 | 0.10 |
| 2014[10] | 2.81 | 3.31 | 1.69 | 0.10 |
| 2015[10] | 2.74 | 3.29 | 1.31 | 0.06 |
| 2016[10] | 2.79 | 3.28 | 1.26 | 0.05 |
There are two things to notice here, and one reason for caution:
The same reply gives a rare figure: how many offer holders who had accepted King’s as their firm choice missed their conditions, and how many of those still received a place on results day. For 2016 entry, 113 conditional firm offer holders met their offer, 67 missed it, and 25 of those who missed it were still given a place.[10] The figures vary a good deal from year to year (for 2015 entry, only 5 of the 85 who missed were given a place), so we recommend treating your offer grades as the grades you need.[10]
The offer is 38 points, or 19 from three Higher Levels.[1] For 2017 to 2020 entry, IB applicants to the Law LLB averaged 38 or 39 points in King’s records and IB offer holders 40 or 41, and IB applicants received offers at a higher rate than other applicants in every year.[11]
| Year of entry | IB applications | IB offers | IB share of offers | IB applicants’ average | IB offer holders’ average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017[11] | 493 | 205 | 22.7% | 38 | 41 |
| 2018[11] | 466 | 224 | 24.5% | 38 | 40 |
| 2019[11] | 435 | 254 | 26.1% | 38 | 40 |
| 2020[11] | 386 | 275 | 22.8% | 39 | 40 |
King’s gave these figures in an FOI reply of March 2021; its averages are of the total IB score held in its records, rounded to whole points.[11] There are three things to notice here:
These years are some time ago, and 2020 was the year in which King’s made by far the most offers.[12] King’s does not say why IB applicants did well, and we can only suggest that IB predictions are easy to compare with the offer. If you are taking the IB, we recommend aiming for predictions of 40 points or more. Note also that King’s keeps international applicants’ qualifications as uploaded documents, not as structured data, which is one reason it has released little since.[13]
King’s Law pages do not mention GCSEs at all, and King’s has no university-wide GCSE minimum: it sets GCSE requirements course by course, and Law sets none.[1][9] Its FOI reply for 2012 to 2016 entry shows, however, that offer holders had many more top GCSE grades than applicants.[10]
For those years, applicants had between 3.32 and 3.57 A*s at (I)GCSE on average, and offer holders between 5.12 and 6.93.[10] King’s treats a grade 8 or 9 as the equivalent of an A*.[9] There are two things to notice here:
A later reply, for the 2019 to 2021 cycles, gives 14,478 individual GCSE grades for 1,531 applications to the Law LLB and Politics, Philosophy & Law.[14] It cannot be compared with the figures above, because it does not say which applications received offers, and King’s notes that the grades are not necessarily accurate.[14]
Since King’s sets no GCSE requirement for Law, a mixed GCSE record need not stop you applying. Having said that, the 2012 to 2016 figures suggest that most offer holders had five or more A*s, and on six of the seven degrees there is no interview at which to explain your record.[10][7] If your GCSEs were affected by illness, a change of school or other circumstances, we recommend making sure that your reference explains it. King’s lists the context in which you achieved your qualifications among the things it may consider.[15]
King’s contextual admissions scheme is for UK-based applicants. If you meet at least one of its three criteria, you may receive a contextual offer, which for six of the seven law degrees is AAB (35 points for the IB).[8][1] The Hong Kong degree makes no contextual offers, and an offer is not guaranteed.[7][8]
| Applicant | A-level offer for the Law LLB |
|---|---|
| Standard | A*AA[1] |
| Meets one of King’s contextual criteria | AAB[1][8] |
| Completed K+ | AAB, since completing K+ is one of the criteria[8][16] |
The three criteria are as follows:[8]
King’s describes a contextual offer as up to two A-level grades below the advertised requirement, so the Law LLB’s AAB is the largest reduction the scheme gives.[8] A second list brings “additional consideration” instead of a lower offer: completing another qualifying King’s widening participation programme, attending King’s College London Maths School, taking part in a qualifying IntoUniversity course, forced displacement, or being a young adult carer.[8] School performance, home postcode and being the first in your family to go to university are on neither list. Note that King’s page was still worded for September 2026 entry when we read it in October 2026, although the course pages for 2027 entry give the same AAB offer.[8][1]
A contextual offer does not change the LNAT. King’s says that on courses with an admissions test, applicants must meet the test’s threshold for the application to progress, and it publishes no threshold figure for Law.[8] We therefore recommend preparing for the LNAT as seriously as any other applicant.
You do not apply separately. King’s uses the information on your UCAS form to decide whether you are eligible, and describes the process as mostly automatic.[8] After you apply, King’s sends you a message asking for supporting evidence through its King’s Apply portal, so we recommend having that evidence ready, and answering the UCAS questions on free school meals, care experience and estrangement fully.[8]
K+ is King’s two-year widening participation programme for students in Years 12 and 13. To join, you must be in Year 12 at a non-selective state school in Greater London or one of King’s target regions, have eight GCSEs at grades 4 to 9 (at least five of them at 6 to 9) and have no parent or carer who has completed university. Over 500 students are selected each year, and those who complete it receive a two-grade reduced offer for most King’s courses and a £1,000 bursary in their first year.[16] Since you join in Year 12, it is too late to start K+ for 2027 entry.
Realising Opportunities (RO) is a scheme run by several universities. King’s was a partner in 2022 but is not among the partners RO lists now, and RO does not appear in King’s contextual criteria.[17][18][8] The scheme will close in July 2027 and is not taking new students,[18] so we would not count on it for a contextual offer at King’s.
On six of the seven degrees King’s does not interview, so the decision is made on paper: your grades are read alongside your LNAT score, your personal statement, your reference and the context of your qualifications.[15][7] How you plan should depend on where your grades stand.
You meet the offer, and the offer holders of 2012 to 2016 entry were predicted between 3.3 and 3.6 A*s on King’s own count.[10]
What we recommend. Spend your time on Section A of the LNAT and on your personal statement, and keep working on your A-levels, since King’s does not accept resit applicants.[1]
You are one grade below the offer, and nothing King’s has published shows how often it makes offers at that level.
What we recommend. Aim for a Section A score in the high 20s, which would put you in the range of King’s recent students,[19] and make sure that your reference explains any reason your predictions are lower than your ability.
All seven degrees ask for A*AA, so the joint degrees are no easier on grades.[1][4][5][6][7]
What we recommend. Choose your other universities so that at least two of them ask for grades you are on course to achieve. If you apply to King’s, an LNAT score well above its students’ averages is the strongest thing you can add.
Your offer would be AAB, unless you apply for the Hong Kong degree, and you still need to meet the LNAT threshold.[8][7]
What we recommend. Check that your UCAS form records your circumstances, send the evidence King’s asks for through King’s Apply, and prepare for the LNAT as fully as anyone else.[8]
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September 2027 entry. Required and preferred subjects: none. A-levels A*AA; contextual AAB. IB 38 points overall or 19 from three Higher Levels (the 38 includes TOK and the Extended Essay); contextual 35 or 17. Access to HE Diploma: 45 Level 3 credits, 39 at Distinction and 6 at Merit (contextual 33 and 12). General Studies, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills and Global Perspectives are not accepted, and the EPQ is not considered. All applicants must sit the LNAT by 31 December; King’s cannot consider an application otherwise, for Home and Overseas applicants alike, with dispensations for some Overseas applicants who have no test centre within reach. Results are not carried over between years, and applicants should select King’s when they register. King’s does not accept resit students for any undergraduate Law programme. Deferral is not guaranteed and is for mitigating circumstances. English language band B. The personal statement is "one of the many factors in the overall assessment of your application". Applicants to M121, M122, M123 or LM21 who also want M100 must make a separate UCAS entry; the LLB’s pathways are reached by applying to M100 and transferring in the second year. Graduates normally need at least a 2:1.
UCAS code LM21, four years, co-taught by The Dickson Poon School of Law, the Department of Political Economy and the Department of Philosophy. Entry requirements: A*AA (contextual AAB), no required or preferred subjects, IB 38 or 19 from three Higher Levels, LNAT by 31 December.
UCAS code M110, three years, major/minor honours, A*AA (contextual AAB), LNAT by 31 December. Criminology modules are delivered by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.
UCAS code M121, four years: Years 1 and 2 at King’s and Years 3 and 4 at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University. A*AA including grade A in French, or DELF at B2 alongside three A-levels for applicants who have not studied French to that level. International students are eligible for a UK Student visa for the two years at King’s only, and not for the Graduate visa.
UCAS code M122, four years with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Year 3 in Berlin on the LLM pathway, or Years 3 and 4 on the First State Exam pathway. A*AA including grade A in German, or TestDaF level 4 in all four components alongside three A-levels.
UCAS code M123, four years, starting September 2027: Years 1 and 2 at King’s and Years 3 and 4 at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Requires grade A in A-level Spanish and DELE at B2. The visa rule for the two years abroad is the same as for the French degree.
UCAS code M190, four years: Years 1 and 2 at King’s and Years 3 and 4 at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where all classes and examinations are in English; students also receive a Juris Doctor from CUHK. No required or preferred subjects. A joint panel from King’s and CUHK interviews applicants online, usually in February, and no offers are made before the interviews. No contextual offers. Unsuccessful applicants are considered for the Law LLB (M100) automatically. International students are eligible for a UK Student visa for the two years at King’s only, and not for the Graduate visa.
Worded for September 2026 entry when read on 10 October 2026. Contextual offers may be up to two A-level grades (or equivalent) lower than the advertised requirements. To be considered, an applicant must have completed K+, have received free school meals, or be care-experienced, a care leaver or estranged. A second list brings additional consideration (a qualifying King’s widening participation programme, King’s College London Maths School, a qualifying IntoUniversity course, forced displacement, or being a young adult carer). Only for UK-based applicants; the process is mostly automatic from the UCAS form, and King’s then asks for evidence through King’s Apply. For courses with an admissions test, applicants must meet the threshold to progress. English Law & Hong Kong Law is excluded. An offer is not guaranteed.
Conditional offers are based on three A-levels, and the highest three grades count if you take four or more; AS-levels are not considered for most programmes, and UCAS tariff points are not used. Equivalents of A*AA: IB 38 points or 19 from three Higher Levels; AAB at Higher in one sitting and AA at Advanced Higher (a Higher and an Advanced Higher in the same subject are not both counted); European Baccalaureate 87.5%. Some programmes set GCSE requirements; King’s maps A* to 8 and above, A to 7, B to 6 and C to 5. The LNAT is listed for M100, M121, M122, M123, M190 and LM21, by 31 December in the cycle of application, and mitigating circumstances cannot be considered for problems with the test.
Reply of 9 January 2018 with a spreadsheet by year of entry. Applicants and offer holders: 1,848 and 471 (2012/13); 2,091 and 734 (2013/14); 2,671 and 735 (2014/15); 2,714 and 716 (2015/16); 2,894 and 772 (2016/17). Average multiple-choice LNAT score of applicants and of offer holders: no data for 2012/13 and 2013/14; 21.56 and 25.99; 22.76 and 27.02; 23.35 and 27.68. Average A*s already achieved at (I)GCSE, applicants and offer holders: 3.57 and 6.13; 3.57 and 5.43; 3.33 and 5.12; 3.32 and 6.73; 3.35 and 6.93. Average predicted A* grades: 3.00 and 3.62; 2.97 and 3.33; 2.81 and 3.31; 2.74 and 3.29; 2.79 and 3.28.
Reply of 29 March 2021. M100 for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020: applications 3,008, 2,945, 2,869 and 2,542; offers 904, 915, 972 and 1,208; overseas applications 1,340, 1,371, 1,226 and 1,198, and overseas offers 429, 436, 556 and 696, where overseas means overseas fee status. LNAT average of the offers with a score (794, 801, 859 and 1,088 of them): 26, 25, 26 and 26. Applications with the IB: 493, 466, 435 and 386, averaging 38, 38, 38 and 39 points; offers with the IB: 205, 224, 254 and 275 (23%, 24%, 26% and 23% of offers), averaging 41, 40, 40 and 40. Values are rounded to whole numbers, and the IB figures are of the total IB score held in King’s records.
A 26-page PDF created on 10 December 2025, covering the UCAS cycles 2020 to 2024; a cycle is named for its year of standard entry (the 2024 cycle ran from 2023 to 2024, for entry in 2024). Columns: applications, offers, acceptances (unconditional firm offer holders) and enrolments, for all domiciles, UK, non-UK and China. Six undergraduate programmes: Law (M100), Politics, Philosophy and Law, and English Law with French, German, Spanish and Hong Kong Law; Law with Criminology is not included. M100: 2,487 applications, 1,161 offers and 298 enrolments (2020); 3,197, 833 and 251 (2021); 3,405, 680 and 222 (2022); 4,054, 675 and 208 (2023); 3,925, 868 and 258 (2024). The UK tables for Law, PPL, French and German start at 2021. The PDF holds counts only: no LNAT scores, grades or contextual data.
A request about the grades and LNAT scores of successful international applicants to M100, M124 and LM21 for 2024 and 2025 entry, refused on cost. King’s does not hold predicted or achieved qualifications in a structured format: international applicants’ qualifications arrive in many formats and are kept as uploaded PDF documents, and there are over 7,000 records across the 2023 and 2024 UCAS cycles.
Reply of 23 February 2022 with an appendix of 14,478 (I)GCSE grade records for 1,531 applications to M100 and LM21 in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 UCAS cycles. The file has no column separating applicants from offer holders, and its own note says that the grades "are not necessarily accurate".
Undergraduate admissions are centralised: the Admissions Office assesses applications and processes decisions. King’s "considers all aspects of the application as part of a holistic approach to selection", which may include achieved and predicted grades, English language evidence, the personal statement, references, interview and admissions test performance, written work and the academic and geo-demographic context of the applicant’s qualifications; it gives no weights. Some programmes decide on a rolling basis and others as a "gathered field". Where a programme interviews, the online prospectus says so.
King’s two-year widening participation programme for sixth form and college students: open to Year 12 students who live or study in Greater London or a target region, attend a non-selective state school, have eight GCSEs at 4 to 9 including at least five at 6 to 9, and have no parent or carer who completed university. Over 500 Year 12s are selected each year from thousands of applicants. Students who complete it receive a two-grade reduced offer for most King’s courses and a £1,000 bursary in their first year. Law is a spring pathway.
King’s College London was among the scheme’s partner universities in 2022.
Realising Opportunities will close in July 2027 and is not recruiting new students. The partner universities shown on its About page are Birmingham, Exeter, Leeds, Leicester, Loughborough, Newcastle, Queen Mary, Warwick and York.
Reply of 8 December 2025, for students who enrolled on the Law LLB (M100). Mean, lowest and highest LNAT score: 2023 UK-domiciled 29.08 (6 to 37), non-UK 28.81 (23 to 36), overall 28.90 (6 to 37); 2024 UK 30.74 (25 to 41), non-UK 28.78 (25 to 37), overall 29.34 (25 to 41); 2025 UK 29.31 (21 to 37), non-UK 26.98 (21 to 38), overall 27.51 (21 to 38). Offer rates for 2023 to 2025 were withheld because King’s intends to publish them within twelve months.
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