Who is eligible for a contextual offer at London School of Economics and Political Science?

To be considered for a contextual offer from London School of Economics and Political Science you need 'home' fee status, plus one of the following: care experience, free school meals, a POLAR4 quintile 1 area, a TUNDRA quintile 1 area or a widening-access programme.

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London School of Economics and Political Science contextual offer checker

London School of Economics and Political Science makes contextual offers for 2027 entry: lower-grade offers for applicants from backgrounds that are underrepresented at university. It looks at POLAR4, TUNDRA, care experience, free school meals and more. A typical offer drops from AAA to AAB (one grade lower).

Enter your postcode and school and our free checker automatically looks up POLAR4 and TUNDRA for you, then asks a few quick questions to work out whether you qualify for a contextual offer from London School of Economics and Political Science for 2027 entry.

Roughly two minutes with no sign-up to check your circumstances against every university's scheme.

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Who qualifies

Everyone must

Have 'home' (UK) fee status

Plus any one of these

How much lower is the offer?

Typically AAA → AAB (one grade lower).

Of the 42 London School of Economics and Political Science courses where we have both offers, 35 are one grade lower and 7 are two grades lower.

Contextual offer for every London School of Economics and Political Science course (42)

Course	Standard	Contextual
Accounting and Finance	A*AA	AAA
Actuarial Science	A*AA	A*AB
Actuarial Science (with a Placement Year)	A*AA	A*AB
Anthropology and Law	AAB	ABB
Data Science	A*AA	A*AB
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics	A*AA	A*AB
Economic History	AAA	AAB
Economic History and Geography	AAB	ABB
Economics	A*AA	A*AB
Economics and Data Science	A*AA	A*AB
Economics and Economic History	AAA	AAB
Environment and Sustainable Development	AAA	ABB
Environment and Sustainable Development with Economics	AAA	ABB
Finance	A*AA	A*AB
Financial Mathematics and Statistics	A*AA	A*AB
Geography	AAA	ABB
Geography with Economics	AAA	ABB
History	AAA	AAB
History and Politics	AAA	AAB
International Relations	AAA	AAB
International Relations and Chinese	AAA	AAB
International Relations and History	AAA	AAB
International Social and Public Policy	AAB	BBB
International Social and Public Policy with Economics	AAA	AAB
International Social and Public Policy with Politics	AAB	ABB
Language, Culture and Society	AAB	ABB
Management	AAA	AAB
Mathematics and Economics	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics with Data Science	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics with Economics	A*AA	A*AB
Mathematics, Statistics and Business	A*AA	A*AB
Philosophy and Economics	AAA	AAB
Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method	AAA	AAB
Philosophy, Politics and Economics	A*AA	AAA
Politics	AAA	AAB
Politics and Economics	AAA	AAB
Politics and International Relations	AAA	AAB
Politics and Philosophy	AAA	AAB
Psychological and Behavioural Science	A*AA	AAA
Social Anthropology	AAB	ABC
Social Anthropology	AAB	ABC
Sociology	AAB	ABB

See every London School of Economics and Political Science course for the full entry requirements.

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Summarised from London School of Economics and Political Science's published contextual offer policy. Meeting the criteria means London School of Economics and Political Science may make you a contextual offer, not that it will, and some courses (often medicine, dentistry and other heavily oversubscribed courses) have their own rules. Always check the university's own policy before relying on it. Data updated 5 November 2026.