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Each year, almost 65,000 pupils head to the elite Russell Group universities after finishing school.
But for parents keen to see their children head to one of the 26 prestigious universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, the school their child goes to matters.
Last year, just over half of schools sent at least one child to Oxbridge, figures from the Department for Education show.
This included the Henrietta Barnett School, a grammar school in north London, which topped the list with 28 per cent of its 2019-20 cohort attending Oxbridge within two years of leaving school.
This was closely followed by King's College London Maths School, a specialist college in Lambeth, and Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, which sent 25 per cent and 24 per cent.
Brampton Manor Academy, in East London, sends the highest proportion for a non-grammar school, with 18 per cent going.
Nationally, around 1 per cent of pupils attend Oxbridge in any given year, increasing to 4 per cent for grammar and private school pupils.
However, the gaps are closing fast.
In the past five years, state schools have seen their proportion increase from 1 per cent to 1.5 per cent. Meanwhile grammar schools have remained stagnant and private schools have reduced from 5 per cent, Telegraph analysis shows.
These gaps are also closing on access to Russell Group universities as a whole, which include Oxbridge, but also Durham, Bristol, St Andrews and the London School for Economics.
The Henrietta Barnett School, once again, tops the table with 93 per cent of pupils going to one of the universities. Equally, KCL Maths School, Brampton Manor Academy and Queen Elizabeth’s School emerge in the top ten.
Of the top twenty schools, just three are not classified as grammar schools: Brampton Manor, the London School of Excellence, East London, and King Edward VI School, Stratford-upon-Avon.