Does Oxford favour applicants with achieved grades?

Shortlisting for interview is based upon PS and subject exploration, school reference, A'level and GCSE record, admission test scores and any contextualization e.g. any breaks in your education. Having achieved your A'levels already is a plus point, but the procedure is still the same.

Having achieved grades won’t give you a significant advantage. It’s great that you have them under your belt and it will be a plus point, but it’s only one factor in a holistic process. Performance in the MAT will be much more important in terms of shortlisting, though they will also take your school record into account.

I sat my A Levels in the summer of 2025 and got 4a*s. I've applied for Oxford this year and recently sat the entrance exam.
Does Oxford view applicants with achieved grades differently from those with predicted ones, or is the shortlisting process based entirely on the entrance exam?
(I am applying for maths if that makes a difference).

A-Level predicted grades are unreliable and often inaccurate. So many applicants get their teachers to predict them 3A* or 4A* grades and then they achieve something far less on results day. So, yes you have an advantage with achieved grades but other factors such as admissions test performance, reference, UCAS Personal Statement, GCSE grades and especially interview performance matter too.

OP, I politely suggest that you ignore this poster. He knows nothing about Oxford. Please listen instead to xyz1234567, who knows what he/she is talking about.
PS: BetaVersion2.9 is also helpful.

I merely stated the facts. It is obvious that predicted grades are unreliable and many students miss their offers each year due to inflated predicted grades. Also, achieved grades carry a greater weight in admissions surely?

Your prob is that you have no insider info about Oxford but you make like you do. You present stuff you copy off the net, or your own speculation, like they're insider tips. You come across like you some kind of uni expert, and Oxford expert, but you don't tell people you've never even applied to one single uni, and don't even have a single A level pass. If people knew that you're a slightly creepy old dude, almost twice the age of most of the studes here, who lives with his parents and fantasises about Oxford, wealth, marrying supermodels, and taking vengeance on people you don't like, they'd know, as I and some others here have figured out, that you're not a useful source on uni info. Hey, I'm just an undergrad and I don't know a lot, but people like xyz1234567 and others here are the real deal, with real world direct info about how unis work. Your wannabe chitter chatter gets in the way of the sensible info the people with the know how put out. You also make almost every thread you post in about you. Man, it's boring. Suggestion: get a life. Then, but only then, you can advise others about theirs.

You're plain rude. Why don't you say the same to the 100s of others who are not Oxford students or graduates as well? Why single me out for abuse? ☹️