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When you say not particularly difficult, no. Generally they are not mensa tests. But they, plus CE grades >60% (which is what my guess would be) mean that you have to be in a higher achieving academic bracket for starters. Neither are easy.
I'm not arguing about the relative ease between State and private to get to Oxford. Sure you have an interview for Oxford. But you also don't get an interview without having straight As from GCSE onwards - so what's that? At a minimum the 20% in the country?
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Passing entrance exams for private schools isn’t particularly difficult.
Getting into Oxford from a state school is difficult compared to coming from private education. There’s an interview designed to keep the oiks out.