Elite Careers StrategyWho Gets In?Research by Elite Careers Strategy

Governed signal Official source

SIG-295: A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman's current official London Training Contract page states that seven GCSEs at grade 6 or above including Maths and English are required.

Observed · London · Training Contract - London · School-level grades

Evidence passage recorded against the source

We also require seven GCSEs at grade 6 or above (including Maths and English). We do take into account mitigating circumstances.

LimitThe passage is what the research lead recorded against the official page on the observation date. Pages change; check the source and the retrieval date before relying on it.

Scope as recorded

Institution
A&O Shearman
Market
London
Programme or route
Training Contract - London
Category
School-level grades
Observed
Verification
Verified 16 Sep 2026
Publication ruling
Safe with source
Record status
Active
Corpus layer
Append-only canonical supplement (publication-rulings-supplement-29-2026-09-16.csv)

Official source record

https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/london-training-contract

SRC-119 · retrieved 16 September 2026 · Official first-party page, full Chrome render; passage located as literal normalised substring · source record page · supports 7 signals

  • A&O Shearman London training-contract selection architecture and human interviews after digital assessment
  • A&O Shearman official surface; final URL https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/london-training-contract; text SHA-256 c751df7b66cf544aeb348045a19c6aeddc12094842b1e2b8429f952bc6622f8c

LimitOne signal describes one institution, programme, market and date. It is not evidence about other programmes, offices or cycles, and it is not a prevalence estimate.

Cite this object

Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), SIG-295 A&O Shearman, observed 16 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/signals/SIG-295/

Preserve the institution, programme, geography, observation date and limitation. Do not generalise a single signal to an institution-wide or sector-wide rule.

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