Admissions tests

The most competitive courses — medicine, dentistry, Oxbridge maths, physics and engineering — require admissions tests that sit outside the A-Level curriculum. Very few local tutors support them. We do.

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The UCAT, MAT, STEP and PAT decide places on the UK's most competitive courses, and each demands its own preparation beyond A-Level. Our specialist tutors prepare students for all four, alongside their A-Levels, in small groups of no more than four.

Note: the BMAT has been discontinued — medical and dental applicants now sit the UCAT, and we'll guide you through the change.

Why prepare with us

Specialist tutors, linked with your A-Levels

Tutors who know these tests

Specialists who teach A-Level and Further Maths and the admissions tests that build on them.

Small groups, max four

Real individual attention and feedback on every timed attempt.

Technique and timing

These tests reward strategy and speed, not just knowledge — we drill both under exam conditions.

Linked with A-Level study

Admissions-test prep reinforces your A-Level maths or sciences, so the two work together.

Application guidance

Realistic targets, timelines and how the test fits your UCAS application.

Trusted since 2010

An established East London centre with qualified, DBS-checked specialists.

How we work

Prepared alongside your A-Levels

You don't choose between A-Levels and admissions tests — we link them. Begin in Year 12 with lighter preparation, then intensify in Year 13 with weekly timed mocks under exam conditions, so your test technique and your subject mastery grow together.

  • Begin Year 12, intensify Year 13
  • Weekly timed mocks with feedback
  • Application and timeline guidance included
A-Level tuition
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FAQs

Questions, answered

No — most don't. They're mainly used for medicine and dentistry (UCAT), Oxford/Imperial/Warwick maths (MAT), Cambridge maths (STEP) and Oxford physics/engineering (PAT). Check your target universities.

Fees & funding

Affordable, with funding support

We keep tuition genuinely affordable and our fees transparent. Where eligible, families can use the Student Finance England (SFE) Childcare Grant, and our after-school childcare can be up to 85% funded through Tax-Free Childcare and Universal Credit support.

  • SFE Childcare Grant accepted where eligible
  • Up to 85% childcare costs claimable
  • Transparent fees — just ask

Contact us for current fees — there are no hidden charges.

SFE Childcare Grant
up to0%
Up to 85% of childcare costs claimable

of after-school childcare costs claimable where eligible

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