Engineering Admissions SupportInterviews, the ESAT and choosing a course

My tutoring includes extensive ESAT preparation, helping students develop the mathematical and physical problem-solving skills the exam demands, as well as effective strategies for approaching unfamiliar questions under time pressure. I also provide one-to-one interview preparation, with mock interviews based on the style and difficulty of real Oxbridge Engineering interviews. My focus is on helping students communicate their thought processes clearly, respond confidently to prompts and work through challenging problems collaboratively. A key part of my approach is knowledge building. I introduce degree-level Engineering concepts beyond the school curriculum, enabling students to develop genuine subject understanding and discuss these ideas confidently in personal statements and interviews. I sat Oxford's Physics Aptitude Test myself in 2021, scoring 72% — the ESAT now assesses much of the same mathematical and physical problem-solving ground. Beyond academics, I have teaching experience through international volunteering in China and am currently working towards a TESOL qualification.

Over four years I've tutored students for Oxbridge Engineering and Science admissions — covering ESAT-style problem solving, interview practice and personal statements. In 2024 I taught a series of in-person lessons to a class of around ten students at my former school preparing for the ESAT. I sat Cambridge's engineering admissions test myself before the ESAT existed, and the maths and physics problem-solving it assessed is exactly the ground the ESAT now covers. I also tutor Maths, Physics and Computer Science up to A-Level, and I'm happy to weave exam-style questions into every session.

I've prepared students for both the admissions tests and interviews, with several going on to secure Oxford and Cambridge offers. I tutor Maths, Physics and Biology at GCSE, A-Level and IB, working with students at every level — patient, enthusiastic and practical.

I've tutored privately for over six years across all the subjects I teach, and helped in lower-year maths classes as a teaching assistant during sixth form. I have extensive experience with university admissions preparation. I sat Cambridge's engineering admissions test myself, scoring an average of 8.3 — the test assessed the same maths and physics problem-solving the ESAT now covers, so it's exactly the ground I help students prepare for. I aim to build both confidence and technique, whatever a student's starting point.

I've spent around thirty hours tutoring students for Oxford's maths and physics admissions tests — the ESAT now assesses the same problem-solving ground — alongside A-Level tuition in Maths, Physics and Chemistry through a tutoring company, and helping younger years at school. I sat Oxford's Physics Aptitude Test myself in 2022, scoring in the top 13% of applicants for my course. My competition record includes Top Gold in the British Physics Olympiad (top 30 in the UK) and qualification for Round 2, Silver in the UK Chemistry Olympiad taken a year early, Gold in the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge, and qualification for the UKMT Olympiad. Because I cover chemistry as strongly as maths and physics, I can support whichever ESAT module combination your course needs.

I've tutored GCSE maths and science one-to-one, and what I enjoy most is finding an explanation that lets students genuinely understand a concept rather than memorise a formula — in my experience, understanding is what carries through to performance in difficult exams. I mentored two students in my year who were sitting the PAT. I like to start from what a student already understands, build up steadily, and check ideas have properly landed before moving on — whether you're aiming for top GCSE grades, working through A-Level maths or physics, or preparing for the ESAT.