ESAT Tutoring & PreparationEngineering and Science Admissions Test

I offer comprehensive support tailored to the selection criteria: ESAT preparation, refining personal statements and intensive mock interviews. My master's deepened my conceptual grasp of physics and sharpened how clearly I can explain demanding ideas.

I support students preparing for the ESAT Physics and Maths modules, Cambridge Natural Sciences and Physics applications, A-Level Further Maths, and advanced problem-solving beyond the standard school syllabus. My teaching focuses on fast, accurate reasoning, clear physical intuition and genuine understanding — helping students see not just how to reach an answer, but why the method works, so they can build the confidence and intuition needed for unfamiliar problems. Through outreach and admissions-related work with the Cambridge Physics Department, alongside prize-winning academic talks and presentations, I've developed a clear and structured approach to explaining demanding physics in an accessible way.

Alongside subject tuition, I've supported Biology applicants through admissions for the past three years — running personal statement workshops and mock interviews, and helping students show genuine passion for the subject. Three of my students have gone on to study Biology at Oxford. In my research role I also teach genomics to Master's students, so I'm used to making complex ideas click. I like to weave exam-style questions into every session so you build both content and technique.

My tutoring includes extensive ESAT preparation, helping students develop the mathematical and physical problem-solving the exam demands as well as strategies for approaching unfamiliar questions under time pressure. I provide one-to-one interview preparation with mock interviews based on the style and difficulty of real Oxbridge Engineering interviews, focusing on helping students communicate their thought processes clearly 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 so students can discuss them confidently and expand on them meaningfully in personal statements and interviews. I sat Oxford's Physics Aptitude Test myself in 2021, scoring 72% — the ESAT now assesses the same ground. Beyond academics I've taught through international volunteering in China and am working towards a TESOL qualification.

I sat Oxford's Physics Aptitude Test, scoring 88/100 — the ESAT now assesses the same physics and maths problem-solving, so it's exactly the ground I cover. Alongside three years of A-Level tutoring (Edexcel and AQA), I've mock-interviewed applicants at outreach events and spent three years helping at physics camps, running sessions and coaching problem-solving for students from GCSE to A-Level. I love showing students how to approach unfamiliar problems with confidence.

I have over 150 hours of tutoring experience across admissions preparation, A-Levels, GCSEs, and even first-year undergraduate courses. I hold Gold awards in both the Physics and Biology Olympiads and placed in the 95th percentile in the biology section of Cambridge's science admissions assessment — the test the ESAT replaced — so I understand what these assessments demand and how to prepare for them. I've run many of my own mock interviews and have conducted real interviews in a previous role, and I've supported applicants for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Natural Sciences. My approach is direct and tailored: I break problems down to first principles, prioritise reasoning over rote answers, and adapt each session to how you actually learn. Whether you're chasing top grades, a Natural Sciences place, or the confidence to excel at interview, I'd be glad to help.

During several years' experience mentoring and teaching, I've supported prospective Oxbridge applicants through mock interviews and delivered Cambridge-style supervisions on summer schools, helping students develop both subject knowledge and confidence. As a student ambassador for Selwyn College across four years I ran student Q&As and admissions workshops, helped with talks from admissions tutors on what they're looking for in a personal statement or interview candidate, and looked after candidates during the interviews and admissions tests themselves — advising hundreds of applicants along the way. My teaching is inspired by the supervision-style learning I experienced at Cambridge: discussion-based sessions, solving problems together, and marking work with real feedback. I also communicate complex scientific ideas to audiences of all ages, through volunteering with Cambridge Hands On Science and now as a Live Science Presenter at the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

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.

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 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 online for two years, teaching Physics and Maths at A-Level and GCSE across AQA and Edexcel, and I currently coach a student for the ESAT. I've also mentored applicants from my old school through their personal statements and applications. I have a strong competition background: as well as Top Gold in the British Physics Olympiad and reaching the national finals of the UK Astronomy & Astrophysics Olympiad, I competed in the national finals of the UKMT Team Maths Challenge — exactly the kind of unfamiliar, high-pressure problem-solving the ESAT is built around. I sat Oxford's physics admissions process the year before I started my degree, so I know first-hand what it asks of you. I'm very flexible on availability through August and September, with evening and weekend sessions once term begins.

I sat the PAT for my own Oxford application, and I have real experience with both PAT and ESAT preparation as well as Oxford Physics and Engineering interviews — the physics and maths problem-solving is the same ground the ESAT now covers. I'm an experienced tutor and I've enjoyed teaching A-Level Maths and Further Maths, Oxbridge Physics applications, and GCSE and 11+ students too. Every student needs a different approach and pace, and I'm determined to help you reach your goals.