Oxbridge Season · 2027 Entry
Oxbridge admissions tutoring by Oxford and Cambridge graduates
One-to-one online tutoring for Oxford and Cambridge from Oxbridge graduates who studied the same subject. Packages from £400.Tao Education prepares students for Oxford and Cambridge with one-to-one online tutoring from Oxbridge graduates who studied the same subject. There's a package for each stage, the personal statement (£400), admissions tests (£800) and interviews (£480), or all three with weekly lessons through the term (£2,400).
The record so far
Students our tutors have worked with who got an Oxbridge offer
Oxford and Cambridge applicants who got an offer
The facts
- Deadline
- 15 October. It's the same date for every Oxford and Cambridge course.
- The test
- October, and you book it yourself by 28 September. Medicine is the UCAT, sat by 24 September.
- Interviews
- December. Oxford's are online, Cambridge's often in person. Offers come in January.
- Typical offer
- A*A*A or A*AA at A-level, 39 to 42 points in the IB.
What's changed this year
Oxford scrapped its own tests in 2026, so the MAT, PAT and TSA are gone. Oxford applicants now sit the same October tests as Cambridge applicants: the TMUA for maths, computer science and economics, the ESAT for physics, engineering and the sciences, and a new one called TARA for PPE, economics and psychology. Medicine is still the UCAT.
The good news is one sitting now covers Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, Warwick, UCL and LSE. The catch is that you book it, not the school, and booking closes at 6pm on 28 September. Miss it and there's no Oxbridge application for those courses that year, so we check every student has booked.
How we'd plan the autumn
September is for a first draft of the statement and one timed past paper a week, which your tutor marks and goes through with you. In October the test comes first, in the week of the 12th, and the application goes in by the 15th. December is interviews, and we keep tutor time free so a mock is never more than a day away. Offers come in January.
Predicted grades just get you read. The test and the interview decide everything else. Oxford interviews around 10,000 of its 23,000 applicants and picks them mostly on the test, so that October paper matters more than anything else on the form.
What's changed this year
Oxford scrapped its own tests in 2026, so the MAT, PAT and TSA are gone. Oxford applicants now sit the same October tests as Cambridge applicants: the TMUA for maths, computer science and economics, the ESAT for physics, engineering and the sciences, and a new one called TARA for PPE, economics and psychology. Medicine is still the UCAT.
The good news is one sitting now covers Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, Warwick, UCL and LSE. The catch is that you book it, not the school, and booking closes at 6pm on 28 September. Miss it and there's no Oxbridge application for those courses that year, so we check every student has booked.
How we'd plan the autumn
September is for a first draft of the statement and one timed past paper a week, which your tutor marks and goes through with you. In October the test comes first, in the week of the 12th, and the application goes in by the 15th. December is interviews, and we keep tutor time free so a mock is never more than a day away. Offers come in January.
Predicted grades just get you read. The test and the interview decide everything else. Oxford interviews around 10,000 of its 23,000 applicants and picks them mostly on the test, so that October paper matters more than anything else on the form.
Oxbridge Season · 2027 Entry
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“Hi Leo! Just wanted to let you know that I got the offer for Physics at Oxford! Thanks so much for all your help.”
Siau · Oxford Physics Offer Holder
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We read every draft line by line, tell you honestly what works and what doesn't, and redraft with you until it's ready to send.
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Booking for the ESAT and TMUA closes 28 September; the UCAT is sat by 24 September; STEP follows in June. Hours fit around school, and you can mix the stages however suits. Just ask.
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“Hi Leo! Just wanted to let you know that I got the offer for Physics at Oxford! Thanks so much for all your help, it really helped me alot because I've never been in academic interviews before. All the best to you for whatever it is you are doing now, and once again thanks a bunch!”
Siau
Oxford Physics Offer Holder
“We had a very positive experience with the team at Tao Education, who supported us through successful Oxford applications! The tutoring is very high quality, and the team are also responsive and really go above and beyond, for instance by providing mock interviews with two tutors. Thank you!”
Rebecca W
Parent of an Oxford Offer Holder
“Abe helped me prepare for STEP and I honestly couldn't recommend him enough. He was really good at breaking down difficult problems and helping me understand how to actually approach STEP questions rather than just memorising methods. The sessions made me much more confident with harder problems, and with his help I ended up getting an 11 in STEP. He's patient, easy to work with, and genuinely knows his stuff.”
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STEP Candidate
“Will's engaging, high-level knowledge of historiography challenged me to think on my feet. I also found his annotation of my personal statement incredibly useful, helping me connect synoptic links and stretch my thinking.”
Nikki
Cambridge History Offer Holder
“Emily's professionalism, enthusiasm and maturity as a tutor really shined through when she tutored me on interview skills and helped me secure an offer to read Medicine at the University of Cambridge. I could see myself improving in each session we had. Emily is great at explaining things effectively and patiently.”
Fiona
Cambridge Medicine Offer Holder
“Emily is a great tutor! She did a mock interview with me when I was preparing for my Cambridge Medicine interview and I am so grateful for her help as I went on to receive an offer. She made the supervision/tutorial style interview very interactive and proposed a wide variety of questions to me and concluded the session with thorough and useful feedback. I would definitely recommend her to anyone looking for a tutor as not only is she an amazing tutor, but is also a very kind and helpful person 🙂”
Hilary
Cambridge Medicine Offer Holder
FAQs
- Is A*AA enough to apply?
- Yes. Oxford's standard offer for most science courses is A*AA, and AAA for most arts. Cambridge asks A*A*A for most sciences and A*AA for most arts. Predictions get you read, then the test and interview take over. If the gap looks too wide, we'll say so on the call.
- Which test do I sit?
- It goes by course, not university. Maths, computer science and economics sit the TMUA. Physics, engineering and the sciences sit the ESAT. Oxford PPE, economics and management, psychology and human sciences sit TARA. Medicine sits the UCAT. We'll confirm it on the free call so nobody books the wrong one.
- Do I need work experience?
- For sciences and maths, no. Reading beyond the syllabus and problems you've worked through count for far more. For medicine, yes. Both universities want to see time in a health or care setting, and they'll ask what you learned from it.
- Oxford or Cambridge?
- You can only apply to one, so choose by course. Cambridge Natural Sciences lets you keep three sciences going; Oxford Physics is one subject from day one. Oxford interviews online, Cambridge sometimes in person. College choice matters less than most families think, and an open application is perfectly fine.
- What happens on the free call?
- Twenty minutes with one of us. We'll ask about the course, the predicted grades, which test applies and whether it's booked, then tell you honestly what's realistic in the time left and who we'd match you with. No obligation.
Is A*AA enough to apply?
Yes. Oxford's standard offer for most science courses is A*AA, and AAA for most arts. Cambridge asks A*A*A for most sciences and A*AA for most arts. Predictions get you read, then the test and interview take over. If the gap looks too wide, we'll say so on the call.
Which test do I sit?
It goes by course, not university. Maths, computer science and economics sit the TMUA. Physics, engineering and the sciences sit the ESAT. Oxford PPE, economics and management, psychology and human sciences sit TARA. Medicine sits the UCAT. We'll confirm it on the free call so nobody books the wrong one.
Do I need work experience?
For sciences and maths, no. Reading beyond the syllabus and problems you've worked through count for far more. For medicine, yes. Both universities want to see time in a health or care setting, and they'll ask what you learned from it.
Oxford or Cambridge?
You can only apply to one, so choose by course. Cambridge Natural Sciences lets you keep three sciences going; Oxford Physics is one subject from day one. Oxford interviews online, Cambridge sometimes in person. College choice matters less than most families think, and an open application is perfectly fine.
What happens on the free call?
Twenty minutes with one of us. We'll ask about the course, the predicted grades, which test applies and whether it's booked, then tell you honestly what's realistic in the time left and who we'd match you with. No obligation.
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