Our Admissions Test Day courses help students to perform their best in entrance exams for various UK universities, including Imperial College, LSE, Oxford, and Cambridge. Held online for optimum convenience, our sessions involve sitting timed mock tests, as well as small-group sessions with a specialist tutor.
Our Admissions Test Days for 2025 have all passed - for future years of application, please check back here later for our 2026 days.
Students will receive
Two Full Mock Papers
Two full mock papers (created by Oxbridge Applications) taken via our online testing platform, CANVAS (also used by Oxford University), with worked answers
Interactive Masterclasses
2.5 hours of small-group (15 maximum) interactive masterclasses in their test with a test specialist
Individual feedback
Individual feedback on performance for each test taken, provided they are sat on the day or within 48 hours of the end of the event
2026 Admissions Test Days TBC
Which Tests are Offered?
While we tutor one-to-one for every university admissions test, including all Cambridge at-interview tests (see more about tuition here), these events target the most widely taken tests, including:
LNAT (Law National Aptitude Test)
For Law Schools
ESAT (Engineering and Science Admissions Test)
For Cambridge and Imperial
ESAT: Physics and Maths Track
ESAT: Chemistry and Biology Track
TARA (Test of Academic Reasoning for Admissions)
For various UCL courses
TMUA (Test of Mathematics for University Admission)
For Cambridge, Imperial, LSE, and others
TSA (Thinking Skills Assessment)
For Oxford and UCL
TSA: Section 1 and 2 (for PPE applicants)
TSA: Section 1 Only
MAT (Mathematics Aptitude Test)
For Oxford
PAT (Physics Aptitude Test)
For Oxford
English Literature Admissions Test Skills
For Cambridge at-interview tests and Oxford/Cambridge source-analysis tasks
History Admissions Test Skills
For Cambridge at-interview tests and Oxford/Cambridge source-analysis tasks
If you do not see your test offered here then please do get in touch on [email protected] to find out more about the support we offer.
Kick off the day with an introduction to one of our senior consultants. They will outline the day’s format and the significance of excelling in UK university admissions tests.
9:30 AM - Test Completion
Mock Test
Sit a specially crafted mock admissions test via our online portal, Canvas, that simulates the actual test environment. You will have access to live support throughout the test period.
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30 - 3:00 PM
Test Skills Workshop
Participate in a group tutorial focused on test-specific skills, strategies, and common themes, led by expert instructors.
3:00 - 3:15 PM
Break
3:15 - 4:15 PM
Mock Test Review
Engage in a detailed review of the morning's mock test, identifying common sticking points and areas for improvement with plenty of opportunities to ask your expert tutor any questions.
After the Event
Students will access another full mock test to be taken in their own time, as well as test-specific written materials and worked answers. They will also receive individual feedback on their performance for the mock tests taken (both as part of the event and in their own time), given they are sat within 48 hours of the beginning of event.
Why Oxbridge Applications?
We are the trusted test support provider to many of the UK’s highest-achieving schools, including Wellington, Marlborough, Charterhouse, Rugby, Cardiff Sixth Form College, and many others.
We only use vetted Oxbridge-graduate tutors who scored in the top 10% of their cohort, and who have an excellent track record of success with applicants.
We curate teaching materials to ensure content is consistently high and students receive comprehensive guidance
Mock tests are updated each year to ensure format and quality is current and materials are useful.
Classes are kept small to enable students to have individual attention as well as learn from their peers.
"At Cardiff Sixth Form College, one of the cornerstones of our provision is that we 'demand and deliver excellence'. Our partnership with Oxbridge Applications, is a wonderful example of this, with expert guidance provided for our students and expert training provided for our staff in the pursuit of the highest university ambitions."
Gareth Collier, Principal, Cardiff Sixth Form College
"Oxbridge Applications have offered an invaluable service in supplementing Marlborough College's programme of preparation for Oxbridge admissions tests and interviews. Their bespoke approach is flexible but robust, and has offered our pupils greater exposure to admissions test papers and interviews. The quality of their tutors always impresses our pupils, whose feedback is consistently positive."
Andrew Oxburgh, Head of Oxbridge, Marlborough College
"We have been really happy with the way Oxbridge Applications have helped to guide our students through the demands of the application process, providing high quality feedback and support at all stages."
Ruth Lexton, Head of Oxbridge, Wellington College
“Another great day and the students, as ever, got a huge amount out of it. We hope to see you next year!”
Ed Lamb, Davenport High School
Can I just say a huge thank you to you and your team. You have been amazing. The amount and quality of support has been phenomenal and we are incredibly grateful.
Nick Berman, Future Academies
“Aspirational, inspirational and thought-provoking; OA provided expert advice whilst engaging in an engaging and accessible manner. Absolutely hit the spot. Thank you!”
Susan Gower, Director of Sixth Form Experience, Croydon High School
Thank you so much for this afternoon with our Year 12s - the session was really useful and the feedback has been great.
Jane Collier, Head of University Advice, Hurtwood House
We’ve had Oxbridge Applications help us for eight years. Efficiency, quality and adaptability are what recommend them to us, and they are consistently rated ‘outstanding’ by the pupils.
Guy Nobes, Marlborough College
Our Oxbridge-graduate consultants are available between 9.00 am – 5.00 pm from Monday to Friday, with additional evening availability when requested.
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