I am running eight papers between September and October. Each is sat on screen and invigilated live on Google Meet, matching the computer-based format used at Pearson VUE test centres, and I review it in full immediately afterwards, while the working is still fresh.
I write the papers myself for this series, so candidates work on original problems rather than the small stock of official material most will already have attempted.
The official TMUA material is finite. A candidate preparing seriously will have worked through most of it by September, and a paper sat for the second time measures recall rather than reasoning. A mock is only diagnostic if the problems on it are unfamiliar.
A limited number of papers, worked through by most serious candidates well before the sitting. Re-sitting one tests memory of the solution as much as the mathematics.
I write each paper for this series, drawing on the bank of over two hundred original questions I already use in individual tuition, and set it to the style and demands of the current examination.
A student who scores well on a paper they half remember learns very little. A student who meets unfamiliar problems under timed conditions learns where their reasoning slows, which topics remain insecure, and how their timing holds up when a question does not resolve in the first minute.
The same bank of original questions is described in How I teach on the main site.
I run every session in the same sequence: the paper is sat in silence under invigilation, I mark it while the group takes a short break, and I then review it in full. I keep groups deliberately small so that there is time to work through everyone's questions during the review.
I mark each paper and report it on the same 1.0 to 9.0 scale used by the examination itself.
How that score compares with the standards expected at Cambridge, Imperial and LSE: 5.0 is increasingly necessary to stay in contention, and 6.0 and above is where a candidate stands out.
I write it from your own script: the topics that cost you marks, how your time was spent across the paper, and what to work on before the next set.
| Set | Paper | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Set A | Paper 1 | Tuesday 15th September | 5:30–8:30pm |
| Set A | Paper 2 | Thursday 17th September | 5:30–8:30pm |
| Set B | Paper 1 | Tuesday 22nd September | 5:30–8:30pm |
| Set B | Paper 2 | Thursday 24th September | 5:30–8:30pm |
| Set C | Paper 1 | Tuesday 29th September | 5:30–8:30pm |
| Set C | Paper 2 | Thursday 1st October | 5:30–8:30pm |
| Set D | Full mock | Sunday 4th October | 10am–3pm |
If a date does not suit, please write to me and I will try to arrange an alternative time to sit that paper.
Registration for the October sitting closes on 28 September at 6pm BST, and the test window is 12 to 16 October. Candidates who have not yet booked a test appointment at a Pearson VUE centre should do so promptly, independently of anything arranged here.
The six evening papers of Sets A, B and C, and both papers of the Set D mock day, each with its review. The intended course for a candidate sitting in October.
Any one of the six evening papers in Sets A, B and C, with the review that follows it.
Both papers sat back to back, with a full review of each in the afternoon.
I do not take payment in advance. I invoice each set once it has run, and ask that it is settled before the next set begins.
An early booking rate of £335 applies to the full series when booked before Sunday 13th September.
Send your details and I will confirm your place. If you would rather talk it through first, call or send a message on WhatsApp to 07488 270351.
For a fuller conversation about preparation, you are welcome to book a free 30 minute consultation.
I hold places on request and invoice after each set, payable before the next one begins. If you can no longer attend, please tell me in advance and I will either move you to another session or release the place.