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Admissions tutoring is a field with a lot of claims nobody can check. This page holds what can be checked about mine: what the schools, tutors and students I have worked with wrote about it, the material I publish openly, and the credentials behind it.

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Why visitors arrive: You are deciding whether to trust this tutor and want evidence rather than adjectives.

Your question: What is the actual evidence that this person can teach admissions tests?

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  • What qualifications does Lucas Rey have, and can I check them?
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What people say about my teaching

Every quote here is word for word, published with the written permission of the person who wrote it and credited only as they agreed. Under each one is where it was written and when.

Schools

The students loved the tricks you taught them.

Ben Ford, Alleyn's School
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Thank you again for the session, only positive feedback from me and the students. The questions were high quality and really gave them some useful strategies to consider.

Deputy Head, independent school in the North West
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Thank you very much for leading us through those examples and for your time.

Philip Riddle, CAMScot
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Students

Lucas was a very good tutor. He always explained everything and made sure I understood what I was doing and why. He answered all my questions. He was also very prepared and had good materials for us to use. He was very patient and kind and I would recommend him to anyone.

Brielle, Fluid Mechanics student
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I really like your comprehensive worked solutions

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What I have done, in numbers

  • 7 schools I have worked with, among them Alleyn's School, Kingston Grammar School
  • 164 lessons taught through this site's booking diary since July 2026: 159 hours, with 42 different people

As of 13 October 2026, counted from my own records, never estimated. Schools are named only where they have agreed to it, and a named school is one I have worked with, not one that endorses this site.

What is published, in numbers

The mock papers: 4 of them, each with the five subject modules (Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2, Physics, Chemistry, Biology), 20 modules of 27 questions. Five from every module, 100 questions, are published here; the rest is written for one school at a time.4 MOCK PAPERS, 100 QUESTIONS PUBLISHEDMathematics 1Mathematics 2PhysicsChemistryBiologyMock paper 1Mock paper 2Mock paper 3Mock paper 4published here, five in every modulewritten for one school at a time
4 MOCK PAPERS, 100 QUESTIONS PUBLISHEDMathematics 1Mathematics 2PhysicsChemistryBiologyMock paper 1Mock paper 2Mock paper 3Mock paper 4published here, five in every modulewritten for one school at a time
4 MOCK PAPERS, 100 PUBLISHEDMock paper 1Mock paper 2Mock paper 3Mock paper 4published here, five in every modulewritten for one school at a time
One square per question. Every module is 27 questions; five of each are published here, and the rest is not ours to publish.

The easiest thing to verify about a tutor before contacting them is what they have already put in public. These figures are counted from the pages themselves, not estimated.

4
Full mock papers, all five subject modules each
5
Practice pages, one for each ESAT module, filed by topic and skill
100
Sample questions from those papers, published here in full
50
Practice questions on those pages, every one with a complete worked solution
What is published, what is held back, and where the checks are documented

One caveat, because it belongs on a page about evidence. The four paper sections publish 100 questions, five from each of the twenty subject modules. A full module is 27 questions and is written for one school at a time, so the rest is not ours to publish. Every question published here is complete, in the papers and in the practice questions alike: where an original could not be reconstructed to the standard the rest of the library is held to, it is left out rather than shown with a gap or filled in with something plausible.

The quality assurance page documents the checks each solution passes and what happens when one fails them. Everything counted here is free, with no signup and no account.

Student outcomes

The evidence on this page and what each part waits for. Published work: counted from the pages themselves, not estimated, and free with no signup or account. Student outcomes, not yet published: waiting for a record of each student's score before and after and where they applied, with permission to publish in aggregate. Testimonials, being collected: waiting for each person to be asked first. Case studies, being collected: real ones cleared for publication, never a composite. Until a record is complete its section stays empty.THE EVIDENCE ON THIS PAGE, AND WHAT EACH PART WAITS FORIN NUMBERSPublished workHOW IT IS COUNTEDcounted from the pagesthemselves, not estimated;free, with no signup andno accountNOT YET PUBLISHEDStudent outcomesWAITING FOR, PER STUDENTscore beforescore afterwhere they appliedpermission to publishBEING COLLECTEDTestimonialsWAITING FORasking the person first,then attributed as far aseach is comfortable withBEING COLLECTEDCase studiesWAITING FORreal ones, cleared forpublication; never acomposite exampleUntil a record is complete, its section stays empty rather than carrying a number nobody can check.
THE EVIDENCE ON THIS PAGE, AND WHAT EACH PART WAITS FORIN NUMBERSPublished workHOW IT IS COUNTEDcounted from the pages themselves,not estimated; free, no signup, no accountNOT YET PUBLISHEDStudent outcomesWAITING FOR, PER STUDENTscore beforescore afterwhere they appliedpermission to publishBEING COLLECTEDTestimonialsWAITING FORasking the person first, then attributedas far as each is comfortable withBEING COLLECTEDCase studiesWAITING FORreal ones, cleared for publication;never a composite exampleUntil a record is complete, its section stays emptyrather than carrying a number nobody can check.
THE EVIDENCE, AND WHAT IT WAITS FORIN NUMBERSPublished workHOW IT IS COUNTEDcounted from the pages themselves,not estimated; free, no signup, no accountNOT YET PUBLISHEDStudent outcomesPER STUDENTscore beforescore afterwhere they appliedpermission to publishBEING COLLECTEDTestimonialsWAITING FORasking the person first, then attributedas far as each is comfortable withBEING COLLECTEDCase studiesWAITING FORreal ones, cleared for publication;never a composite exampleUntil a record is complete, its sectionstays empty rather than carrying anumber nobody can check.
Only the first column is published. The other three stay empty until the record behind them exists.

Not yet published

Outcome figures are not shown here yet. Collecting them properly means recording, for every student, what they scored before and after and where they applied, with their permission to publish it in aggregate. That record is being built. Until it is complete, this section stays empty rather than carrying a number nobody can check.

Feedback follows the same rule: I ask the person before I publish a quote, and credit them only as far as they are comfortable with. The quotes I have permission for are at the top of this page.

If you want to know about outcomes before committing to anything, ask on the enquiry call. I will give you a specific answer, caveated where the sample is small.

Worked examples of a programme

Being collected

Case studies will go here once there are real ones cleared for publication. A composite or illustrative example would read as a real student to anyone landing on this page, which is why there is not one.

Subjects and tests covered

The full list, by admissions test, school subject and university level, and what stands behind each

What is actually taught, and what stands behind each of them on this site. What stands behind each of them is stated where it can be checked: every ESAT question is checked before it is published; the TMUA, PAT, MAT and STEP mock papers are withdrawn while they are rewritten to the same standard, so the free diagnostics and method guides for those tests are what remains published. The ESAT library is the deeper resource, and the teaching is best judged by it.

Admissions tests

  • ESAT: four full mock papers, practice questions filed by topic, a shortcut library and a specification breakdown, every solution worked in full. Open the hub.
  • TMUA: taught, plus two mock papers of forty questions.
  • PAT: retired by Oxford after the October 2025 sitting, and kept here as an archive. Physics and maths practice papers with worked solutions, useful for interview preparation now that Oxford physics and engineering candidates sit the ESAT.
  • MAT: taught, plus a mock Section A of ten questions.
  • STEP: taught, plus four full-length mock questions with complete solutions.
  • Oxbridge engineering interviews: taught, drawing on the same problem-solving material. No published corpus.

School subjects

  • Mathematics and Further Mathematics: A-Level, IB HL Analysis and Approaches, AP.
  • Physics: A-Level, IB HL, AP Physics C.
  • Ages 13 to 18, across IGCSE, A-Level, IB and AP.
  • Full detail on the mentoring hub.

University level

  • Fluid mechanics and thermofluids: an open curriculum with problem sets, published in full.
  • Measurement and uncertainty: technical notes and calculators drawn from research practice.
  • Engineering mathematics for undergraduate modules.

Credentials

Doctoral research, masters, publications, colleges and CV, each linking to where you can check it

Every item here is externally checkable, and each links to the place you can check it.

  • Doctoral research: DPhil candidate, Oxford Thermofluids Institute, sponsored by Rolls-Royce.
  • Masters: MRes, Whittle Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
  • Publications: peer-reviewed and technical papers, listed with DOIs on the publications page and on ORCID.
  • Colleges: St Anne's College, Oxford, and Clare Hall, Cambridge.
  • Background and CV: About Lucas and the press kit.

Part of

This page sits within the broader knowledge structure on lucasrey.com:

  • Teaching - Engineering-informed teaching, mentoring, and quantitative reasoning.

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