Practise the ESAT the way I teach it

I'm Lucas Rey: Oxford engineering DPhil candidate, Cambridge MRes, and I've helped hundreds of students with Oxbridge admissions. A free account gives you the full syllabus and your results; a pass adds unseen timed mocks and topic drills.

On free school meals, the 16-19 Bursary or EMA? The pass is free: email lucas@lucasrey.com

What it looks like

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  • The Practice tab: the level reached and the points to the next one, three quests for the week with their progress, then a card reading Your next step with a topic to revisit.
    Your level, this week's quests, and one next step chosen for you.
  • A finished Biology mock: the number right out of the questions in the paper, the time used against the forty minutes allowed, how many questions went over the target time, and the missed ideas due back, then a card with the next step.
    A timed mock marked at once: score, pace, and what to look over next.
  • My statistics: overall accuracy, time against the target, the number of timed mocks sat, then a level bar for each topic in Mathematics 1.
    Your level in every topic, which never falls on one wrong answer.
  • A chart of mock scores over time, one colour per module, with accuracy by module below it.
    Every mock over time, module by module.
  • A scatter of every topic by speed against the target and share right, then a grid of every topic, darker where more of it is answered right.
    Speed and accuracy by topic: quick and right sits top left.
  • My weakest topics: the topics of Mathematics 1 ranked weakest first, each row giving the share right, the pace and the questions left, and opening a drill when tapped.
    Your weakest topics, each one a tap from a drill.
  • The Syllabus tab: Mathematics 1, how much of it has been practised, with a progress bar and the first entries below it.
    The whole syllabus, filling in as you practise.

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ESAT practice, marked as you go

  • All 150 practice questions from the site, tracked in your account
  • Plus 20 unpublished questions only members get, each marked with the full solution
  • Five free timed papers, in any modules you choose, marked with the full working.

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Timed mocks and topic drills built from unpublished ESAT questions, written for this platform by Lucas Rey. Every answer is marked on the server with its full worked solution, and your results are kept by topic, so you can see which ones are costing you marks and what to practise next.

A free account practises the questions from the site, tracked as you go, and unpublished questions only members get, in drills of 5, all marked the same way, then reviews them weakest topics first. A pass opens the timed mocks, drills on any topic, ideas to revisit and the full statistics. Create a free account above, or sign in.

How to start. Create a free account with an email and a password. Practise for free: the practice questions from the site and unpublished ones only members get, every answer marked with its solution. Choose a pass of a week, a month, six months or a year. Pay by card with the email of your account. The pass is switched on for the same account and you are emailed.HOW TO START, FROM NOTHING TO A PASS1Create an accountAn email and a password.Free2Practise for freeEvery answer marked withits solution3Choose a passA week, a month, sixmonths or a year4Pay by cardWith the email of youraccount5The pass opensOn the same account, andyou are emailed
How to start. Create a free account with an email and a password. Practise for free: the practice questions from the site and unpublished ones only members get, every answer marked with its solution. Choose a pass of a week, a month, six months or a year. Pay by card with the email of your account. The pass is switched on for the same account and you are emailed.HOW TO START, FROM NOTHING TO A PASS1Create an accountAn email and a password. Free2Practise for freeEvery answer marked with its solution3Choose a passA week, a month, six months or a year4Pay by cardWith the email of your account5The pass opensOn the same account, and you are emailed
Nothing renews and nothing is charged again. Your free answers stay on the account when the pass opens.
What happens to one question. You answer it. It is marked at once, with the worked solution, and if you chose a wrong option the mistake that option was written to catch is named. Your level in that topic updates at once. An idea you got wrong comes back as a fresh question the next day, then again at gaps that follow how well you know it, so it sticks. Your next step is chosen from all of it.ONE QUESTION, FROM THE MOMENT YOU ANSWER IT1You answer27 in 40 minutes, or tenin a drill2Marked at onceRight or wrong, with theworked solution3Your mistake namedEach wrong option catchesone error4Your level updatesAt once, in that topic5Missed ideas come backAs a fresh question, thenext day, then when dueYour next step is chosen from all of it: the topic, the timing and what you have not seen
What happens to one question. You answer it. It is marked at once, with the worked solution, and if you chose a wrong option the mistake that option was written to catch is named. Your level in that topic updates at once. An idea you got wrong comes back as a fresh question the next day, then again at gaps that follow how well you know it, so it sticks. Your next step is chosen from all of it.ONE QUESTION, FROM THE MOMENT YOU ANSWER IT1You answer27 in 40 minutes, or ten in a drill2Marked at onceRight or wrong, with the worked solution3Your mistake namedEach wrong option catches one error4Your level updatesAt once, in that topic5Missed ideas come backAs a fresh question, the next day, thenwhen dueYour next step is chosen from all of it:the topic, the timing and what you havenot seen
Everything up to your level happens the moment you answer. Only the last step waits, on purpose: a new question on the same idea, days later, is what turns a correction into something you keep.
A timed mock, from start to review. Pick any of the five ESAT modules. You get twenty seven questions you have not seen, in forty minutes, timed on the server so closing the page does not stop the clock. You get your score and where it sits among all the mocks sat here. Then you review every question with the time you took and the worked solution.A TIMED MOCK, FROM START TO REVIEW1Pick a moduleAny of the five ESATmodules227 questionsNone shown to you before340 minutesThe clock runs on theserver4Your scoreAnd where it sits amongall mocks5ReviewEvery question, your timeand the solution
A timed mock, from start to review. Pick any of the five ESAT modules. You get twenty seven questions you have not seen, in forty minutes, timed on the server so closing the page does not stop the clock. You get your score and where it sits among all the mocks sat here. Then you review every question with the time you took and the worked solution.A TIMED MOCK, FROM START TO REVIEW1Pick a moduleAny of the five ESAT modules227 questionsNone shown to you before340 minutesThe clock runs on the server4Your scoreAnd where it sits among all mocks5ReviewEvery question, your time and thesolution
The same length and time as the real module, so the pace you practise is the pace you will need. Timed mocks come with a pass.

What you get, free and with a pass

What it does Free account With a pass
The practice questions from the site, tracked in your account All 150 All 150
Unpublished ESAT questions, never shown to you before A members' set, five at a time Up to 280 on a week, 1,200 on a month, 7,320 on six months, every question in the bank on a year
Review what you have done, weakest topics first, once the new questions are used Yes Yes
Every answer marked, with the full worked solution Yes Yes
The mistake behind the wrong option you chose, named Yes Yes
Topic drills Five at a time, mixed topics Ten at a time, any topic or your weakest
Timed mocks: 27 questions in 40 minutes, marked on the server Five free papers, in any modules As many as you want, in all five modules
Your level in every topic, and which ones are weakest No Yes
Your pace against the target time, question by question No Yes
A fresh question on every idea you got wrong, the next day and then at gaps set by how well you know it No Yes
One clear next step every time you open the app No Yes
The full ESAT syllabus, your profile and your results Yes Yes
Devices, phones and computers alike On any number of devices On up to 4 devices while the pass is live

The free questions are the same questions, marked the same way. Nothing here is a demonstration version.

Passes

ESAT pass for a week

£19

Up to 280 questions

Open for 7 days from the day it starts, at any pace you like. One payment, nothing renews.

ESAT pass for a month

£59

Up to 1,200 questions

Open for 30 days from the day it starts, at any pace you like. One payment, nothing renews.

ESAT pass for six months

£149

Up to 7,320 questions

Open for 183 days from the day it starts, at any pace you like. One payment, nothing renews.

ESAT pass for a year

£249

Every question in the bank

Open for 365 days from the day it starts, at any pace you like. One payment, nothing renews.

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On free school meals, the 16-19 Bursary or EMA? The pass is free: email lucas@lucasrey.com

No account needed to buy. The pass is switched on for the email you pay with, and you are emailed. If that address has no account yet, the message has a button to choose your password. Already practising for free? Pay with the email of that account and the pass joins it.

Every question here is written and checked by me, Lucas Rey. I did my master’s at Cambridge, then moved on to research at Oxford. I hold a DBS.

Full refund within 14 days of activation if you have used fewer than 40 questions of your pass. Email lucas@lucasrey.com.

The questions on this platform are unpublished and each one is recorded against the account it is shown to. A pass is a personal licence for one named candidate: it cannot be shared, sold or uploaded to an AI tool.

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One-to-one places are limited and taken by application, not by the hour. This site is independent of UAT-UK, which administers the ESAT, and of every university that uses it; nothing here is endorsed by them, and the official specification and past papers remain the final word.