STEP (Maths) tutors

STEP (Sixth Term Examination Paper) is the Cambridge maths admissions test, also used by Warwick, Imperial and Bath, and is the gold-standard hard-maths admissions test in the UK. There are two papers (STEP 2 and STEP 3) covering pure, mechanics and statistics at a level beyond A-level Further Maths in difficulty, with three-hour papers and a small number of long, technically demanding questions. Tutoring helps most with the problem-solving habits — STEP rewards patience, multiple-attempt strategies and clean mathematical writing. Look for tutors with explicit STEP grades themselves (S or 1), ideally Cambridge maths graduates, and structured worked-solution experience.