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Oxford MPhil · Award-Winning LSE Tutor · 14,000 Hours

Maths admissions, tailored to your offer.

Bespoke one-to-one preparation for the TMUA, STEP and A-level Maths — the exams that stand between strong students and offers from Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford and LSE. I've spent 14,000 hours preparing students for exactly these.

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A limited number of students taken on each admissions cycle.

Antonin — The Maths Tailor

14,000 hrs

one-to-one coaching

Educated & teaching at

University of Oxford · London School of Economics

The tutor

I don't teach maths in general.
I specialise in the maths that decides university.

I'm Antonin. I hold an MPhil in Economics from Oxford and am now in my eighth year teaching econometrics at the LSE, where I was named Best LSE Tutor in 2020. Before Oxford I trained in Mathematics, Physics and Engineering in France — at Louis-le-Grand and the École Normale Supérieure, the two most selective institutions in the country.

For twelve years I've done one thing — the maths that decides a university place, and the maths that follows it. First, the admissions tests that win offers from Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford, Warwick and the LSE: TMUA, STEP and A-level Maths. Then, at university, the maths, statistics and econometrics that get you through the degree. Roughly 14,000 hours, one student at a time.

Teaching at the LSE — a university that requires the TMUA — means I see these tests from the other side of the desk. I know what separates a near-miss from an offer.

More about me

14k

Hours of one-to-one admissions coaching

12

Years specialising in these exams only

3

Exams, mastered in depth: TMUA · STEP · A-level

Award-winning

Best LSE Tutor, 2020

Oxford MPhil · LSE teacher

Where preparation leads

Students I've prepared now study at

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Cambridge offers

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Imperial offers

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LSE offers

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Hit their target band

CAMBRIDGE· IMPERIAL· OXFORD· LSE· WARWICK· UCL

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Why these exams matter

A* grades are now the baseline.
The admissions test is what actually decides it.

Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford, Warwick and the LSE no longer separate applicants on predicted grades — almost everyone has the top ones. The TMUA and STEP are deliberately built to find the students who can think, not just compute. They reward technique, pattern-recognition and nerve under the clock — none of which the A-level syllabus teaches you.

Most students prepare by grinding past papers alone. That builds familiarity, not mastery — and it's why brilliant mathematicians miss offers every year. Preparation has to be measured to the student.

The method

Prepared to measure, in four steps

No two students need the same thing. Like a suit, the preparation is cut to fit — your target test, your exam date, your specific gaps.

01 MEASURE

Diagnostic

A full assessment of where you stand — timing, method choice, the errors you don't know you're making.

02 PATTERN

Bespoke plan

A week-by-week plan cut to your target test and exam date — built backwards from the result you want.

03 FIT

One-to-one sessions

Weekly lessons on technique, elegant problem-solving and the habits examiners reward — adjusted every week.

04 FINISH

Mock & sharpen

Full papers under real timed conditions, reviewed line by line — until performing under pressure is second nature.

The experience

Every lesson,
kept for you.

Lessons are one-to-one over Zoom, taught live on an iPad — as close as it gets to sitting beside you at the desk. After each session, everything lands in your own private space. Nothing is ever lost between lessons.

Live on Zoom · taught on iPad

What I prepare

Three exams. Total focus.

Flagship

TMUA

Test of Mathematics for University Admission

Required or recommended by Cambridge, Imperial, Warwick, the LSE, Durham, Bath and more for Maths, Economics and Computer Science. The single highest-leverage exam you'll sit.

TMUA preparation Cambridge & Warwick

STEP

Sixth Term Examination Paper

The condition on most Cambridge and Warwick Maths offers. The hardest school-level maths exam in the country — and the most teachable, with the right approach.

STEP preparation Foundation

A-level Maths

Maths & Further Maths

The bedrock everything else is built on. For the student who wants the A* secured and the depth that makes admissions tests feel familiar rather than foreign.

A-level preparation

The difference

Not another maths tutor

A general tutor

  • — Teaches the whole syllabus, admissions tests on the side
  • — Hands you past papers and marks them
  • — Same plan for every student
  • — Has seen a handful of TMUA candidates

The Maths Tailor

  • ✓ Only prepares TMUA, STEP and A-level Maths — for 12 years
  • ✓ Teaches the thinking the tests reward, not just answers
  • ✓ A plan cut to your test, date and weak spots
  • ✓ 14,000 hours and an LSE insider's view of the exam

In their words

Students & parents

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Questions

Before you book

Lessons are online — one-to-one over Zoom, taught live on an iPad, which works as well as sitting at the same desk. Students join from across the UK and abroad. In-person sessions in London can be arranged for local students.

The earlier the better. Strong TMUA and STEP preparation runs over several months — ideally starting in the spring or summer before the exam. That said, focused work in the final weeks still moves the needle. Book a call and I'll tell you honestly what's realistic from where you are.

Fees depend on the test, the intensity and how much time we have. Because places are limited and the work is bespoke, I discuss this on a short call once I understand what you need — so you only pay for preparation that actually fits.

I work with the full range — from students securing the A* foundation to those chasing the top STEP grades for Cambridge. The diagnostic in the first session tells us exactly where to begin.

A no-obligation 15 minutes to understand the student's target, exam date and current level. You leave with a clear view of what preparation would look like — whether or not we work together.

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Pick a time that suits you on the calendar — you'll get an instant confirmation and a video-call link in your inbox. Fifteen minutes, no obligation: we'll look at where you stand and exactly how I'd help.

  • ✓ Instant confirmation & calendar invite
  • ✓ An honest, specific plan for your goal
  • ✓ A limited number of students each cycle
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