Online 1-to-1 IB Mathematics tutoring for Oxford families. Specialist tutors aligned to your child's exam board, school scheme of work and the United Kingdom academic calendar.
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Oxford's IB Diploma cohort is concentrated at three flagship schools: St Edward's School ('Teddies') runs IB DP alongside AQA A-Level; Headington School offers IB DP with a strong music and modern languages emphasis; d'Overbroeck's combines IB Diploma with IGCSE and A-Level pathways for international and re-entry families. HL Mathematics at these schools is the standard route to Oxbridge applications — students must simultaneously juggle the May exam timeline, the November admissions test window (MAT, PAT, BMAT, TSA, HAT, CAT, MLAT), the December Oxford college interviews, and IA/EE deadlines that fall in Y12 Term 3 and Y13 Term 1. Our Oxford IB DP Mathematics tutors are matched specifically to the St Edward's, Headington or d'Overbroeck's syllabus track and the MAT/PAT/BMAT/TSA admissions test the student is targeting alongside their Diploma — the unique double-load Oxford IB families face that no other UK city's IB cohort experiences at the same density.
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Exam boards we cover
HL Mathematics is the standard route for St Edward's School ('Teddies'), Headington School and d'Overbroeck's Oxford students targeting top medicine, engineering or quantitative university courses. Heavier content and a more demanding internal assessment.
SL Mathematics suits Oxford Diploma students keeping a balanced six-subject load. Same internal assessment framework, lighter syllabus depth.
Syllabus coverage
Our IB Mathematics tutors cover the full specification with extra depth on the topics where Oxford students most consistently lose marks.
Sequences, series, exponentials, logs and binomial theorem.
Domain, range, composition, inverses and transformations.
Vectors, 3D geometry, trig identities and equations.
Differentiation, integration, optimisation and differential equations.
Discrete and continuous distributions, regression and hypothesis testing.
Analysis & Approaches vs Applications & Interpretation — calculator vs non-calculator focus.
Topic choice, mathematical exploration and write-up to top-band criteria.
IB Paper 1, 2 and 3 mark-scheme drilling.
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We work with students at leading IB institutions across Oxford.
What we fix
How we fix it:Oxford's October UCAS deadline, November admissions tests (MAT, PAT, BMAT, TSA, HAT, LNAT) and December college interviews collide with Christmas mocks. We back-plan Mathematics sessions across August-November for test prep and run mock interview sessions through December.
How we fix it:Magdalen College School, St Edward's and Headington run intensive mock weeks in late November / early December that determine Sixth-Form set placement and predicted grades. We align Mathematics prep to each school's exact mock paper format and marking rubric.
How we fix it:IB Diploma students at St Edward's, Headington and d'Overbroeck's face Internal Assessment and Extended Essay deadlines in Y12 Term 3 and Y13 Term 1 — directly overlapping with the Oxford admissions test window. We schedule Mathematics IA drafting and EE supervision around those deadlines.
How we fix it:State sixth-formers at Cheney School and The Oxford Academy compete for the same Oxford and Russell Group places as MCS and Abingdon candidates, but with fewer dedicated admissions-test mentors. We give state-school Mathematics students the same examiner-grade preparation at GBP 45/hour.
How we fix it:Greene's College Oxford and Cherwell College Oxford specialise in compressed and resit A-Level cohorts. We provide Mathematics tuition timed against January and June resit windows, mapped to the exact paper structure students are re-sitting.
Why Combo Tutors
Our Oxford Mathematics tutors include MAT, PAT, BMAT and TSA specialists — many are Oxford graduates or current postdocs who sat the same papers. We run dedicated prep blocks from August through the November test window and December interview cycle, mapped to the specific Oxford college a student is targeting.
We match Oxford IB DP Mathematics students to tutors who know the St Edward's, Headington and d'Overbroeck's IB programmes from the inside — HL/SL pacing, IA mark bands, EE supervision, and the double-load of running an IB Diploma whilst preparing for Oxford admissions tests in the same term.
Oxford has the highest density of PhD and postdoc tutors in the world — Mansfield, Cherwell and Greene's networks charge GBP 80-150/hour for personal Oxford fellows. Our online 1-to-1 Mathematics lessons deliver examiner-grade depth (and explicit Greene's / Cherwell retake-pathway support) at GBP 45/hour.
Mrs Elizabeth Carter
Parent · IB Mathematics · Magdalen College School (MCS) · St Catherine's College, Oxford offer
My son needed PAT preparation alongside his MCS Year 13 mocks. His Combo Tutors Mathematics tutor — an Oxford physics postdoc — built a weekly plan from September to the November test. He has a St Catherine's College, Oxford offer.
Dr Helena Wright
Parent · IB Mathematics HL · Headington School · IB 43, TSA cleared
My daughter is at Headington on the IB Diploma. Her HL Mathematics IA needed serious restructuring three weeks before deadline, whilst she was also prepping TSA for PPE at Oxford. Her tutor handled both. She finished on IB 43.
Tom B., MCS Year 13
Student · IB Mathematics retake · Cherwell College Oxford → Magdalen College, Oxford
I sat MAT for Maths at Oxford after retaking Mathematics A-Level at Cherwell College. Combo Tutors was a third of what local Mansfield-network tutors quoted, and my tutor had sat the same paper. I'm now reading Mathematics at Magdalen College.
Sarah M.
Parent of IB Student · London
My daughter was struggling with IB Mathematics HL and had almost given up hope of getting a 7. After just two months of weekly sessions with her Combo Tutors tutor, her confidence soared and she went from a predicted 4 to a final grade of 6. The personalised approach made all the difference—her tutor identified exactly where the gaps were and worked through them systematically.
James P.
Parent of A-Level Student · Manchester
My son started tutoring for A-Level Physics about three months before his exams. His tutor was incredibly patient and broke down complex topics like electromagnetic induction into simple, intuitive steps. He ended up getting an A* which we genuinely didn't think was possible. I'd recommend Combo Tutors to any parent who wants a tutor that actually cares about your child's progress.
Priya K.
Parent of GCSE Student · Birmingham
We needed help with GCSE Science for my son who found chemistry particularly challenging. His tutor made the sessions engaging and relatable—using real-world examples that finally made reactions and bonding click for him. He improved by two grades and, more importantly, actually enjoys science now.
IB Mathematics in Oxford
Magdalen College School (MCS) primarily uses AQA and OCR for IB Mathematics, with selective CIE in further mathematics and some sciences. We match every MCS Mathematics student to a tutor who has examined or tutored the exact board their year group sits, and align sessions to the MCS late-November mock week schedule.
Yes. St Edward's School ('Teddies') and Headington School both offer the IB Diploma alongside A-Level, with d'Overbroeck's running IB DP as their flagship pathway. Our Oxford IB DP Mathematics tutors are matched specifically to St Edward's, Headington or d'Overbroeck's HL/SL syllabus tracks, IA mark bands and Extended Essay supervision — including the dual workload when students are also preparing for MAT/PAT/BMAT/TSA.
Our Oxford admissions test specialists run dedicated MAT, PAT, BMAT, TSA, HAT, CAT, MLAT, OLAT and LNAT prep blocks for IB Mathematics students from August through November, with mock interview sessions across December — all using past papers from the relevant Oxford college. Several of our tutors are Oxford graduates who sat the same tests, and we coordinate prep against the student's UCAS October deadline and December college interview slot.
Yes. d'Overbroeck's runs IB Diploma, A-Level and IGCSE in parallel — common for international and re-entry families. Our d'Overbroeck's Mathematics tutors are matched to the exact pathway (IB DP HL/SL, AQA A-Level, or AQA/CIE IGCSE) and the d'Overbroeck's internal mock schedule. We also support d'Overbroeck's students self-studying AP papers for US university applications.
Absolutely. Cheney School Sixth Form and The Oxford Academy state students compete with MCS, Abingdon and St Edward's candidates for the same Oxford and Russell Group offers — but with less in-school admissions-test support. We give state-sixth-form Mathematics students the same examiner-grade preparation, MAT/PAT/BMAT/TSA coverage and mock interview practice at GBP 45/hour.
Yes. Greene's College Oxford and Cherwell College Oxford specialise in compressed and resit A-Level cohorts. We provide IB Mathematics tuition timed against the January and June resit windows, mapped to the exact paper structure students are re-sitting, with a focus on the mark-scheme command words where retake candidates most commonly lose marks.
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