Oxbridge History Preparation Programme
Triple your chances to study History at Oxbridge
UniAdmissions’ History Programme (2024 entry) is designed to maximise your chance of success when applying to study History at Oxbridge.
We will more than triple your chances of Oxbridge History success.
UniAdmissions’ 5-Year Average
Engaged Student Oxbridge Success Rate*
The Average Oxbridge History Success Rate
28%
The Average
Oxbridge History Success Rate
What is included in the Oxbridge History Programme?
Your Oxbridge History Programme gives you support through various mediums, helping you write a strong Personal Statement, boost your HAT or HAA score and perform well at your History interview. Every element of the Programme is designed specifically to increase your chances of being accepted. We’re the world’s first Oxbridge prep school with a truly unique syllabus.
What we do works.
Your Oxbridge History Programme gives you support through various mediums – all chosen specifically to increase your chances of acceptance dramatically.
Tap on the cards to see more details about our programme’s components.
Application Support
Firstly we will help you make the right decision regarding course and University choice.
Whether this is through a meeting with our Academic Director or by arranging sessions with tutors from Oxford and/or Cambridge in your considered subject areas. We will help you come to an informed conclusion on one of the most important decisions you will ever make.
You will receive a full introduction to your Programme by your Programme Manager, along with your tutor, Form Mentor and our Academic Director. Throughout your time with us, they will be here to help.
One-To-One Tutoring
Every session in your History Programme will be with an expert tutor who will walk you through the topic at hand.
The one-to-one sessions are an opportunity to focus on problem areas and topics you find difficult. Your tutor has been through the process with flying colours, so will be able to provide you with the right support and guidance.
Honed in one-to-one support with your expert History Oxbridge tutor – all with homework and reports.
Comprehensive Materials
UniAdmissions have written and published over 100 books on the Oxbridge application – you’ll have access to all of the relevant books for your application, containing subject theory, practice material, and more.
You’ll also have access to the UniAdmissions Academy, our advanced HAT and HAA question banks and the UniAdmissions History Reading List – unique to students enrolled with us.
Finely-tuned History resources in a range of mediums to help you practice and learn for your application.
Intensive Courses
Our full-day intensive courses cover everything you could need to know about your application. Take a deep dive into your Personal Statement, HAT and Interview with a tutor who scored in the top 10%.
These sessions are highly interactive and will allow you to ask any lingering questions to your course tutor both in group sessions and individually.
Highly effective one-day courses that cover key components of your application, including your Personal Statement, Admissions Test and Interview.
Enrichment Seminars
Wider reading is one of Oxbridge’s notoriously difficult application criteria to fulfil. That’s where our Enrichment Seminars come in.
What this criterion distils down to is showing interest and passion for your subject. From week one of your Programme, you’ll be invited to your subject-specific Enrichment Seminar and you will be exposed to your subject beyond simply what the curriculum teaches – this is exactly what Admissions tutors are looking for.
Develop a deeper understanding of your subject and go beyond your curriculum, as you would at Oxbridge.
Forms Group & Mentoring
Every student on our Programmes will join a form that is run by a Form Mentor. These mentors run fortnightly sessions in which they support their Form with general aspects of their application and using their resources effectively.
If you are ever struggling with your Programme, you can book unlimited one-one mentoring sessions with your Form Mentor. The Form Mentor is there to make sure each student is giving themselves the best chance of succeeding in their application.
You’ll join your Humanities Academic Head’s form group for guidance and unlimited mentoring sessions.
Personalised Portal
The UniAdmissions Portal is your link between all of the support and resources offered in your Programme and you. You’ll find everything included in your Programme available in your personalised Portal account.
As a student, this is your Programme hub. As a parent, you can track your child’s progress through the Programme and receive regular reports.
You’ll get access upon enrolment to a Programme.
A personalised online platform which will guide you through your Programme as a student, or help you track your child’s progress as a parent.
Your Dream Offer
Every element of the support we provide is squarely focused on increasing your chance of earning a place to study at Oxbridge. 61% of our engaged students were ultimately offered their place.
Develop university-level thinking, communication, problem-solving & analytical skills. This is what Oxbridge admissions tutors are looking for.
Get first-hand guidance from Oxbridge experts who have been through the process successfully already.
You won't need any extra materials. Your Programme gives you everything you need, such as our digital library & preparation platform.
We're the trusted Oxbridge History partner for many leading schools.
We get more students into Oxbridge each year than the top 10 schools for Oxbridge admissions.
We are the most successful school for Oxbridge applicants – we’ve helped more than 500 students get placed at Oxford and Cambridge. Our Oxbridge Programmes have been carefully designed from the ground up to ensure our students have the highest chance of success when applying to Oxbridge.
Our statistics speak for themselves.
All the Oxbridge History Programme features.
Want to know what you'll get with your Programme? Here's exactly what will be included.
Group Teaching
- Personal Statement Course
- HAT Intensive Course
- Interview Intensive Course
One-To-One Tutoring
- HAT or HAA Tuition
- Interview Tuition
- Mock Interviews
- Personal Statement Guidance
- Written Work Support & Guidance
Revision Materials
- HAT and HAA Past Papers & Solutions
- Personal Statement Online Course
- The Ultimate Personal Statement Guide
- The Ultimate Oxbridge Interview Guide
Practice Materials
- HAT and HAA Mock Papers & Fully Worked Solutions
Support & Feedback
- Dedicated Personal Programme Manager
- 24/7 Access For Tutor Support
- Full Written Feedback After Each Session
- Post-Session Homework
- Unlimited Personal Statement Marking
- Introductory Onboarding Session
- Your Personalised Portal
- Assigned Form Mentor
- Unlimited 1-1 Mentoring Sessions
Student Enrichment
- Weekly Enrichment Seminars
- Exam Success Online Course
- Recommended Reading List
- Work Experience Support
- The Ultimate Guide To Exam Success
Personal Statement Course
Interview Intensive Course
HAT Intensive Course
Dedicated Personal Programme Manager
24/7 Access For Tutor Support
Full Written Feedback After Each Session
Post-Session Homework
Personal Statement Marking
Introductory Onboarding Session
Your Personalised Portal
Assigned Form Mentor
Group Workshops
Exam Success Online Course
Recommended Reading List
Work Experience Support
The Ultimate Guide To Exam Success
We provide a risk-free trial on all of our Programmes. During this period, you can cancel and you will receive a refund as long as you are within your cooling off period and have not exceeded two hours of one-to-one tutoring.
We're confident of your satisfaction with our Programmes. The Programmes are designed from the ground up to help gain you your offer; resulting in a success rate triple the national average. Due to the intensive nature of the Programmes, we are selective with the students we work with to ensure they are fully committed and a viable candidate.
The trial period offers you the chance to ensure you are 100% happy with the service, resources and tutors, whilst also giving us the chance to ensure you are dedicated to the Programme. If, for any reason, you aren't completely satisfied, we'll provide you with a refund provided you are eligible as per our Terms & Conditions. This is our guarantee.
UniAdmissions' Formula For Oxbridge Success
The Programme is a syllabus designed to help get you your dream offer from the moment you enrol.
Over the years, we have been behind hundreds of successful Oxbridge applicants. By improving our syllabus year on year, we’ve gained an incredible insight into what works for an Oxbridge application, and what doesn’t work.
Application Advice
- Programme Manager
- 24/7 Tutor Support
- Form Tutor
- Work Exp. Advice
- Group Workshops
- Unlimited Mentoring
Personal Statement
- Unlimited Redrafts
- 1-1 Tutoring
- Intensive Course
- Textbooks
- Reading Lists
HAT or HAA
Preparation
- 1-1 Tutoring
- Mock Papers
Oxbridge Interview
- 1-1 Tutoring
- Mock Interviews
- Intensive Course
- Textbooks
- Enrichment Sessions
Get Your Dream Offer
This is the stage that all of your work leads to, but it is not an easy feat. Find out all of the support that you can get to reach this goal within a Premium Programme.
If you are confident in some areas of your application, such as the Personal Statement and Interview, we can also provide Programmes of support for students that cover individual areas of the History application.
To discuss your particular needs, reach out to our Admissions Consultants who will help create a plan of support personalised to you.
To get started on your journey with UniAdmissions, you’ll need to arrange to speak with an Admissions Consultant who will assess your application and how viable you are as a candidate.
Book your 30-minute consultation (free of charge) using the widget below:
We are a private selective Oxbridge preparation school.
Our mission at UniAdmissions is to get every single one of the students we work with each year onto their chosen course at Oxford or Cambridge. Every student applying to study on our Programme goes through an initial assessment with our Admissions team. This is a 30-minute consultation (free of charge) where our team assesses your viability.
We accept students onto our exclusive Programmes based upon the following:
ACADEMIC PROFILE
Whether you have the right academic profile to be realistically considered by Oxford or Cambridge university.
WIDER PROFILE
Whether you have begun to demonstrate the kind of interest that is looked upon favourably by admissions tutors.
ATTITUDE
Whether you are approaching your application and admission to Oxbridge with the right mindset.
TIME COMMITMENT
Applying to Oxbridge takes a significant commitment – if a student cannot commit the time, we cannot work with them.
Learn more about our admissions criteria on our UniAdmissions Students page.
FAQs
Got some questions about the Oxbridge History Premium Programme? You might just find the answer here. If not, you can always reach out to us and we’ll be happy to help!
Do I have to sit the HAA?
The History Admissions Assessment (HAA) is not used by all Cambridge colleges, with the following colleges requiring candidates to sit it:
Clare, Christ’s, Emmanuel, Fitzwilliam, Gonville & Caius, Hughes Hall, Jesus, Lucy Cavendish, Magdalene, Murray Edwards, Newnham, Peterhouse, Queens’, Robinson, St Catharine’s, St John’s, Sidney Sussex and Trinity Hall.
How are the HAA and the HAT different?
Firstly, the HAA is used by Cambridge and the HAT by Oxford.
In terms of the actual Admissions Test content, the HAA, you are given two texts and have to analyse and compare the two. In comparison, for the HAT, candidates are given one longer piece of text and are required to answer a question based on it.
What is the HAT Academy
The HAT Academy is a set of pre-recorded lectures and videos which take you through the HAT exam from start to finish. This course serves as a fantastic starting point for your exam, and also provides some more advanced tips.
Where do I find the History recommended reading list?
As with everything else that makes up your Programme, you can find your recommended reading list on the Preparation Portal under the ‘Extras’ tab.