How much does a STEP Mathematics tutor cost?

Private STEP (Sixth Term Examination Paper) Mathematics tutors in the UK typically charge between £45 and £90 per hour, among the highest rates in academic tutoring, reflecting both the exam's extreme difficulty and the very small pool of tutors genuinely qualified to teach it well.

STEP is required or recommended for Mathematics admission to Cambridge and a small number of other highly competitive courses. Unlike A-Level Maths, STEP questions demand genuine mathematical creativity and multi-step problem-solving under minimal guidance, closer to undergraduate-style reasoning than standard exam technique.

Because STEP sits well outside the normal school curriculum, effective tutors are almost always Mathematics graduates from strong universities, often with direct STEP experience themselves, either as students who sat and did well in STEP or as specialists who have coached multiple successful Cambridge Maths applicants. This genuinely narrow pool is the main driver of the premium rate.

Most STEP preparation runs through Year 13, alongside A-Level Further Maths, with a concentrated push in the months before the test (typically sat in June, after A-Level exams). Given the small local pool of qualified STEP tutors, online tutoring is the norm rather than the exception for this subject. On TutorLab, tutors offering STEP preparation state their own STEP background and results on their profiles.