Make the ESAT trivial.

Trivial is an ESAT preparation platform built for Engineering and Science applicants. It brings everything into one place: syllabus-matched study notes, a growing bank of original practice questions with worked solutions, full mock exams in a true-to-life emulator, and performance analytics. All of it at a fraction of the cost of a tutor.

You can start the free diagnostic at trivial.study/free-mock with no account at all. Pick your two optional subjects and you're straight into the exam. When you finish, creating a free account (about 30 seconds, no card) saves your attempt and unlocks your predicted 1–9 score, percentile, and worked solutions. Your answers are kept safe in the meantime.

A paid subscription gives you the full practice question bank with topic and difficulty filters, all full-length mock exams in our true-to-life exam emulator, worked solutions for every question, and a progress analytics suite that tracks your scores across every mock. Study notes for all five modules, flashcards, the Maths Trainer, the ESAT guide, and the diagnostic mock are free for everyone.

Yes. No card required to start. The free plan gives you permanent access to study notes for all five ESAT modules, flashcards, the Maths Trainer, the ESAT guide, and a complete diagnostic mock sat in the real emulator, with an estimated scaled score, topic-by-topic analytics, and full worked solutions. Upgrade whenever you're ready for the rest of the mock exams, the full practice question bank, and progress tracking across every attempt.

No. They're original questions written to match the real exam's style, topics, and difficulty. The official practice materials are limited, so we've built our own question bank from scratch, and we keep adding to it. You end up with far more material to work through than the handful of official papers alone.

The emulator replicates the real ESAT experience: a true-to-life exam interface, 40-minute timed sections, question flagging and navigation, section-locking once you submit, auto-save, and 1.0–9.0 scaled scoring. Sitting mocks on Trivial means the real test day feels familiar.

All five: Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, with study notes, practice questions, and full mock exams for each, written against the official ESAT specification.

There's a free plan, a rolling monthly subscription at £19.99/month (cancel anytime), and one-time seasonal passes that cover you right through to a specific ESAT sitting. If you're sitting this cycle, a seasonal pass usually works out cheaper than paying monthly. See the pricing page for current options.

Whatever you get when you try your best. (Kidding. By our estimate a 7.0 average puts you around the 90th percentile, which is a strong position for your application. Cambridge doesn't publish an official scaled-score table, so our scores and percentiles are estimates.)

Honestly, as many as you can do before your exam date. Doing several mocks under timed conditions is genuinely the highest-value thing you can do, because the exam tests pace as much as knowledge.

Every question you attempt feeds into the analytics, so you can see your accuracy by module, topic, and difficulty, track your scores across mocks, and check your pace against the exam's target time per question. Clear data on exactly where to focus next, not just a score and a feeling.