PAT
Structure
Overview
OverviewDiscontinued, retained only as historical foundation training; not to be treated as a current ESAT question bank or full mock exam.
Format
FormatHistorical final format: a two-hour multiple-choice paper combining mathematics and physics
Final historical format: 2 hours of all multiple-choice questions, comprehensively examining mathematics and physics. From 2026 onwards it was replaced by ESAT.
Structure
Structure DetailsDiscontinued, retained only as historical foundation training; not to be treated as a current ESAT question bank or full mock exam.
Scoring
ScoringThe historical final format was marked by multiple-choice answers. The written extension papers on this site use process marking, for training only, and do not correspond to the official PAT or current ESAT results.
Preparation tips
Key Tips- ▸Discontinued, retained only as historical foundation training; not to be treated as a current ESAT question bank or full mock exam.
- ▸Platform content and scores are for training only; no claim is made that they are equivalent to official difficulty or that they cover it completely.
Historical practice
Historical practicePAT has ended. Oxford physics-related courses now use ESAT.This page provides historical practice only.
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