Our Team
Founded by educators, built to support students worldwide.
OxPrep was born from a shared vision between two brothers who experienced the Oxbridge admission process firsthand and recognised the need for better guidance and preparation resources.
Our mission is to level the playing field by equipping schools worldwide with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to support their students in achieving Oxbridge success.
Sheerwan O’Shea-Nejad
Co-Founder
Sheerwan O’Shea-Nejad leads strategy and programme development at OxPrep, bringing together frontline classroom experience and system-level insight into what drives successful Oxbridge preparation. An Oxford-educated teacher who ranked top of his course, he has also studied at University College London and the University of Nottingham, grounding his work in evidence-based pedagogy and educational research.
Sheerwan has taught in some of the UK’s highest-performing Oxbridge schools, including Queen Elizabeth’s School and The Henrietta Barnett School. This experience has given him first-hand understanding of how effective academic, co-curricular, and pastoral pipelines are built in practice, and how preparation develops across cohorts rather than through short-term intervention.
A British Council–accredited University Counsellor, Sheerwan leads OxPrep’s work with schools, ensuring programmes integrate cleanly with existing provision and consistently raise standards of preparation.
Nino O’Shea-Nejad
Co-Founder
Nino O’Shea-Nejad leads OxPrep’s academic vision and pedagogical approach, specialising in the development of high-level reasoning, intellectual rigour, and performance under pressure. A Cambridge-educated scholar, he completed a broad undergraduate pathway across Philosophy, Psychology, and Natural Sciences, successfully navigating the Cambridge admissions process multiple times and ranking top of the university in each.
He has undertaken postgraduate study at Imperial College London and King’s College London, developing a rigorous applied understanding of cognition, judgement, and academic performance. Alongside this training, Nino has accumulated extensive experience teaching and mentoring academically ambitious students in high-stakes admissions contexts.
A British Council–accredited University Counsellor, Nino designs OxPrep’s academic frameworks and preparation systems, ensuring intellectual depth, consistency, and realism across all programmes.
Our Mission
Too many talented students miss out on Oxbridge - not for lack of ability, but because schools are structurally unequipped to give them the preparation they need. Here's the reality schools face:
Why Students Miss Out
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Most schools have too few applicants to justify a full Oxbridge programme.
Most schools only have a small number of Oxbridge applicants each year, making it inefficient to run a comprehensive internal programme. Without enough volume, schools can't justify developing institutional expertise, leaving knowledge fragmented and students receiving inconsistent support.
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Teachers often lack first-hand or current Oxbridge admissions insight.
Few teachers or counsellors have personal experience with Oxbridge admissions. Students often rely on staff who must guess at standards rather than provide insight based on experience. Even when Oxbridge alumni are present, their expertise usually covers only one subject and one application experience. Their insights are valuable, but they're not a substitute for structured, expert-led guidance.
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General advice doesn't prepare students for Oxbridge's academic demands.
Most university counselling broadly compares countries, systems, and pathways. That's important but doesn't deeply prepare students for Oxbridge's unique expectations. Students rarely receive focused training in the intellectual curiosity, clarity of thought, and live academic discussion skills Oxbridge values.
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Schools struggle to support over 20 different subject-specific tests.
Oxford and Cambridge collectively require more than 20 different admissions tests, each specific to certain subjects. Schools rarely have the internal resources to thoroughly support students in all these tests, resulting in inadequate preparation.
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Students often weaken their applications with vague or mismatched choices.
Students frequently struggle to craft personal statements that clearly articulate their strengths and motivations, or to strategically select colleges and courses that align best with their profile and interests. Without targeted advice, applicants can unintentionally weaken their overall application.
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Teachers can't easily track progress or tailor challenge.
Subject teachers understand their students' capabilities but often lack the time, training, and insights into Oxbridge admissions, as well as a way to systematically track their students' progress. As a result, promising students miss the targeted challenge they need to succeed.
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Preparation is often ad hoc and starts too late to make a difference.
Schools typically offer one or two mock interviews late in the admissions cycle but lack a structured preparation system that allows students to practise, receive feedback, improve, and track progress over time. What's needed is a preparation pipeline—a repeatable, consistent model that raises standards and makes performance visible.
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Even strong students underperform without the right training.
The result of all of this? Talented students underperform because they're never adequately trained to articulate their thinking, challenge ideas, and defend reasoning under pressure. The failure is systemic, not personal—and OxPrep is designed to fix it.
How OxPrep Changes Outcomes
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Our platform works whether one student applies - or twenty.
Whether a school has one applicant or twenty, OxPrep offers a comprehensive preparation platform. Our platform doesn't rely on high applicant numbers to justify investment - it's designed to deliver elite support efficiently, even if only a single student is applying. Schools no longer need to worry about whether they're "big enough" to run a programme.
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Real admissions expertise is built into every part of OxPrep.
OxPrep was built by people who've been through the process - repeatedly - and trained hundreds of successful applicants. OxPrep integrates genuine Oxbridge expertise into its interview simulations, model answers, and detailed feedback mechanisms. Schools no longer rely on guesswork or intermittent external assistance.
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We train students in subject-specific thinking and reasoning.
OxPrep provides focused academic training specifically tailored to Oxbridge expectations, including rigorous argumentation, conceptual flexibility, and evidence-led reasoning. Students develop skills precisely aligned with the expectations of Oxford and Cambridge tutors. It's a subject-first, discipline-specific model of preparation.
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Our tools provide targeted, test-by-test preparation.
OxPrep specifically addresses the challenge of multiple Oxbridge admissions tests. Our platform includes practice questions, targeted exercises, and proven strategies for each test, ensuring students have robust and precise preparation, regardless of the subject they apply for.
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We help students present themselves effectively and choose wisely.
OxPrep guides students through crafting compelling personal statements and making informed college choices, strategically maximising every aspect of their Oxbridge application.
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We give staff data and tools to guide applicants more effectively.
Rather than sidelining staff, OxPrep supports teachers by providing performance data, model responses, and diagnostic tools. With minimal time investment, teachers can effectively guide applicants, even without direct admissions experience.
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Structured, consistent preparation is built into our platform.
OxPrep's structured platform allows continuous practice, instant feedback, and progress tracking, removing the limitations of ad hoc mock interviews. Preparation becomes a consistent, integrated component of the admissions timeline.
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Even strong students underperform without the right training.
The result of all of this? Talented students underperform because they're never adequately trained to articulate their thinking, challenge ideas, and defend reasoning under pressure. The failure is systemic, not personal - and OxPrep is designed to fix it.