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STEP past papers

Every STEP paper from 2014 to 2025, STEP 2 and STEP 3, straight from OCR. Sat by applicants to Cambridge, Warwick and Imperial, and the hardest maths most students will ever meet before university.

2014 to 2025 STEP 2 and STEP 3
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Examiner reports Included in each
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OCR publishes each year as one zip file holding both papers and the examiner reports. Every year below links to that download, with its size.

Every series, newest first

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8 series, 16 papers.

2025 2 papers

OCR publishes this series as one download, so the papers below are listed rather than linked one by one. Download the 2025 papers from OCR (ZIP, 10.7 MB).

  • STEP 2 Three hours, twelve questions Download
  • STEP 3 Three hours, twelve questions Download
2024 2 papers

OCR publishes this series as one download, so the papers below are listed rather than linked one by one. Download the 2024 papers from OCR (ZIP, 7.7 MB).

  • STEP 2 Three hours, twelve questions Download
  • STEP 3 Three hours, twelve questions Download
2023 2 papers

OCR publishes this series as one download, so the papers below are listed rather than linked one by one. Download the 2023 papers from OCR (ZIP, 2.5 MB).

  • STEP 2 Three hours, twelve questions Download
  • STEP 3 Three hours, twelve questions Download
2022 2 papers

OCR publishes this series as one download, so the papers below are listed rather than linked one by one. Download the 2022 papers from OCR (ZIP, 2.7 MB).

  • STEP 2 Three hours, twelve questions Download
  • STEP 3 Three hours, twelve questions Download
2021 2 papers

OCR publishes this series as one download, so the papers below are listed rather than linked one by one. Download the 2021 papers from OCR (ZIP, 2.4 MB).

  • STEP 2 Three hours, twelve questions Download
  • STEP 3 Three hours, twelve questions Download
2020 2 papers

OCR publishes this series as one download, so the papers below are listed rather than linked one by one. Download the 2020 papers from OCR (ZIP, 11 MB).

  • STEP 2 Three hours, twelve questions Download
  • STEP 3 Three hours, twelve questions Download
2019 2 papers

OCR publishes this series as one download, so the papers below are listed rather than linked one by one. Download the 2019 papers from OCR (ZIP, 6 MB).

  • STEP 2 Three hours, twelve questions Download
  • STEP 3 Three hours, twelve questions Download
2014 to 2018 2 papers

Five years in one archive, so it is the largest download on this page.

OCR publishes this series as one download, so the papers below are listed rather than linked one by one. Download the 2014 to 2018 papers from OCR (ZIP, 14 MB).

  • STEP 2 Three hours, twelve questions Download
  • STEP 3 Three hours, twelve questions Download

Not sure whether you need STEP? The entrance exam directory lists which universities ask for which test, course by course. Many Cambridge offers ask for STEP alongside A-Level Further Maths.

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