Selective programmes

Every route runs backwards from a date.

Give a child’s age and a destination. The map shows the rungs between the two — what is still ahead, what has already gone, and where the preparation exists.

This map is a suggestion, not a schedule. It shows one sensible way to build practice and proficiency toward a destination — every child prepares differently, and reaching a rung is never a guarantee of a place.

Year 7 · admissions gate
12rungs still ahead

Admissions gate · Computer Science

CSAT — Cambridge Computer Science Aptitude Test

The next thing is the Keyboard Year. It runs for one academic year from August and prepares the transition the route ahead assumes — four of the destinations on this map begin with it.

The whole route is ahead. CSAT — Cambridge Computer Science Aptitude Test asks for 13 rungs between Year 7 and Year 13, and none has passed.

Troupe teaches 4 of them today; the rest are still in build.


The line

Ahead of youPriming yearNot yet taughtAlready behindInterchangeDestination
THE PUPIL, NOWY711UK Bebras Challenge— Juniors9–20 Nov 20265Y812Y913UK Bebras Challenge— Intermediate9–20 Nov 20266Perse Coding TeamChallenge — Round 1Autumn 2026 · date TBC3Y1014The Keyboard YearOne academic year · from4UK Bebras Challenge— Seniors9–20 Nov 20266Perse Coding TeamChallenge — Final(Braben Cup)Spring 2027 · date TBCY1115UK Bebras Challenge— Seniors9–20 Nov 20266Y1216Senior MathematicalChallengeWed 7 Oct 20269British InformaticsOlympiad — Round 1Window TBC · 2025-26 ran 8Y1317TMUABook 20 Jul–28 Sep 2026 ·2Ask the college whatit setsSep–Oct 20262British InformaticsOlympiad — Round 1Window TBC · 2025-26 ran 8CSATAt interview · Dec 2026 ·

UK Bebras Challenge — Juniors

Y7 · Computational thinking

9–20 Nov 2026

What it asks forApplies a rule they have just been given, correctly, to a case they have not seen, without first asking what the method is called.
PreparationPrepared by Troupe
UK Bebras Juniors Prep – Year 7 · 14 weeks
Interchange · this rung also serves 4 destinations