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 · summit endpoint
14rungs still ahead

Summit endpoint · Cyber security

European Cyber Security Challenge

1 of 15 rungs are already behind. None of them sat on the main line, so nothing load-bearing has been lost. What remains is a compressed route, and it is shown in full below.

Of the 14 rungs still ahead, Troupe prepares 0.


The line

Ahead of youPriming yearNot yet taughtAlready behindInterchangeDestination
THE PUPIL, NOWY37CyberSprintersAny timeY48Y59Y610Y711Cyber Explorers —platform completionAny time · gate to the CupCyber Explorers CupMarch 2027 · date TBCCyberFirst GirlsCompetitionQualifier Jan 2027 · semi2CyberFirstNavigatorsAny timeY812Y913Y1014CyberCenturionRetired · CyberCenturionCyberFirst Defendersand FuturesSchool holidayspicoCTFNo UK date · it is not aY1115Y1216CyberFirst AdvancedSchool holidaysHackTheBox andTryHackMeContinuous · ranked · noY1317CyberFirst BursaryApply autumn/winterUK Cyber Team trials— Round 1November · 24-hour CTFY1418Y1519Y1620Y1721Y1822UK Cyber TeamSelected at the liveEuropean CyberSecurity ChallengeOctober · 2027 host TBCInternationalCybersecurityChallengeVaries

Cyber Explorers — platform completion

Y7–9 · The only competitive years

Any time · gate to the Cup

What it asks forCompletes a self-paced platform to a stated percentage without being chased, and can explain what each module was about a month later.
PreparationNot yet offered