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
9rungs still ahead

Summit endpoint · History

International History Olympiad

1 of 10 rungs are already behind. Of those, 1 sat on the main line — International History Bee & Bowl — Elementary Division. What remains is a compressed route, and it is shown in full below.

Of the 9 rungs still ahead, Troupe prepares 0.


The line

Ahead of youPriming yearNot yet taughtAlready behindInterchangeDestination
THE PUPIL, NOWY59InternationalHistory Bee & Bowl —Elementary DivisionTournaments through theY610Y711InternationalHistory Bee & Bowl —Middle SchoolTournaments through theY812Y913InternationalHistory Bee & Bowl —Junior VarsityTournaments through theY1014HistoricalAssociation GreatDebateBranch heats Nov 2026–Jan2Y1115IHBB EuropeanChampionships —qualificationSpring · date and venueY1216Robson History PrizeDeadline 31 Jul 2027Julia Wood HistoryEssay PrizeDeadline 22 Jul 2027Vellacott HistoryPrizeHistorically March ·Y1317IHBB EuropeanChampionships —VarsitySpring 2027 · date andInternationalHistory OlympiadJul 2027 · Europe · venue

International History Bee & Bowl — Middle School Division

Y7–8 · Middle School band

Tournaments through the year · dates TBC

What it asks forAnswers on partial information: commits to a person, place or decade before the question finishes, and accepts being wrong out loud.
PreparationNot yet offered