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
13rungs still ahead

Summit endpoint · Computing

International Olympiad in Informatics

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.

3 of 17 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 13 rungs still ahead, Troupe prepares 7.


The line

Ahead of youPriming yearNot yet taughtAlready behindInterchangeDestination
THE PUPIL, NOWY26UK Bebras Challenge— Kits9–20 Nov 2026Astro Pi MissionZero14 Sep 2026 – 22 Mar 2027Y37Y48UK Bebras Challenge— Castors9–20 Nov 2026Y59Y610UK Bebras Challenge— Juniors9–20 Nov 20265Coolest Projects UKEntries Jan – 1 May 2027 ·Y711Y812UK Bebras Challenge— Intermediate9–20 Nov 20266Perse Coding TeamChallenge — Round 1Autumn 2026 · date TBC3Y913Y1014The Keyboard YearOne academic year · from4UK Bebras Challenge— Seniors9–20 Nov 20266Perse Coding TeamChallenge Final —Braben CupSpring 2027 · date TBC3BIO Round 1 — firstsittingDec 2026 – Jan 2027 ·3Y1115Y1216BIO Round 1 — secondsittingDec 2026 – Jan 2027 ·3Raspberry PiFoundation CodingChallengeUK date TBC3Y1317UK Bebras Challenge— Elite9–20 Nov 20265BIO Round 1Dec 2026 – Jan 2027 ·3BIO FinalEaster 2027 · Cambridge ·3InternationalOlympiad inInformatics12–19 Sep 2027 · Potsdam

UK Bebras Challenge — Juniors

Y6–7 · The false promise

9–20 Nov 2026

What it asks forDecomposes a stated process into steps and predicts its output on a new input. Recognises when two differently worded questions are the same question.
PreparationPrepared by Troupe
UK Bebras Juniors Prep – Year 7 · 14 weeks
Interchange · this rung also serves 4 destinations