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
7rungs still ahead

Summit endpoint · Philosophy

International Philosophy Olympiad

The whole route is ahead. International Philosophy Olympiad asks for 7 rungs between Year 7 and Year 13, and none has passed.

Troupe teaches 0 of them today; the rest are still in build.


The line

Ahead of youPriming yearNot yet taughtAlready behindInterchangeDestination
THE PUPIL, NOWY711A second language,taken seriouslyongoingY812Y913Y1014No UK philosophycompetition at thisageNATRE Spirited Artsstart of year → 31 JulY1115Y1216John Locke GlobalEssay Prize —Philosophydeadline 31 May · late 21Y1317British PhilosophyOlympiad — Round 1essay ~mid-Dec 2026 ·2British PhilosophyOlympiad — Round 2Feb · Westminster ·InternationalPhilosophy Olympiad~May 2027 · host TBC

A second language, taken seriously

Y7–9 · The controllable part

ongoing

What it asks forReads an argument in the target language and disagrees with it in the target language, in writing, at length.
PreparationNot yet offered