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
8rungs still ahead

Summit endpoint · Science research

Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair

3 of 11 rungs are already behind. Of those, 3 sat on the main line — CREST Star · CREST SuperStar · CREST Discovery. What remains is a compressed route, and it is shown in full below.

Of the 8 rungs still ahead, Troupe prepares 0.


The line

Ahead of youPriming yearNot yet taughtAlready behindInterchangeDestination
THE PUPIL, NOWREC4CREST StarAny time · 6 × 1 hrY15Y26Y37CREST SuperStarAny timeY48Y59CREST DiscoveryAny time · ~5 hrsY610Y711CREST BronzeAny time · 10 hrs3Y812Y913Big Bang Competition— first entryEntry ~4 Mar · final Jun,Y1014CREST SilverAny time · 30 hrs2Y1115Y1216Nuffield ResearchPlacementApply Jan–Mar · placement2In2scienceUKApply spring · placementsCREST GoldRolling assessment · ~702Big Bang Competition— the qualifyingattemptEntry ~4 Mar · final Jun,Y1317Regeneron ISEFMay · 2027 dates and host

CREST Bronze

Y7–8 · The award ladder opens

Any time · 10 hrs

What it asks forChooses a question narrow enough to be answered in ten hours, and can say why the broader version of it was rejected.
PreparationNot yet offered
Interchange · this rung also serves 2 destinations