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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 · admissions test
11rungs still ahead

Admissions test · Medicine

University Clinical Aptitude Test

The next thing is the UCAT Year. It runs for one academic year from August and it is where this route begins.

1 of 14 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 11 rungs still ahead, Troupe prepares 2.

The line

Ahead of youPriming yearNot yet taughtAlready behindInterchangeDestination
THE PUPIL, NOWREC4University ClinicalAptitude Test13 Jul – 24 Sep 2026Y15Y26Y37Y48Y59Y610Y711Y812Y913Bebras Intermediate9–20 Nov 2026Biology Challengelate Apr – early May 20272Y1014Biology Challenge —second sittinglate Apr – early May 20272CREST Bronze andSilverany time · 10 and 30 hoursY1115The UCAT YearOne academic year · fromTimed reasoningvolumeno fixed date — that isBebras Seniors9–20 Nov 2026Y1216UCAT registrationand bookingopens 20 May 2026 · closesBritish BiologyOlympiadmid–late Jan 2027Intermediate BiologyOlympiadJune 2027 · two-week2Nuffield ResearchPlacementsapply Jan–Mar · placementY1317Oxford Sixth-FormPrize in Medicinesummer deadline · 2027 TBCUK Medicine &Disease Olympiadonline round ~late Apr

Bebras Intermediate

Y9 · Timed reasoning habit

9–20 Nov 2026

What it asks forReads a short unfamiliar problem, decides within twenty seconds whether it is worth attempting, and moves on without hesitating.
PreparationPrepared by Troupe
UK Bebras Intermediate Prep – Year 9 · 14 weeks
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