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
12rungs still ahead

Summit endpoint · Computing

Western-European 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.

2 of 15 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 12 rungs still ahead, Troupe prepares 6.


The line

Ahead of youPriming yearNot yet taughtAlready behindInterchangeDestination
THE PUPIL, NOWY26UK Bebras Challenge— Kits9–20 Nov 2026UK Bebras Challenge— Castors9–20 Nov 2026Y37Y48Y59Y610UK Bebras Challenge— Juniors9–20 Nov 20265Y711Y812UK 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 ·3Western-EuropeanOlympiad inInformaticsLate Jun 2027 · host TBC2

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.
PreparationPrepared by Troupe
UK Bebras Juniors Prep – Year 7 · 14 weeks
Interchange · this rung also serves 4 destinations