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
14rungs still ahead

Summit endpoint · Debating

World Schools Debating Championship — England

The whole route is ahead. World Schools Debating Championship — England asks for 14 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, NOWY711ESU Schools' Mace —Round 1Registration 9 Jun–16 Sep3Cambridge SchoolsDebatingRegistration closes late2Y812InternationalCompetition forYoung DebatersRegionals spring 2027 ·Y913ICYD — finaleligible seasonFinals Day early May 2027ESU Schools' Mace —the full four-stageladderR1 Nov · R2 Jan · regionalY1014WSDC England trials— eligibility opensApplications late Aug 2026Oxford Schools'DebatingRegionals Jan–Feb 2027 ·2Y1115ESU Schools' Mace —national finalLate Apr 2027Cambridge SchoolsDebating — FinalsDayMar 2027 · TBCY1216WSDC England trialsApplications late Aug 2026Debating Matters2026-27 structure TBCModel United NationsTHIMUN late Jan 2027 ·Y1317WSDC England trials— final attemptApplications late Aug ·World SchoolsDebatingChampionshipLate Jul / early Aug 2027

ESU Schools' Mace — Round 1

Y7 · First live rounds

Registration 9 Jun–16 Sep 2026 · R1 Nov 2026

What it asks forSpeaks for the allotted time without reading, and finishes on the point they intended to finish on rather than the one they ran out of clock on.
PreparationNot yet offered
Interchange · this rung also serves 2 destinations