Competitions
National Computational Thinking Challenges
The Bebras Computing Challenge introduces computational thinking to students.
It is organised in over 40 countries and designed to get students all over the world excited about computing.
The TCS Oxford Computing Challenge has been created by TCS and Oxford University.
It is an invitation event which aims to encourage students who have taken part in the UK Bebras Challenge to develop their skills further and produce programmed solutions to computational thinking problems.
The Perse Coding Team Challenge
This national competition for secondary schools pits teams of four students in Years 7 to 10 against each other in a timed one hour coding challenge which can be sat at any point in a nominated working fortnight in late February under local team supervision / invigilation.
The British Informatics Olympiad is the ULTIMATE computing competition in the UK for schools and colleges.
The BIO consists of three stages. The first is a 3-hour test, the British Informatics Olympiad, which takes place in schools during December and January. This involves solving a range of problems using a computer.
The second stage is the final, which will be held in Cambridge in April the following year.
The top four finalists will make up the team to travel to the International Olympiad in Informatics, hosted anywhere in the World.
The Southampton University National Cipher Challenge is a very well respected competition that attempts to mimic real world problems that analysts (intelligence operatives) face each day.
Do well with this competition and you will definitely be of interest to GCHQ.