The UK Bebras Coding Challenge

The UK Bebras Coding Challenge will run: 14th - 28th March 2025

The UK Bebras Coding Challenge is an invitation-only event for students aged 10-19 who excelled in this year's UK Bebras Challenge. The top 50% (nationally) in each age group will be invited to take part. 

The aim of the 45-minute coding challenge is to further enhance skills, build confidence, and inspire students to develop programmed solutions to computational thinking problems. 

Categories

There are five categories.

• Novice and Explorer tasks require Turtle Blockly solutions.
• Navigator, Pathfinder and Trailblazer tasks need to be solved using a text-based programming language. Supported languages include Python, C#, Java, and VB.

The categories are skills-based, not age-based. This approach enables students who are just starting their coding journey to participate at a level suited to their current abilities. The Trailblazer challenge will push the most talented programmers to their limits!

We will publish more about the the skills that will be tested, including a specimen challenge for each category, once the UK Bebras Challenge has been delivered. There will also be a range of resources to help students prepare to take part. 

How do students enter?

Students will be invited to participate via their UK Bebras coordinator (this is usually their teacher). The challenge must be supervised, so the coordinator must be prepared to organise and run the competition in their school. We will ask each coordinator to register their students in the most appropriate category, based on the student's current skill level, confidence and aptitude.

How much does it cost to participate?

Supported by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the UK Bebras Coding Challenge is entirely free to enter. We kindly ask that you provide as much information as possible when requested, to help us in evaluating the impact of our efforts.