Overview
Block-based challenges
Text-based challenges
Teachers
Home educators
Students
Getting Started

Take part as a student

How can I take part?

If you took part in the 2025 UK Bebras Challenge, you will already be entered into the Raspberry Pi Foundation 2026 Coding Challenge. You will use the same username and password you created for the Bebras challenge. However, you must be supervised to take part, so you will only be able to enter if your Bebras coordinator (e.g. your teacher) is available to run the challenge.

If you are a home educated student who participated, we will contact your parent or guardian directly with more information. 

Prepare for the coding challenge

The best way to prepare for the coding challenge is to practice extensively. Past challenges are available for practice and can be accessed without registration or logging in on the challenges page of this site.

If your school is registered for UK Bebras, your teachers will also be able to access older challenges and assign them as quizzes for you to try. 

You may find some of the older practice questions quite difficult. We are working hard to make this years challenge more accessible to a greater number of students. 

Aim of the challenge

Your goal is to tackle as many tasks as possible within the 45-minute time frame to earn points. While the problems are tailored to your ability level, they're designed to provide a challenge. Don't fret if you can't complete them all – it's very rare for any student to solve every problem. If you find yourself stuck on a particular task, feel free to move on to the next one.

Rules

  1. You must work independently and all solutions must be your own work.
  2. You are allowed to use a pencil, paper, and a calculator.
  3. You are allowed to use a set of language notes/hints. These can be your own notes, or those provided by your teacher (challenge supervisor).
  4. You are prohibited from using any online resources, including AI, to assist you in solving the tasks.
  5. You must not communicate with anyone else during the challenge and you must refrain from disclosing the nature of the tasks or how you solved them until the conclusion of the Coding Challenge fortnight.


The Raspberry Pi Foundation runs the UK Bebras Challenge. Discover free teaching resources, tools, and expert support for computing education at raspberrypi.org.