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 English (All Years)500 word writing competition, deadline February 22nd |  English (All Years)Canterbury Tales Writing Competition, deadline 28th Feb |  Science - Girls aged 16/17Newnham Essay Prize competition, deadline Wednesday 10th March |
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 Science/Art - All agesCompetition to design your own species, no deadline |  STEM - Up to age 14Designs to help farmers care for the environment, deadline 31st May 2021 |  DT/Science - KS3/4Fluor Engineering Challenge 2021 – build the tallest tower. |
 Art/Design/Science - KS3/4Creative Earth Competition, deadline 28th February |  DT (All years)A chance for students to enter their textiles work in a competition, deadline Friday 28th May |  History (Yrs 7-9)Historical Fiction competition – deadline Friday 28th May |
 Maths - Year 12STEP support programme – for very able maths students who may be thinking of applying to a top university for maths or maths-related courses. |  Gould Prize for Essays in English LiteratureTrinity College launched the Gould Prize for Essays in English Literature in 2013. This is an annual competition for Year 12 or Lower 6th students. The Prize has been established from a bequest made by Dr Dennis Gould in 2004 for the furtherance of education in English Literature. |  Robinson College - Essay Prize 2020The Robinson College Essay Prize is open to all students currently in Year 12 (Lower Sixth, or equivalent) at a UK School. It is designed to give students the opportunity to develop and showcase their independent study and writing skills. By creating the opportunity for students to experience the type of work that they might be expected to do at Cambridge, we hope to encourage inquisitive and industrious students from all backgrounds to apply to the university – and hopefully to Robinson College |
 CAAB Publishing - Short Story CompetitionCalling all young UK authors and UK based authors of the future, we are looking for children aged between 8 and 13 years old to enter our competition for the chance to see their stories in print. |  Cambridge Summer School - School Essay CompetitionDetails of the competition, the guidelines, the prizes and important competition dates for your diary are outlined on the website. |  Royal Geographic Society - School Essay CompetitionThe Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and the Financial Times are pleased to announce the launch of our School Essay Competition. We are seeking thoughtful and well-argued responses from sixth form geography students for this joint competition. |
 Physical Geography Photo CompetitionThis year’s competition is about finding interesting examples of physical geography in unexpected places |  What is your vision for the world after COVID-19Whatever your interest or background, we want to hear your thoughts on these and many more questions. In particular, we're looking for ambitious ideas about how governments, citizens, scientists, artists – or anyone else you think has a role to play – can shape a different and better future. |  IET - Virtual Faraday ChallengeSTEM activities based around real-world engineering and logistical problems. |
 Maths (KS3 & All Years)A fun game which has some levels that would be accessible to bright Yr 7s, but gets really difficult so could challenge even the most able. |  Maths/Computing (All Years)Super-fun site where you write computer programmes to solve mathematical problems. |  Maths/Science (All Years)Mind Field YouTube videos |
 English (All Years)50 Word Fiction Competition |  Key Stage 3 MathsPast papers from the Junior Maths Challenge (Yrs 7 & 8) |  Key Stage 4 MathsPast papers from the Intermediate Maths Challenge (Yrs 9-11) |
 Key Stage 5 MathsPast papers from the Senior Maths Challenge (Yrs 12 & 13) |
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