FIRST LEGO League (UK)
Rated Intermediate, this UK team programme offers age-appropriate Discover, Explore and Challenge divisions for children from primary through secondary school. Teams design with LEGO, investigate a theme and, in the Challenge division, build and program a robot for tournament tasks. The main challenge is integrating engineering, coding, research, presentation and sustained teamwork.
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Official website ↗OVERALL COMPETITION LEVEL
Intermediate Level
3 evaluation dimensions have source-backed automatic scores; 0 dimensions need conflict review.
Competition overview
Key information
Eligible ages
6–16
School level
Primary to secondary (Discover 4-6, Explore 6-10, Challenge 9-16)
Registration method
School or Individual
Competition stages
Discover, Explore, Challenge divisions
Fee
Not yet announced by the organiser
Online / in-person
Hybrid
Dates
Competition timeline
Registration opens
Not yet announced by the organiser
Registration closes
6 Dec 2025
Competition starts
17 Jan 2026
Competition ends
27 Mar 2026
Editorial perspective
Our Take
UK Challenge tournament listings show events from January to March 2026. IET guidance states registration closes six weeks before each tournament date. Stored deadline is the inferred latest date for joining the earliest listed January 2026 events.
Source information
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