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2026-11-05 — Competition and Education Briefing

• Free Period Products Scheme Set to Expand Across Eligible Schools
• Bristol Schools Data Published Following Cyberattack
• USSEO Announces Robotics and AI Challenge for Students Worldwide

2026-11-04 — Competition and Education Briefing

• Primary School Patronage Decision Deadline Extended to 30 November
• TY Legal Essay Competition Invites Entries on Online Harm
• Ukrainian GCSE Announced for England, Wales and Northern Ireland

2026-11-03 — Competition and Education Briefing

• Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge Begins Next Week
• Science Week Challenge Invites Primary Classes to Compete
• Lords Call for Earlier Numeracy Support and Better Maths Teaching Capacity

2026-11-02 — Competition and Education Briefing

• All Ireland Linguistics Olympiad Registration Closes This Friday
• Derby Announces Citywide School Inclusion Training Day
• School Funding Forecast Requires an Important Clarification

2026-11-01 — Competition and Education Briefing

• Work Experience Guidance to Be Clarified After Safeguarding Confusion
• School Funding and Education Policy Feature Prominently Ahead of Election Day
• Junior Astronomy Olympiad Programme Begins in Thailand

2026-10-31 — Competition and Education Briefing

• SOPHia Physics Project Competition Opens for Primary Pupils
• Digital Access and Senior Cycle Assessment Come Under Scrutiny
• Northern Ireland Publishes New Findings on Pupil Wellbeing

2026-10-30 — Competition and Education Briefing

• Certified Irish Angus Schools Competition: Video Deadline Tomorrow
• EU and Me Competition Remains Open to Primary and Post-Primary Students
• Government Allocates £5.8 Billion to Council SEND Deficits

#2026-10-28 — Competitions and Education Briefing

• Scottish evaluation identifies barriers in secondary free-meal pilot
• South Carolina releases improved 2026 school report cards
• NSF opens support funding for the 2027 Presidential SI Challenge

Junk Kouture 2026–27 Goes Global with New Rest of World Pathway

Junk Kouture has announced a major change to its competition structure for 2026–27, introducing a new global model that will allow eligible schools and young creatives from…

Education and competition briefing — 23 Oct 2026

• England publishes consolidated guidance on serious violence in education
• Northern Ireland issues new primary-school phonics guidance
• Ballymena Academy wins 2026 ABP Angus Youth Challenge