UK Biology Competitions

Four students have been chosen to represent the UK at this year’s International Biology Olympiad, taking place in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. The students selected are Matilda Littlemore from Latymer Upper School, Tom Postance from RGS Guildford, Robert Halliday from Hills Road Sixth Form College Cambridge, and Rui-Lin Wang… Read More »Four students selected to represent the UK at the International Biology Olympiad

Over 13,000 students from more than 800 schools worldwide took part in this year’s British Biology Olympiad. They completed two 45-minute papers covering familiar and novel topics across the entirety of biology from ecology to biotechnology! Students’ results are now available on the competition website. Pin badges will be posted to UK schools… Read More »British Biology Olympiad 2023 results

We are delighted to announce the dates for our school biology competitions in 2023: British Biology Olympiad 2023 – Wednesday 1st – Friday 10th March 2023 Biology Challenge 2023 – Wednesday 3rd – Friday 19th May 2023 Intermediate Biology Olympiad 2023 – Wednesday 7th – Wednesday 14th June 2023 Teachers… Read More »Competition dates announced for 2023

This year saw the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) return to in-person in Yerevan, Armenia. Four students representing the UK were awarded medals at the competition. Senan Bottomley (St Paul’s School), Sri Nivasan Loganthan (Westcliff High School for Boys) and Jack Yu (Tiffin School) received silver medals and Kez Ward (Forest… Read More »UK team win medals as IBO returns to in-person

Over 12,000 students from more than 600 schools worldwide took part in this year’s Intermediate Biology Olympiad. The competition is open to students in the first year of post-16 and consists of a one-hour multiple choice paper. Students are tested on topics including cellular and microbiology and ecology. More than… Read More »Intermediate Biology Olympiad 2022 results