Competitions

The table below shows the competitions that our pupils will be taking part in during the 2021-2022 academic year. More competitions will be added in due course.
Competition | Year Groups | Term | Further Information |
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Alan Turing Cryptography Competition | Third and Fourth Year | Spring | Every Monday at 4pm in CR3 |
Architecture Summer Essay Competition | Firth Year and Lower Sixth | Summer | Deadline 24th September |
Articulation History of Art Prize | Sixth From | Autumn and Spring | Held at Whitworth Art Gallery |
Bebras Computing Challenge | Second Year | Autumn | 8-19th November |
Chem Quiz | Third to Fifth Year | Autumn | |
Christmas Card Design Competition | All | Summer and Autumn | Design used for SGS Christmas card and Carol Service cover |
ESU Public Speaking Competition | Third and Fourth Year | All | Every Wednesday at 4pm in W6. A national public speaking competition |
First Year French Spelling Bee | First Year | Autumn and Spring | |
Fourth Year MFL: Debate | Fourth Year | Summer | Inter-form debating competition in French/German |
Intermediate Maths Challenge | Third to Fifth Year | Spring | 2nd/3rd Feb |
Junior Astro Challenge | Second to Fourth Year | Autumn | In November. Prep in Astro Club |
Junior Maths Challenge | First and Second Year | Summer | 27th/28th April |
Junior Schools Maths Challenge | First and Second Year | Spring | 1.30-5:15pm, 16th March at Bury Grammar |
Library Heroes | First to Third Year | All | Inter-form borrowing competition |
Living Edge Schools’ Art Competition | Third and Fifth Year and Upper Sixth | Spring | In March |
MEM Challenge | All | Spring | February half term. Online |
MasterChef Competition | First Year to Lower Sixth | Summer | 4-6.30pm, May/June in T4/T5 |
Maths Bombe | Sixth Form | Spring | Every Wednesday at 4pm in M11 |
Maths Feast | Fourth Year | Spring | Date TBC. At Manchester University |
Maths Olympiad for Girls | Four Year to Sixth Form | Autumn | 7th October. M11 |
More Woods for Woodsmoor | Four Year to Sixth Form | Spring and Summer | Community Art project. In Art classrooms |
National Cipher Challenge | Four Year to Sixth Form | Autumn | Every Thursday at 4pm in M9 |
Northern Schools MFL Debating Competition | Sixth Form | Autumn | 5-9pm, November 2021 |
Physics Olympiad | Four Year to Sixth Form | All | Every Friday, 1.05-1.30pm. Different sessions throughout the year |
Poetry by Heart | All | Autumn/Spring | W8. National Competition Deadline March 2022 – www.poetrybyheart.org.uk |
Royal Academy Schools’ Summer Exhibition | Sixth Form | Summer | At the Royal Academy |
Schools Maths Challenge | Fourth Year and Upper Sixth | Spring | 26th January, 1.30-5.15pm at Bury Grammar |
Science Fair | First to Third Year | Spring and Summer | Every Monday at 1.05-1.30pm |
Second Year Enterprise Challenge | Second Year | Summer | 27th May. In Hallam Hall and classrooms |
Second Year French Competition | Second Year | Spring | Pronunciation competition |
Senior Team Maths Challenge | Sixth Form | Autumn | Every Thursday at 4pm in M2 |
Senior Maths Challenge | Fifth Year and Sixth Form | Autumn | 3rd/4th November |
Sixth Form Pop Maths Quiz | Sixth Form | Spring | 10am-1pm on date TBC. In Liverpool |
Student Investor | Fourth Year to Sixth Form | Autumn | Every Tuesday at 1.10-1.40pm in T7 |
The Now and Then Quiz League | First to Third Year | All | W22. A quiz league over the course of each term. 10 questions on the past and 10 questions on current affairs |
Team Maths Challenge | Second and Third Year | Spring | Every Friday at 1.05pm in M2 |
Third Year German Competition | Third Year | Spring | Pronunciation competition |
Write on Art UK | Sixth Form | Summer | Art History essay competition |
Young Enterprise | Lower Sixth | All | Every Monday at 4pm in W11 |