Cambridge Schools 2023-24

Registration for Cambridge Schools 2023-24 is now open! You can find the registration form here: https://forms.office.com/e/AdudijCGmx.

  1. Provisional Timetable
  2. Workshop
  3. Regionals Policy
  4. Payment Policy
  5. List of UK & Irish Regionals
  6. International Regionals

Provisional Timetable

  • Registration Closes: Fri 1 Dec 2023
  • Regional Allocations Announced: By Sun 10 Dec 2023
  • Payment Deadline: Fri 22 Dec 2023

Finals Day will be held in-person, at the Cambridge Union, on Sat 16 Mar 2024.

Workshop

As part of Cambridge Schools 2023-24, one of our Chief Adjudicators will be hosting an introductory workshop on British Parliamentary debating which is open to all participants. We will provide further details closer to the date.

Regionals Policy

  • All regionals will either be held fully in-person or fully online
  • Our preference is for regionals to be fully in-person (organised either by us or our partner institutions)
  • If it is not possible to organise an in-person regional (due to events such as but not limited to our inability to secure a suitable partner institution, insufficient available adjudicators, train strikes etc), then:
    • Subject to there being a sufficient number of teams and logistical feasibility, we will organise an equivalent, fully online regional (which may have less than 4 rounds) to ensure high quality adjudication and proportional geographical representation of participants
    • If your school does not wish to participate in an online regional, you have the option to participate in the closest available in-person regional, at your own expense
    • If your school is unable to participate in your preferred online regional and your closet in-person regional, you will have the option to participate in another online regional

Payment Policy

  • Unlike previous years, and unless otherwise indicated, the payment deadline for all regionals is Friday 22 December 2023. If your school needs an extension, please ensure that you email us before the deadline.
  • We aim to send you your school’s invoice within 2 weeks of you submitting the registration form to your email address.
  • Please note that, due to our charitable status, we are unable to offer any refunds.

List of UK & Irish Regionals

Last Updated: 1 November 2023

  • 8 October 2023: The All-Ireland regional will be held in-person in Dublin on Sun 26 Nov (registration deadline: Sun 12 Nov, payment deadline: Fri 26 Nov)
  • 12 October 2023: London Central has been moved from Sat 3 Feb to Sat 10 Feb, and the South East regional has been moved from Sat 10 Feb to Sat 3 Feb
  • 1 November 2023: The Northern Regional will be held in-person in Sheffield on the same date.

Unless otherwise indicated, all regionals will be held in-person. Please note that all dates are tentative and subject to change.

  • Welsh*
  • Scottish*
  • All-Ireland (Dublin, Sun 26 Nov) NB The registration deadline is Sun 12 Nov and the payment deadline is Fri 17 Nov
  • South West^ (Sat 20 Jan)
  • Oxford (Online) (Sat 20 Jan)
  • Cambridge (Sat 27 Jan)
  • South East (Sat 3 Feb)
  • London Central (Sat 10 Feb)
  • London North (Sun 18 Feb)
  • London South (Sat 24 Feb)
  • Northern (Sheffield) (Sat 2 Mar)

* Indicates that we have already secured a partner institution and are in the final process of finding a suitable time and date for an in-person regional. We may change the payment deadline (including bringing the payment deadline forward) depending on when the regional will be held and when we are able to announce the time and date for these regionals.

^ Indicates that, at the time of opening of registration, we have not been able to secure a partner institution. If your school has any affiliation or connections with a local institution, please do let us know so we can try our best to arrange an in-person regional. If we are unable to come to an agreement with a local institution, this regional will be held online to ensure that we are able to provide high quality adjudication. We may change the payment deadline (including bringing the payment deadline forward) depending on when the regional will be held and when we are able to announce the time and date for these regionals.

International Regionals

We offer regionals internationally through our partners:

Asia: LearningLeaders

Canada: Canadian BP Championships

Australia and New Zealand: Speakers’ Corner

India: AugLi

If you are unsure about whether a regional is affiliated with us please email us at debating@cus.org.