National Language Competition

Each second break this week, ten of our Year 9 students have been setting their minds to crack language-based codes and challenges as part of the GCHQ National Language Competition.

The virtual competition tasks teams from schools, the length and breadth of the UK, to compete against each other to solve language-based puzzles and score points. The overall winners are then invited to GCHQ’s headquarters in Cheltenham to receive their trophy!

Tilly and Kayleigh both said that they were enjoying the competition as they are interested in learning new languages. Kayleigh is currently learning Japanese, Korean and Turkish and hopes to travel through Asia in the future, while Tilly has hopes of becoming a dancer and feels that having a firm grasp of French will benefit her future career.

The competition aims to inspire language learning by encouraging students to discover their aptitude for learning languages. A sample challenge is provided below - why not have a go?