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Junior maths challenge 2025

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scisso · 07/05/2025 12:29

Does anyone know when the results and boundaries get announced? How was this year’s paper in comparison to previous years?

DD sat it and thought some of them were quite hard so had to guess them, but she hasn’t done much of the past papers so doesn’t have much to compare against.

any insights would be very much appreciated.

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nannyl · 15/05/2026 18:57

MTHRVRD2030 · 15/05/2026 15:19

@nannyl - I found your comment below very interesting to reflect on, and it made me wonder whether, in the UK context, it is fairly typical for children from Oxbridge-educated families to also grow up aiming for Oxford or Cambridge themselves.

“My children have Oxbridge educated parents, aunts/uncles and grandparents, and it’s fair to say DD1 is also aiming for Oxford.”

I imagine that growing up around highly educated family members probably shapes children’s expectations, confidence, academic identity, and understanding of what is possible from quite an early age. It may also influence the kinds of conversations, habits, opportunities, and educational guidance children receive at home.
At the same time, I also wonder how much of this is due to environment and culture within the family rather than purely academic ability itself.

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You have a very good point and I don't disagree!

My children also have the huge advantage of being taught by truly outstanding teachers, in small classes, where the behaviour is excellent, so the teachers can get on with teaching, rather than wasting learning time managing behaviour....

Which could be argued to be due to their school, which we can send them to as a result of our own educational achievement. While I went to a normal state school, DH also had an excellent independant education at a top selective school, which led him to Oxbridge... which his parents could afford because of their high flying jobs etc etc...

DD1 has clearly been gifted since around, perhaps even before, she was 2 years old. She has the academic scholarship at her school.

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