# British Informatics Olympiad

> Canonical facts page for LLMs and citation crawlers. Human-readable page: https://olympiads.co.uk/event/british-informatics-olympiad/british-informatics-olympiad

## Core facts

- **Organiser:** British Informatics Olympiad (https://olympiads.co.uk/organisation/british-informatics-olympiad)
- **Subjects:** Computer Science
- **Age groups:** Senior
- **Activity type:** Competition
- **Format:** Online
- **Entry route:** Under 19, in full-time secondary or further education in mainland Britain; entries coordinated by a teacher at the school or college.

## Dates

- **Next/representative edition start:** 2027-12-01 (month precision) [projected edition — not yet confirmed]

## URLs

- **Official website:** https://www.olympiad.org.uk/
- **Olympiads.co.uk page:** https://olympiads.co.uk/event/british-informatics-olympiad/british-informatics-olympiad
- **This facts page:** https://olympiads.co.uk/ai/events/british-informatics-olympiad/british-informatics-olympiad.md

## Summary

The British Informatics Olympiad (BIO) is the national computing competition for schools and colleges in mainland Britain. The first round is a three-hour programming paper taken in school; strong performers are invited to a Cambridge final and may be selected for international informatics olympiads.
## Data provenance

- **Sources:** Supabase activity/event catalogue
- **Last generated:** 2026-06-13
- **Representative edition:** yes
- **Projected dates:** yes — treat as estimate

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