Nuffield Curriculum Centre

The selection process

Listed below is the selection process that we use to pick schools to take part in the Chemistry competition.

Each year, we have 150 set of samples to send to schools. Schools who indicate on the reply form that they would like 7 teams or under to take part in the competition are sent 1 set of samples. Schools who indicate they would like 7 teams or more to take part in the competition are sent 2 sets of samples. No schools are sent more than 2 sets of samples.

If we receive more applications for the competition than we have samples, the following selection process is used:

1 Schools that haven't participated before get a place.

2 Previous winners get a place.

3 The remaining places are filled in order of receipt of the entry form.

4 Centres who requested 2 sets last year but sent back a limited number of results only get 1 set of samples.

5 Centres that requested samples last year but didn't return results are excluded (unless they have responded with an explanation as to why no results were returned).