Spelling Bee Championship

One thousand schools took part in The Times’s second ever Spelling Bee championship, competing in 106 local heats and 10 semi-finals across the country. The Times Spelling Bee received entries from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands. The top 10 school teams made it through to the Grand Final, held at the Institute of Education, London, on June 24, where they went head-to-head for the winning title.

All of the Grand Final competitors are congratulated on their fantastic achievement in representing their school at The Times's second successful Spelling Bee final.

However, there could only be one winner and The Times would like to congratulate Newport Girls’ High School from Shropshire who have been crowned The Times Spelling Bee Champions 2010. Culcheth High School from Cheshire followed closely in second place and The Royal Latin School from Buckingham were placed third.

Find out more about the Grand Final here

Editor of The Times

I would like to congratulate the ten schools whose top spellers have made the Grand Final of The Times Spelling Bee. The standard of spelling has been incredibly high and the pupils have worked extremely hard to reach this stage of the competition. We hope the championship will encourage and inspire children, teachers and parents alike to take pride in their spelling and value the importance of spelling in communicating with others. I would like to wish the very best of luck to all those taking part on Tuesday June 23 and we look forward to reporting on your achievements in the paper.