Past Competition

The Times Spelling Bee Championship 2011
The Purple Blazers - Joe Tagliaferro, Tom Kirkham, Will Harrington-Clark and Liam Spurgeon – from Colchester Royal Grammar School are the 2011 Championship winners. The team had been drilled for two months by their teacher, Jenny Eady, in their school spelling club. The practice paid off, as Joe Tagliaferro won the individual prize to add to the Blazers’ glory.

Spelling Bee Championship winners
2011 Colchester Royal Grammar School , Colchester
2010 Newport Girls’ High School, Shropshire
2009 St Martins school, Northwood

Boys’ honour is restored in war of words

Winners take over Young Times
The winning team from Colchester Royal Grammar School visited the offices of The Times to work for the day with Daisy Greenwell, Editor of the Young Times section in The Times. The four students got the chance to interview Boris Johnston, Mayor of London, and Peter Andre, singing celebrity.

Schools across UK take part in local heats
Many schools take part in the Spelling Bee every year, others enter for the first time. The schools that took part in local heats can be found in the download, listed by area of the live events. Note the creativity of the team names!

Watch a live event
To see what happens in a live Spelling Bee event, watch the video.