Rock Challenge UK
Encyclopedia
UK Rock Challenge is the British
arm of the Global Rock Challenge and the Australian Rock Eisteddfod Challenge
. Rock Challenge is an anti-drug and crime-prevention that takes the form of a friendly performing arts competition for schools and colleges. In 1996, the first Rock Challenge event in UK was originally staged in Portsmouth with only 11 schools and 800 students. It started because Inspector Mark Pontin of the Hampshire Constabulary
visited Australia in 1995, saw the Australian Rock Eisteddfod Challenge first hand and was so impressed that he persuaded the Chief Constable to introduce it to their area of the UK. Since then, Rock Challenge has expanded over the 16 years it has been running; in 2012 43 events are planned.
All the events in the UK are funded by the Be Your Best Foundation (Registered Charity Number 1077291), a non-profit charity set up by the creators of the Rock Challenge in the UK who source funding for the events up and down the country.
Performance Judge
Marks:
Production Judge
Marks:
Drama and Design Judge
Marks:
Each judge also gives the performance a mark for 'Overall Impact' out of 5.
At the end of the evening a prize ceremony is held where a number of awards are presented along with the announcement of the top-scoring schools.
in Australia since 1980 (see History in Rock Eisteddfod Challenge
page) and has reached out across the world to New Zealand
(Stage Challenge), Japan
(Rock Challenge Japan), Germany
, South Africa
(ARA Be Your BestTM Rock Challenge) and UAE (set up by the British Be Your Best Rock Challenge). Rock Challenge also had a short and small stay in the US, but there has been no known activity since the confirmation of two events for 2004.
Just like in the UK, since its inception in Australia
the events have grown in popularity, so much that the National Finals are shown on the Nine Network
over a period of weeks on a Saturday Morning (after being previously recorded live). This television coverage has been happening since the early 1990s, but since its UK launch in 1996 it still does not have any major media coverage.
The most famous participant of Rock Challenge in the UK was the actress Emma Watson from the Harry Potter franchise. She participated twice, once in 2006 and once as the Rock Challenge leader in 2007 with her school in Oxford.
Junior Rock Challenge
The Junior Rock Challenge started in the UK in 2005 for participants aged 7-11. Many Junior Rock Challenges events are not full competitions based on the desires of the local schools and sponsors.
Rock Challenge
Rock Challenge is for participants aged 11-18. As of 2004, Rock Challenge has been split into 2 competition divisions; the Open and the Premier divisions:
In the 'Open' Division:
In the 'Premier' Division:
From 2007, National Awards have also been awarded, judged nationally by a panel of judges new and independent from those at the live events, announcing each division's top schools in each criteria.
Scottish Grand Final
As of 2012, schools participating in Scottish events will compete at heats for a place in the Scottish Grand Final held in Dundee. Should a school win the Scottish Grand Final two years in succession they will be given the option of competing in the Northern Region Premier Division for the following year. Should a school win the Scottish Grand Final three years in succession they will be automatically moved into the Northern Region Premier Grand Final for the following year.
National Grand Final
In 2009 the UK's first National Grand Final was held at the Sheffield Arena. This consisted of the top 5 schools from each Premier Final along with the top scoring first place from the Open finals (one from the North and one from the South) giving twelve schools: Sandown High School from Sandown, Isle of Wight won this event after winning their Open Grand Final.
With the planned National Grand Final, it would bring the biggest ever venue ever used by the Rock Challenge team in the UK, The Sheffield Arena with a capacity up to 12,500 seated (downgraded to 4000 seats for Final).
As of 2012 the events will have taken place in the following towns/cities across the UK:
• Aberdeen
• Arbroath
• Basingstoke
• Bournemouth
• Bradford
• Brighton
• Carlisle
• Crawley
• Croydon
• Derby
• Dundee
• Eastbourne
• Grantham
• Grimsby
• Hackney
• Hemel Hempstead
• Hull
• Inverness
• Leeds
• Lincoln
• London (central)
• Manchester
• Margate
• North Finchley
• Portsmouth
• Reading
• Skegness
• Southampton
• St Albans
• Stevenage
• York
for one). In certain areas where the Rock Challenge is there is major backing and sponsorship from the local police force (partly because the introduction to the UK was with the backing of the Hampshire Constabulary). The One Network
Radio stations like Heart FM(formerly known as 2CR FM), Southern FM
, Chiltern Radio
are also sponsors in their area and this way the Rock Challenge also some times use local presenters from the Radio Stations. Other Radio stations which are not owned by The One Network are also used for sponsorship (for example both from the Yorkshire Radio Network
: The Pulse
& Viking FM; Independently owned Lincolnshire based Lincs FM
and finally Belfast's Downtown Radio
).
Other campaigns for good health, to tackle drugs & alcohol and to promote a better community also appear in the sponsorship. Just like the Police forces in Rock Challenge tour areas, all the local city and borough councils promote the Rock Challenge (but in the London area there is no definitive sponsorship or backing from the Police or city council).
For the Finals, the sponsorship changes slightly because all the finals are presented by the insurance company Ansvar Insurance (which ironically has an Australian parent company) which is a company which helps non-profit organizations and individuals like Charities, helping by investing in certain organizations which work firstly and foremostly in alcohol and drug education (Ansvar Insurance (UK) Website).
In the early announcements over the 2009 national finalshttp://www.globalrockchallenge.com/uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=6&page_id=8 it has been said that the success of the event is down highly to the sponsorship gained, to help the staging of the biggest event yet.
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Awards:
Ashcroft Theatre, Croyden, Surrey
Wednesday February 26th
Awards:
1997 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday March 4th
Awards:
1997 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Wednesday March 5th
Awards:
1997 Get Real 2CR FM Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Friday March 7th
Awards:
1997 Get Real 2-Ten FM Be Your Best Basingstoke Rock Challenge
The Anvil Theatre, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Wednesday March 12th
Awards:
1997 Get Real Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday March 14th
Awards:
1997 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull New Theatre, Hull
Wednesday March 19th
Awards:
1997 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Friday April 11th
Awards:
1997 Be Your Best The Pulse Bradford Rock Challenge
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Monday April 14th
Awards:
1997 Be Your Best The Pulse Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Tuesday April 15th
Awards:
1997 Be Your Best Get Real Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Thursday April 17th
1st Place
Ratton School, Eastbourne, East Sussex – Lady Heroin
2nd Place
Wavell School Team Two, Farnborough, Hampshire – Games Without Frontiers
3rd Place
King Richard School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - '
Also participated: City of Portsmouth Girls’ School
, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Fit for Life
Hurstmere Boys Secondary School
, Sidcup, Kent - British Bulldog
Park Community College, Leigh Park, Hampshire – Step Back in Time
Peers School
, Oxford, Oxfordshire – The Other Side of Life
The Purbeck School
, Wareham, Dorset – Psychedelia
Wavell School Team One, Farnborough, Hampshire – Dreamers Cafe
The Anvil, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Tuesday March 2nd
1st Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire – Life - But not as we know it
2nd Place
Fort Hill Community School Team Two
, Basingstoke, Hampshire – The Dance Expresses Our Lives
3rd Place
The Hurst Community School, Baughurst, Hampshire - Earth Spirit
Also participated: Fort Hill Community School Team Three
, Basingstoke, Hampshire – Death and Rebirth
Richard Aldworth School, Basingstoke, Hampshire – Self Image
1998 Get Real Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday March 5th
1st Place
Wildern School Seniors, Hedge End, Hampshire – Treading the Fine Line
2nd Place
Osborne Middle School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight – Millennium Dance
3rd Place
Brune Park School
, Gosport, Hampshire
Also participated: Redbridge School, Southampton, Hampshire
Ryde High School
, Ryde, Isle of Wight - James Bond - A Bond for Life
Wildern School Juniors. Hedge End, Hampshire
1998 Get Real 2CR FM Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Friday March 6th
1st Place
Highcliffe School
, Christchurch, Dorset – Africa
2nd Place
The Purbeck School
, Wareham, Dorset – Fatal Fashion
3rd Place
Carter School, Poole, Dorset – Choices
Also participated: Glenmoor School, Bournemouth, Dorset - Global Peace
Lytchett Minster School
, Poole, Dorset - Cognition
Martin Kemp-Welch School, Poole, Dorset - Danger Disguised
Oakmead College of Technology
, Poole Dorset - Heaven and Hell
1998 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday March 9th
1st Place
The Hayling School, Hayling Island, Hampshire - Our Lives
2nd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire - 007 Girl Power
3rd Place
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
, Portsmouth, Hampshire – Out of a Picture
1998 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday March 10th
1st Place
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire - Sisters Are Doin' It
2nd Place
Crookhorn School, Waterlooville, Hampshire - Wheel of Fortune
3rd Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire
1998 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull New Theatre, Hull
Tuesday March 17th
1st Place
Cottingham School
, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire - It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It
2nd Place
Baysgarth School, Barton-Upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire - Good v Evil
3rd Place
Driffield School, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - Hope
1998 Be Your Best The Pulse Leeds Rock Challenge
Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Friday March 20th
1st Place
John Smeaton School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Junk
2nd Place
Sowerby Bridge School, Calderdale, West Yorkshire - Life - Is the Grass Greener?
3rd Place
Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Down but not out
1998 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Thursday March 26th
1st Place
Aylesbury High School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire – Women
2nd Place
Banbury School
, Banbury, Oxfordshire – Tess of the d'Urbervilles
3rd Place
The Misbourne School
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire – And nothing but the truth
1998 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Friday March 27th
1st Place
Matthew Humberstone School
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire – All Things Are Connected
2nd Place
The Lindsey School
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire – Arms Around the World
3rd Place
South Hunsley School
, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire – Pollution on Planet Earth
1998 Be Your Best Brighton Rock Challenge
The Dome, Brighton
Friday March 27th
1st Place
Davison High School, Worthing, West Sussex - Tomorrow Never Knows
2nd Place
Ratton School
, Eastbourne, East Sussex
3rd Place
St Thomas More School, West Grinstead, West Sussex
1998 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday March 31st
1st Place
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
, Portsmouth, Hampshire – Out of a Picture
2nd Place
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire – Sisters Are Doin' It
3rd Place
Wildern School Seniors, Hedge End, Hampshire – Treading the Fine Line
1998 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
The Barbican Centre, York
Friday April 3rd
1st Place
Driffield School
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire – Hope
2nd Place
The Lindsey School
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire – Arms Around the World
3rd Place
Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Down but not out
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday February 1st
1st Place
Cowes High School
, Cowes, Isle of Wight
2nd Place
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire
3rd Place
Staunton Park Community School, Havant, Hampshire
1999 Get Real Be Your Best Power FM Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday February 2nd
1st Place
King Richard Secondary School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Smash the Camera
2nd Place
South Downs College
, Waterlooville, Hampshire
3rd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire
1999 Get Real Be Your Best 2CRFM Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Wednesday February 3rd
1st Place
Corfe Hills School
, Poole, Dorset
2nd Place
Blandford School, Blandford Forum, Dorset
3rd Place
The Purbeck School
, Wareham, Dorset
1999 Be Your Best London Rock Challenge
Drury Lane Theatre, London
Sunday February 7th
1st Place
Peers Technology College, Oxford, Oxfordshire - The Lost Ones
Joint 2nd Place
The Misbourne School
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
Joint 2nd Place
Crickhowell High School
, Crickhowell, Powys
1999 Be Your Best Reading Rock Challenge
The Hexagon, Reading, Berkshire
Monday February 8th
1st Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire
2nd Place
Frogmore Community College
, Yateley, Hampshire
3rd Place
Fort Hill Community College Team Two
, Basingstoke, Hampshire
1999 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge Day One
The Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Tuesday February 9th
1st Place
The Misbourne School
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire - UHF
2nd Place
Peers Technology College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
3rd Place
Stantonbury Campus
, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
1999 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge Day Two
The Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Wednesday February 10th
1st Place
Sir William Ramsay School
, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
2nd Place
Headington School, Oxford, Oxfordshire
3rd Place
Lord Williams's School
, Thame, Oxfordshire
1999 Get Real Be Your Best Power FM Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshrie
Thursday February 25th
1st Place
Osborne Middle School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
2nd Place
Wildern School Seniors, Hedge End, Hampshire
3rd Place
Cantell Secondary School
, Southampton, Hampshire - It's Just an Illusion
1999 Lifestyle Viking FM Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull City Hall, Hull
Monday March 1st
1st Place
Driffield School
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
2nd Place
Cottingham High School
, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
South Hunsley School
, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire
1999 Lifestyle Viking FM Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Wednesday March 3rd
1st Place
Healing Comprehensive School
, Healing, North East Lincolnshire
2nd Place
Woldgate School
, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
The Lindsey School
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire
1999 On the Beat Galaxy 102 Be Your Best Manchester Rock Challenge
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday March 16th
1st Place
Astley St Mary's School, Astley, Manchester
2nd Place
George Tomlinson School, Kearsley, Bolton
3rd Place
Stainburn School
, Workington, Cumbria
1999 Be Your Best Downtown Radio Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Thursday March 18th
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School Belfast
2nd Place
Our Lady of Mercy School, Belfast
3rd Place
St Joseph's School, Belfast
1999 Be Your Best The Pulse Bradford Rock Challenge
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Monday March 22nd
1st Place
City of Leeds School
, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire
3rd Place
Ralph Thoresby High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
1999 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Thursday March 24th
1st Place
South Hunsley School, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire
2nd Place
Woldgate School
, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
Driffield School
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
1999 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Saturday March 26th
1st Place
Cantell Secondary School
, Southampton, Hampshire - It's Just An Illusion
2nd Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Smash the Camera
3rd Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday February 28th
1st Place
Cowes High School
, Cowes, Isle of Wight
2nd Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire
3rd Place
Crookhorn Community School, Waterlooville, Hampshire
2000 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday February 29th
1st Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire
2nd Place
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
, Portsmouth, Hampshire
3rd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire
2000 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday March 2nd
1st Place
Brune Park Community School
, Gosport, Hampshire
2nd Place
Frogmore Community School
, Yateley, Hampshire
3rd Place
Wildern School Juniors, Hedge End, Hampshire
2000 Be Your Best Eastbourne Rock Challenge
Eastbourne Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, East Sussex
Wednesday March 8th
1st Place
Ratton School
, Eastbourne, East Sussex
2nd Place
Tideway School
, Newhaven, East Sussex
3rd Place
Lindfield School, Eastbourne, East Sussex
2000 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Friday March 10th
1st Place
Lytchett Minster School
, Poole, Dorset
2nd Place
Highcliffe School Team One
, Christchurch, Dorset
3rd Place
Oakmead College of Technology
, Bournemouth, Dorset
2000 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Monday March 13th
1st Place
Peers Technology College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
2nd Place
Lord William's School, Thame, Oxfordshire
3rd Place
Sir William Ramsay School, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
2000 Be Your Best Basingstoke Rock Challenge
The Anvil, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Thursday March 16th
1st Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Hooray for Hollywood
2nd Place
Misbourne School
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
3rd Place
St Sampson's School, St Sampson's, Guernsey
2000 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull New Theatre, Hull
Monday March 20th
1st Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
2nd Place
Cottingham High School
, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
South Hunsley School
, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire
2000 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Wednesday March 22nd
1st Place
Hereford School
, Westward Ho, North East Lincolnshire
2nd Place
Driffield School
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
Matthew Humberstone School
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire
2000 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Monday March 27th
1st Place
Crickhowell High School
, Crickhowell, Powys - Actions Speak Louder
2nd Place
Brynmawr School
, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale
3rd Place
The Misbourne School
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
2000 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday March 29th
1st Place
Ralph Thoresby High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2nd Place
John Smeaton High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
3rd Place
St Michael's College, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2000 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day Two
St George's Theatre, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Thursday March 30th
1st Place
City of Leeds School
, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
3rd Place
Stainburn School
, Workington, Cumbria
2000 Be Your Best Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Thursday April 13th
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast
2nd Place
Our Lady of Mercy High School, Belfast
3rd Place
Newbridge Integrated College, Banbridge, County Down
2000 Be Your Best Milton Keynes Rock Challenge
Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Wednesday May 3rd
1st Place
Stantonbury Campus
, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
2nd Place
Aylesbury High School
, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
3rd Place
Lord William's School, Thame, Oxfordshire
2000 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast
2nd Place
Driffield School
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
Ralph Thoresby High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2000 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
1st Place
Crickhowell High School
, Crickhowell, Powys - Actions Speak Louder
2nd Place
Stantonbury Campus
, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
3rd Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Hooray for Hollywood
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Monday February 26th
1st Place
Corfe Hills School
, Poole, Dorset - It's a Media World
2nd Place
Oakmead College of Technology
, Bournemouth, Dorset - Mission Impossible 3
3rd Place
The Blandford School, Blandford Forum, Dorset - Mystical Fantasy
2001 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day One
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday March 1st
1st Place
Cowes High School
, Cowes, Isle of Wight - From Rags to Riches
2nd Place
The Hamble School
, Hamble, Hampshire - Disorder and Dance
3rd Place
St Anne's Convent School
, Southampton, Hampshire - Television Overload
2001 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Two
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday March 2nd
1st Place
Court Moor School
, Fleet, Hampshire - A Better Way - Look To The Future
2nd Place
Lycee 1er Francois, Le Havre, France - Angel?
3rd Place
Wildern School Juniors, Hedge End, Hampshire - Popcorn
2001 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day One
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Wednesday March 7th
1st Place
Stantonbury Campus
, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire - Take the Bull by the Horns
2nd Place
Lord Grey School
, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire - Out of the Light
3rd Place
Crickhowell High School
, Crickhowell, Powys - Carpe Diem - Seize the Moment
2001 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day Two
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Thursday March 8th
1st Place
Lord William's School and Chinnor Autistic Unit, Thame, Oxfordshire - The Power of Compulsion
2nd Place
Abingdon College
, Abingdon, Oxfordshire - Rehabilitation
3rd Place
Cooper School
, Bicester, Oxfordshire - Time Warp
2001 Be Your Best Hemel Hempstead Rock Challenge
Dacorum Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Wednesday March 14th
1st Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Dancing with the Missing
2nd Place
John F Kennedy School, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire - Take the Power Back
3rd Place
Longdean School
, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire - Brave New World
2001 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday March 19th
1st Place
St Luke's School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Street Life
2nd Place
Priory School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Communication Through The Ages
3rd Place
King Richard School Team One, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Are You Scared Yet?
2001 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday March 20th
1st Place
King Richard School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Girlz In The Hood
2nd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire - Nightmare!
3rd Place
Osborne Middle School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight - Are You Sitting Comfortably?
2001 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Wednesday March 28th
1st Place
Matthew Humberstone School
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire - Elementary Balance
2nd Place
Healing Comprehensive School
, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire - Awakening
3rd Place
South Hunsley School
, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire - Conquer Your Dark Side
2001 Lifestyle Be Your Best Bridlington Rock Challenge
The Spa, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Friday March 30th
1st Place
Driffield School
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - A Native American Legend
2nd Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire - Best of British
3rd Place
Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - A Higher Level
2001 Be Your Best Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Wednesday April 4th
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - The Sky's the Limit
2nd Place
Larkin Community College, Dublin - Garden of Life
3rd Place
Belfast Model School
, Belfast - Walk of Life
2001 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Tuesday April 24th
1st Place
John Smeaton Community High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Parental Guidance
2nd Place
Copperfields College, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Descent
3rd Place
Earlsheaton Community High School, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire - The Disappeared
2001 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day Two
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday April 25th
1st Place
City of Leeds School
, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Alpha-Omega
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - The Celebration of Creation
3rd Place
Hanson School
, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Nightmare
2001 Be Your Best Carlisle Rock Challenge
The Sands Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria
Friday May 4th
1st Place
Stainburn School
, Workington, Cumbria - High Kicking
2nd Place
Peterhead Academy, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - U.S.A. OK/No Way!
3rd Place
Whitehaven School
, Whitehaven, Cumbria - Silva
2001 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Wednesday May 9th
1st Place
Davison High School, Worthing, West Sussex - Outraged
2nd Place
Brynmawr School
, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale - War
3rd Place
St Thomas More School, West Grinstead, West Sussex - Life in London
2001 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Region Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday May 21st
1st Place
King Richard School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Girlz In The Hood
2nd Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Dancing with the Missing
3rd Place
Davison High School, Worthing, West Sussex - Outraged
2001 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Region Grand Final
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Saturday May 26th
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - The Sky's the Limit
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - The Celebration of Creation
3rd Place
Driffield School
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - A Native American Legend
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Wednesday February 13th
1st Place
Peterhead Academy, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - When The Boat Comes In
2nd Place
Westhill Academy
, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Tribes
3rd Place
Mackie Academy
, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire - The Good, The Bad and the Sixties!
2002 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day One
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Wednesday February 27th
1st Place
Cowes High School
, Cowes, Isle of Wight - Elemental
2nd Place
Staunton Park Community School, Havant, Hampshire - Newsflash – Teenagers our of Control!
3rd Place
Solent Middle School, Cowes, Isle of Wight - Exhibiting the Future
2002 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Two
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday February 28th
1st Place
Ryde High School
, Ryde, Isle of Wight - Caped Fear
2nd Place
Highcliffe School Team Two
, Christchurch, Dorset - Love and Rejection
3rd Place
Lycee Francois Premier, Le Havre, France - Nobody’s Perfect
2002 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Three
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday March 1st
1st Place
Regents Park Juniors
, Southampton, Hampshire - Around the World in 8 Minutes
2nd Place
Wildern School Seniors, Hedge End, Hampshire - Rodeo Rock
3rd Place
St Sampson’s Secondary School, St Sampson’s, Guernsey - Sweets Ain’t What They Seem To Be!
2002 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday March 5th
1st Place
Crickhowell High School
, Crickhowell, Powys - The Shape of Things To Come
2nd Place
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire - P.O.P (Product or People)
3rd Place
King Richard School Team One, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Corrida de Toros
2002 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Wednesday March 6th
1st Place
City of Portsmouth Girls’ School
, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Cry Freedom
2nd Place
Frogmore Community College Team A
, Yateley, Hampshire - Faces of Conflict
3rd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire - A Changing World
2002 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day One
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Thursday March 7th
1st Place
Cheney School
, Oxford, Oxfordshire - Dreams or Nightmares
2nd Place
Headington School, Oxford, Oxfordshire - Human Cloning
3rd Place
Cranbourne School - The Rhythm Has My Soul
2002 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day Two
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Friday March 8th
1st Place
Sir William Ramsay School
, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire - The Outsider
2nd Place
Abingdon and Witney College
, Abingdon, Oxfordshire - Rouge
3rd Place
Brynmawr School
, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale - ”The Drugs Don’t Work”
2002 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Buornemouth, Dorset
Monday March 11th
1st Place
Highcliffe Lower School
, Christchurch, Dorset - Mind Games
2nd Place
Highcliffe Team A
, Christchurch, Dorset - Always Remember
3rd Place
Rossmore Community College
, Poole, Dorset - Choice of Direction
2002 Be Your Best Crawley Rock Challenge
The Hawth Theatre, Crawley, West Sussex
Monday March 11th
1st Place
Davison High School, Worthing, West Sussex - Ad Extremum
2nd Place
Bognor Regis Community College
, Bognor Regis, West Sussex - Hatch, Match and Despatch
3rd Place
Filsham Valley School, St Leonard’s-on-Sea, East Sussex - What’s Your Talent?
2002 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Thursday March 14th
1st Place
Frogmore Community College Team B
, Yateley, Hampshire - Hand of Hope
2nd Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Destiny
3rd Place
The Misbourne School
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire - O’mnis Saga
2002 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Tuesday March 19th
1st Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Antony and Cleopatra
2nd Place
Buttershaw High School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - The Same World - But A World Apart
3rd Place
Hanson School
, Bradford, West Yorkshire - One Vision
2002 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day Two
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday March 20th
1st Place
South Leeds Art College, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Dreams
2nd Place
Matthew Humberstone School
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire - Don't Stop the Carnival
3rd Place
St Joseph's RC College, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Take a Trip
2002 Lifestyle Be Your Best Bridlington Rock Challenge
The Spa, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Friday April 12th
1st Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire - Perseverance Pays
2nd Place
Driffield School
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - The Fire of London
3rd Place
South Hunsley School
, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire - The Chinese Years
2002 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Monday April 15th
1st Place
Healing Comprehensive, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire - A Higher State of Innocence
2nd Place
Hereford Technology School
, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire - Celebrate South Africa
3rd Place
Matthew Humberstone School
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire - Don't Stop the Carnival
2002 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull Ice Arena, Hull
Wednesday April 17th
1st Place
Archbishop Thurstan School, Hull - Just Be Yourself
2nd Place
Andrew Marvell School, Hull - The Time Machine
3rd Place
St Mary's College, Hull - A Woman's World
2002 Be Your Best Hemel Hempstead Rock Challenge
Dacorum Theatre, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Thursday April 25th
1st Place
Kings Langley School
, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire - Know Your Limits
2nd Place
Vandyke Upper School
, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire - Through the Eyes of a Child
3rd Place
Aylesbury High School
, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire - Under Pressure
2002 Be Your Best Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Monday April 29th
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - There's Only One You
2nd Place
Ballee Community High School, Ballymena, County Antrim - Get Connected
3rd Place
Holy Trinity College, Cookstown, County Tyrone - Oblivion Interrupted
2002 Be Your Best Carlisle Rock Challenge
The Sands Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria
Friday May 3rd
1st Place
Stainburn School
, Workington, Cumbria - The Power Within
2nd Place
Rhyddings High School, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire - Herstory
3rd Place
Cockermouth School, Cockermouth, Cumbria - Looking for a Way Out
2002 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Region Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Friday May 17th
1st Place
Ryde High School
, Ryde, Isle of Wight - Caped Fear
2nd Place
Sir William Ramsay School
, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire - The Outsider
3rd Place
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Cry Freedom
2002 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Region Grand Final
Barbican Centre, York
Friday May 17th
1st Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Antony and Cleopatra
2nd Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire - Perseverance Pays
3rd Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - There's Only One You
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Thursday February 13th
1st Place
Torry Academy, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Choose Life
2nd Place
Peterhead Academy, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - G.M.
3rd Place
Oldmachar Academy
, Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire - Sounds Like Teen Spirit
2003 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Monday March 3rd
1st Place
Lytchett Minster School
, Poole, Dorset - To the Land of Milk and Honey
2nd Place
Highcliffe School D.C.
, Christchurch, Dorset - Yomigaeru
3rd Place
Oakmead College of Technology
, Bournemouth, Dorset - Into the World of Temptation
2003 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day One
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Wednesday March 5th
1st Place
Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh, Hampshire - Freedom of Expression
2nd Place
Lycee Francois Premier, Le Havre, France - The One Who Stole the Light
3rd Place
St Vincent College
, Gosport, Hampshire - Adverts Reaction
2003 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Two
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday March 6th
1st Place
Hamble School
, Hamble, Hampshire - Image
2nd Place
Richard Aldworth School, Basingstoke, Hampshire - Overcoming the Barricades
3rd Place
Brune Park Community College
, Gosport, Hampshire - Unity Through Music
2003 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Three
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday March 7th
1st Place
Cantell School, Southampton, Hampshire - On the Eighth Day
2nd Place
Cowes High School
, Cowes, Isle of Wight - Re-Volution
3rd Place
Regents Park School Juniors
, Southampton, Hampshire - The Power of Imagination
2003 Be Your Best Crawley Rock Challenge Day One
The Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex
Monday March 10th
1st Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Legacy
2nd Place
Davison High School for Girls, Worthing, West Sussex - 8 Percent!
3rd Place
Bognor Regis Community College
, Bognor Regis, West Sussex - Legends
2003 Be Your Best Crawley Rock Challenge Day Two
The Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex
Tuesday March 11th
1st Place
Tideway School
, Newhaven, East Sussex - Splish Splash
2nd Place
Bexhill High School, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex - Unknown Destiny
3rd Place
Filsham Valley School, St Leonard's-on-Sea, East Sussex - Where 2 Now?
2003 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Thursday March 13th
1st Place
Frogmore Community College
, Yateley, Hampshire - Life's a Circus
2nd Place
Brynmawr School
, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale - War With No Winners
3rd Place
Crickhowell High School
, Crickhowell, Powys - Every Picture Tells a Story
2003 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday March 19th
1st Place
South Leeds Arts College, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Elements of Power
2nd Place
Buttershaw High School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Enigma
3rd Place
Earlsheaton High School, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire - Street Harmony
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
arm of the Global Rock Challenge and the Australian Rock Eisteddfod Challenge
Rock Eisteddfod Challenge
The Rock Eisteddfod Challenge is a series of dance and drama events staged worldwide by school pupils as part of the Global Rock Challenge. These events are initiated by the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge Foundation, and aim to promote healthy lifestyle choices, particularly abstinence from drugs,...
. Rock Challenge is an anti-drug and crime-prevention that takes the form of a friendly performing arts competition for schools and colleges. In 1996, the first Rock Challenge event in UK was originally staged in Portsmouth with only 11 schools and 800 students. It started because Inspector Mark Pontin of the Hampshire Constabulary
Hampshire Constabulary
Hampshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern England.The force area includes the cities of Winchester, Southampton and Portsmouth...
visited Australia in 1995, saw the Australian Rock Eisteddfod Challenge first hand and was so impressed that he persuaded the Chief Constable to introduce it to their area of the UK. Since then, Rock Challenge has expanded over the 16 years it has been running; in 2012 43 events are planned.
All the events in the UK are funded by the Be Your Best Foundation (Registered Charity Number 1077291), a non-profit charity set up by the creators of the Rock Challenge in the UK who source funding for the events up and down the country.
The event
The premise of the Rock Challenge is that each school puts together an 8-minute dance and drama production on a theme of their choice set to a soundtrack of commercially music. Of the course of months/weeks schools create their production and finally bring it to an event day held at a professional venue where they spend the day rehearsing and preparing for an evening show where parents, peers, community members, and invited guests. During the evening a panel of judges gives verbal feedback on each performance and also scores each piece based on strict criteria. Performances are judged on:Performance Judge
Marks:
- Choreography (out of 10)
- Performance Skill (out of 10)
- Soundtrack (out of 10)
Production Judge
Marks:
- Hair and Make-up (out of 10)
- Costume (out of 10)
- Lighting (out of 10)
Drama and Design Judge
Marks:
- Drama (out of 10)
- Set Design and Function (out of 10)
- Concept (out of 10)
Each judge also gives the performance a mark for 'Overall Impact' out of 5.
At the end of the evening a prize ceremony is held where a number of awards are presented along with the announcement of the top-scoring schools.
The Rock Challenge message
The core message of the Be Your Best Rock Challenge is to show young people how they can achieve a 'natural high' on life rather than with the use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco - the idea is that through participation in the event at a professional venue with a professional production and technical crew, the students have a realisation that they can achieve a high on life rather than relying on substances; this is emphasised during the event where everyone is warned that if anyone is caught taking drugs or drinking alcohol they will be asked to leave and their team will be deducted overall ranking places (therefore making it impossible for them to win or go further in the competition). Participation in the Rock Challenge has shown to have many other positive effects on participants, schools, and communities other than than this including:- Self-esteem
- Teamwork skills
- Anti-social behaviour
- Truancy rates
- Curriculum links
- Teacher-student relations
- School-community relations
Concept, history and Australian origins
Rock Challenge has been running in the UK since 1996 (see above) and has been running as the Rock Eisteddfod ChallengeRock Eisteddfod Challenge
The Rock Eisteddfod Challenge is a series of dance and drama events staged worldwide by school pupils as part of the Global Rock Challenge. These events are initiated by the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge Foundation, and aim to promote healthy lifestyle choices, particularly abstinence from drugs,...
in Australia since 1980 (see History in Rock Eisteddfod Challenge
Rock Eisteddfod Challenge
The Rock Eisteddfod Challenge is a series of dance and drama events staged worldwide by school pupils as part of the Global Rock Challenge. These events are initiated by the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge Foundation, and aim to promote healthy lifestyle choices, particularly abstinence from drugs,...
page) and has reached out across the world to New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
(Stage Challenge), Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(Rock Challenge Japan), Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
(ARA Be Your BestTM Rock Challenge) and UAE (set up by the British Be Your Best Rock Challenge). Rock Challenge also had a short and small stay in the US, but there has been no known activity since the confirmation of two events for 2004.
Just like in the UK, since its inception in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
the events have grown in popularity, so much that the National Finals are shown on the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
over a period of weeks on a Saturday Morning (after being previously recorded live). This television coverage has been happening since the early 1990s, but since its UK launch in 1996 it still does not have any major media coverage.
The most famous participant of Rock Challenge in the UK was the actress Emma Watson from the Harry Potter franchise. She participated twice, once in 2006 and once as the Rock Challenge leader in 2007 with her school in Oxford.
Competition format
Rock Challenge is split into 2 age brackets:Junior Rock Challenge
The Junior Rock Challenge started in the UK in 2005 for participants aged 7-11. Many Junior Rock Challenges events are not full competitions based on the desires of the local schools and sponsors.
Rock Challenge
Rock Challenge is for participants aged 11-18. As of 2004, Rock Challenge has been split into 2 competition divisions; the Open and the Premier divisions:
In the 'Open' Division:
- Open Division schools take part in heats across the country. Schools that win their heat (plus many that place 2nd) progress to the Regional Open Grand Final (North or South depending on the heat location).
- Due to the increasing number of teams entering, there are 2 Open Grand Finals ('A' and 'B') for each region
- In most cases each Open Grand Final winner (and one of the schools that places second) is promoted to the Premier Division for the following year (if one of the Premier Division schools chooses not to participate in any given year, their Premier Final space may be awarded to the other school that places 2nd at the Open Grand Final or possibly the school that placed 3rd behind the 2nd place promoted school).
- Throughout the heats and finals, schools also compete for awards which merit the teams' performances in certain aspects of the piece - these range from hair and make up to video performance.
In the 'Premier' Division:
- In each region there are 12 Premier Division schools in any given year.
- In the majority of cases, Premier schools are required to showcase their performance prior to competing at the Regional Premier Grand Final.
- Premier schools compete against each other in the region's Premier Grand Final where they will compete for ranking places and awards (as per the Open Division).
- To remain in the Premier Division, schools are required to place in the top nine at the Regional Final, which, added together with the winners and runners-up from the Open Grand Finals, gives you the Premier Schools for the following year.
From 2007, National Awards have also been awarded, judged nationally by a panel of judges new and independent from those at the live events, announcing each division's top schools in each criteria.
Scottish Grand Final
As of 2012, schools participating in Scottish events will compete at heats for a place in the Scottish Grand Final held in Dundee. Should a school win the Scottish Grand Final two years in succession they will be given the option of competing in the Northern Region Premier Division for the following year. Should a school win the Scottish Grand Final three years in succession they will be automatically moved into the Northern Region Premier Grand Final for the following year.
National Grand Final
In 2009 the UK's first National Grand Final was held at the Sheffield Arena. This consisted of the top 5 schools from each Premier Final along with the top scoring first place from the Open finals (one from the North and one from the South) giving twelve schools: Sandown High School from Sandown, Isle of Wight won this event after winning their Open Grand Final.
Events and venues
Since 1996, the Tour has been to many venues around the country and as Rock Challenge has become larger, so have the venues. Even just in the first year it grew from one night and one event to 8 venues and 11 nights.With the planned National Grand Final, it would bring the biggest ever venue ever used by the Rock Challenge team in the UK, The Sheffield Arena with a capacity up to 12,500 seated (downgraded to 4000 seats for Final).
As of 2012 the events will have taken place in the following towns/cities across the UK:
• Aberdeen
• Arbroath
• Basingstoke
• Bournemouth
• Bradford
• Brighton
• Carlisle
• Crawley
• Croydon
• Derby
• Dundee
• Eastbourne
• Grantham
• Grimsby
• Hackney
• Hemel Hempstead
• Hull
• Inverness
• Leeds
• Lincoln
• London (central)
• Manchester
• Margate
• North Finchley
• Portsmouth
• Reading
• Skegness
• Southampton
• St Albans
• Stevenage
• York
Sponsors
The Be Your Best Foundation is always looking for sponsorship, because they are a charity and this sponsor helps to put on the events. There is a wide range of sponsors, but not as internationally known as the Australian sponsorship is (like Calvin KleinCalvin Klein
Calvin Richard Klein is an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. in 1968. In addition to clothing, Klein has also given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewelry....
for one). In certain areas where the Rock Challenge is there is major backing and sponsorship from the local police force (partly because the introduction to the UK was with the backing of the Hampshire Constabulary). The One Network
The One Network
The One Network was the collective name for thirty-eight regional Independent Local Radio licences operated by Global Radio in the United Kingdom. It was formed from the combination of GWR Group's The Mix Network and Capital Radio Group's The Capital Radio Network when the companies merged in 2005...
Radio stations like Heart FM(formerly known as 2CR FM), Southern FM
Southern FM
Heart Sussex is an Independent Local Radio station which is owned by Global Radio and plays commercial, chart-oriented popular music...
, Chiltern Radio
Chiltern Radio
Heart Dunstable was an Independent Local Radio station based in Chiltern Road in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.-History:...
are also sponsors in their area and this way the Rock Challenge also some times use local presenters from the Radio Stations. Other Radio stations which are not owned by The One Network are also used for sponsorship (for example both from the Yorkshire Radio Network
Yorkshire Radio Network
Not to be confused with Yorkshire Radio.The Yorkshire Radio Network was a group of three radio stations which shared programmes in the evening and at weekends...
: The Pulse
The Pulse of West Yorkshire
The Pulse is a British Independent Local Radio station that serves the Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale areas of West Yorkshire. The station was originally known as Pennine Radio...
& Viking FM; Independently owned Lincolnshire based Lincs FM
Lincs FM
Lincs FM is an Independent Local Radio station serving Lincolnshire and Newark, from the Humber to The Wash. It is the current holder of the licence which was advertised by the Radio Authority on 4 March 1991.-Background:...
and finally Belfast's Downtown Radio
Downtown Radio
Downtown Radio is an Adult Contemporary music radio station based in Newtownards, County Down, that serves all of Northern Ireland using a network of FM and AM transmitters.- History :...
).
Other campaigns for good health, to tackle drugs & alcohol and to promote a better community also appear in the sponsorship. Just like the Police forces in Rock Challenge tour areas, all the local city and borough councils promote the Rock Challenge (but in the London area there is no definitive sponsorship or backing from the Police or city council).
For the Finals, the sponsorship changes slightly because all the finals are presented by the insurance company Ansvar Insurance (which ironically has an Australian parent company) which is a company which helps non-profit organizations and individuals like Charities, helping by investing in certain organizations which work firstly and foremostly in alcohol and drug education (Ansvar Insurance (UK) Website).
In the early announcements over the 2009 national finalshttp://www.globalrockchallenge.com/uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=PagEd&file=index&topic_id=6&page_id=8 it has been said that the success of the event is down highly to the sponsorship gained, to help the staging of the biggest event yet.
Results
Since its inception in 1996, many UK Rock Challenge events have taken place up and down the nation; below is a full chronological list of results (announced places) from the very first event to the present day:1996
1996 Be Your Best Rock ChallengePortsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
1st Place | Victory-Land Children's Theatre Group, Southsea, Hampshire | Things that go bump in the night |
2nd Place | Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire | |
3rd Place | Cantell School, Southampton, Hampshire |
Awards:
Cantell School, Southampton, Hampshire | Most Outstanding Set Design and Staging |
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire | Most Outstanding Backstage Crew |
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire | Most Outstanding Concept |
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire | Most Outstanding Lighting Design |
Portsmouth YMCA, Portsmouth, Hampshire | Most Outstanding Make-up |
Victory-Land Children's Theatre Group, Southsea, Hampshire | Most Outstanding Costume Most Outstanding Soundtrack |
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire | Most Outstanding Choreography |
1997
1997 Be Your Best Croydon Rock ChallengeAshcroft Theatre, Croyden, Surrey
Wednesday February 26th
1st Place | Hurstmere Boys Secondary School Hurstmere Foundation School Hurstmere Foundation School, commonly referred to as Hurstmere School, is an all boys secondary academy, located on Hurst Road in Sidcup, a suburb of London, England. The school is an accredited Sports College and has also gained the second specialism of Science which also deems the school a... , Sidcup, Kent |
British Bulldog |
2nd Place | Eltham Hill Secondary School, Eltham, Greenwich | Dance Until Dawn |
3rd Place | Thomas Tallis School Thomas Tallis School Thomas Tallis School is a large mixed comprehensive school for pupils aged 11-19, located in Kidbrooke in the Borough of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. The school is a specialist Arts College, Leading Edge School and national School of Creativity.... , Kidbrooke, Greenwich |
Spiritual High |
Awards:
Chislehurst and Sidcup Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School is a mixed grammar school located in Hurst Road , Sidcup in the London Borough of Bexley, England... , Sidcup, Kent |
The Purrfect Pounce | Best Hair and Make-up BT Award for Most Entertaining Performance Metropolitan Police Award for Best Stage Crew |
Eltham Hill Secondary School, Eltham, Greenwich | Dance Until Dawn | Night and Day Award for Best Concept |
Hurstmere Boys Secondary School Hurstmere Foundation School Hurstmere Foundation School, commonly referred to as Hurstmere School, is an all boys secondary academy, located on Hurst Road in Sidcup, a suburb of London, England. The school is an accredited Sports College and has also gained the second specialism of Science which also deems the school a... , Sidcup, Kent |
British Bulldog | Tacking Drugs Together Award for Best Costume Design Award for Best Soundtrack Award for Best Choreography |
St Thomas More, West Grinstead, West Sussex | Title unknown | Greenwich Safer Cities Award for Best Set Design and Staging Award for Best Lighting Design |
Thomas Tallis School Thomas Tallis School Thomas Tallis School is a large mixed comprehensive school for pupils aged 11-19, located in Kidbrooke in the Borough of Greenwich, London, United Kingdom. The school is a specialist Arts College, Leading Edge School and national School of Creativity.... , Kidbrooke, Greenwich |
Spiritual High | |
The Welling School, Welling, Kent | They Don't Really Care About Us | Greenwich Borough Council Award for Best Drama Skills Encouragement Award |
1997 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday March 4th
1st Place | Park Community College, Leigh Park, Hampshire | Step Back in Time |
2nd Place | City of Portsmouth Girls’ School City of Portsmouth Girls' School The City of Portsmouth Girls' School is a comprehensive school for girls from the ages of eleven to sixteen in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school achieved specialist Humanities College status in 2008... , Portsmouth, Hampshire |
Fit for Life |
3rd Place | Crookhorn Community School, Waterlooville, Hampshire | A Devil of a Dream |
Awards:
Brune Park Community College Brune Park Community College Brune Park Community College is located on Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire. It is a secondary school and Arts College.-History:... , Gosport, Hampshire |
Is This The World We've Created? | Sony Award for Best Soundtrack Gosport Borough Council Award for Best Lighting Design |
City of Portsmouth Girls’ School City of Portsmouth Girls' School The City of Portsmouth Girls' School is a comprehensive school for girls from the ages of eleven to sixteen in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school achieved specialist Humanities College status in 2008... , Portsmouth, Hampshire |
Fit for Life | Portsmouth Safer Cities' Award for Best Set Design and Staging |
Crookhorn Community School, Waterlooville, Hampshire | A Devil of a Dream | Wella Award for Best Hair and Make-up Portsmouth City Council Award for Best Choreography |
Frogmore Community College Frogmore Community College Frogmore Community College is a state secondary school based in Yateley, Hampshire, UK drawing attendeees from Yateley, nearby Blackwater, Darby Green and Sandhurst... , Yateley, Hampshire |
Title unknown | Night and Day Award for Best Concept |
King Richard School Team One, Portsmouth, Hampshire | Love at Third Sight | Hampshire Constabulary Award for Best Stage Crew Hampshire Police Authority Student Leadership Award |
Park Community College, Leigh Park, Hampshire | Step Back in Time | Tackling Drugs Together Award for Best Costume Design Hampshire County Council Award for Best Drama Skills |
St Luke's C of E School, Southsea, Hampshire | They Have Landed | Hampshire Police Authority Encouragement Award Hampton Trust Performers' Performers Award |
Victory-Land Theatre School, Southsea, Hampshire | Do You Believe In Magic? | BT Award for Most Entertaining Performance Producer's Award for Excellence |
1997 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Wednesday March 5th
1st Place | King Richard School Team One, Portsmouth, Hampshire | Title unknown |
2nd Place | Ratton School, Eastbourne, East Sussex | Lady Heroin |
3rd Place | Tideway School, Newhaven, East Sussex | A Taste of Honey |
Awards:
King Richard School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire | Title unknown | Portsmouth Safer Cities Award for Best Set Design and Staging Hampton Trust Performers' Performers Award Gosport Borough Council Award for Best Lighting Design |
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire | Hooray for Hollywood | Tackling Drugs Together Award for Best Costume Design |
Portsmouth YMCA, Portsmouth, Hampshire | Feel the Rhythm | Wella Award for Best Hair and Make-up Producer's Award for Excellence |
Ratton School, Eastbourne, East Sussex | Lady Heroin | Portsmouth City Council Award for Best Choreography Sony Award for Best Soundtrack |
St Edmund's Catholic School, Portsmouth, Hampshire | Title unknown | BT Award for Most Entertaining Performance |
Tideway School, Newhaven, East Sussex | A Taste of Honey | Night and Day Award for Best Concept |
Wildern School Team One, Hedge End, Hampshire | Girl Power | Hampshire Constabulary Award for Best Stage Crew Hampshire Police Authority Student Leadership Award |
Wildern School Team Two, Hedge End, Hampshire | A Space to Grow | Hampshire County Council Award for Best Drama Skills |
1997 Get Real 2CR FM Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Friday March 7th
1st Place | The Purbeck School The Purbeck School The Purbeck School is a mixed community TOE school in Wareham in the central southern area of Dorset, near the Isle of Purbeck.The organisation of schools in the Purbeck area is based on a comprehensive three-tier pyramid system. Children transfer at the age of 9 from fourteen First Schools to... , Wareham, Dorset |
Psychedelia |
2nd Place | Youth Dance On | A Day on the Bridge |
3rd Place | Corfe Hills School Corfe Hills School Corfe Hills School, is a purpose built secondary school in the urban fringe between Poole and Wimborne, located in Broadstone, Poole, England. In 2001, the school was given Technology College status. The school has over 1600 students and over 100 teaching staff... , Poole, Dorset |
Famous People |
Awards:
The Bicknell School, Bournemouth, Dorset | Our Story | Night and Day Award for Best Concept 2CR FM Award for Best Soundtrack |
Corfe Hills School Corfe Hills School Corfe Hills School, is a purpose built secondary school in the urban fringe between Poole and Wimborne, located in Broadstone, Poole, England. In 2001, the school was given Technology College status. The school has over 1600 students and over 100 teaching staff... , Poole, Dorset |
Famous People | Award for Best Drama Skills BT Award for Most Entertaining Performance |
Highcliffe School, Christchurch, Dorset | Aspects of American Culture | Tackling Drugs Together Award for Best Costume Design Award for Best Lighting Design |
Oakmead College of Technology, Bournemouth, Dorset | Dance to the End of the Line | Performers' Performers Award |
The Purbeck School The Purbeck School The Purbeck School is a mixed community TOE school in Wareham in the central southern area of Dorset, near the Isle of Purbeck.The organisation of schools in the Purbeck area is based on a comprehensive three-tier pyramid system. Children transfer at the age of 9 from fourteen First Schools to... , Wareham, Dorset |
Psychedelia | Award for Best Hair and Make-up Dorset Police Award for Best Stage Crew Bournemouth Borough Council Award for Best Choreography |
Youth Dance On | A Day on the Bridge | Award for Best Set Design and Staging |
1997 Get Real 2-Ten FM Be Your Best Basingstoke Rock Challenge
The Anvil Theatre, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Wednesday March 12th
1st Place | Wavell School Team One, Farnborough, Hampshire | Dreamers Cafe |
2nd Place | Wavell School Team Two, Farnborough, Hampshire | Games Without Frontiers |
3rd Place | The Hurst Community School, Baughurst, Hampshire | Dance in the 20th Century |
Awards:
Fort Hill Community School Fort Hill community school Fort Hill Community School is a secondary school located in Winklebury, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK.-Location:The school was built within the ramparts of an iron age hill fort, Winklebury Ring. Around the school perimeter some of the old ditch site still remains. It is thought that the Celts once... , Basingstoke, Hampshire |
Kaleidescope | BT Award for Most Entertaining Performance Hampshire Police Authority Encouragement Award |
The Hurst Community School, Baughurst, Hampshire | Dance in the 20th Century | Night and Day Award for Best Concept Sony Award for Best Soundtrack Award for Best Lighting Design |
Richard Aldworth School, Basingstoke, Hampshire | Be The Best You Can Be | Wella Award for Best Hair and Make Up Hampton Trust Performers' Performers Award |
Wavell School Team One, Farnborough, Hampshire | Dreamers Cafe | Tackling Drugs Together Award for Best Costume Design Hampshire Constabulary Award for Best Stage Crew |
Wavell School Team Two, Farnborough, Hampshire | Games Without Frontiers | Award for Best Set Design and Staging Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council Award for Best Choreography Hampshire County Council Award for Best Drama Skills |
1997 Get Real Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday March 14th
1st Place | Cantell Secondary School Cantell Secondary School Cantell School is a secondary comprehensive school in the Bassett area of Southampton, England. The School has Specialist status for Mathematics and Information and Communication Technology, awarded in September 2003 and is thus now officially referred to as Cantell Mathematics and Computing College... , Southampton, Hampshire |
That's Entertainment |
2nd Place | Alderman Quilley School Quilley School of Engineering Alderman Quilley, now called Quilley School of Engineering, is a secondary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. The school is a specialist Engineering College... , Eastleigh, Hampshire |
Our Beautiful Neighbourhood |
3rd Place | Osborne Middle School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight | Staying Alive |
Awards:
Cantell Secondary School Cantell Secondary School Cantell School is a secondary comprehensive school in the Bassett area of Southampton, England. The School has Specialist status for Mathematics and Information and Communication Technology, awarded in September 2003 and is thus now officially referred to as Cantell Mathematics and Computing College... , Southampton, Hampshire |
That's Entertainment | Tackling Drugs Together Award for Best Costume Design Southampton Council Award for Best Choreography Hampshire County Council Award for Best Drama Skills BT Award for Most Entertaining Performance |
Osborne Middle School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight | Staying Alive | Award for Best Set Design and Staging |
Alderman Quilley School Quilley School of Engineering Alderman Quilley, now called Quilley School of Engineering, is a secondary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. The school is a specialist Engineering College... , Eastleigh, Hampshire |
Our Beautiful Neighbourhood | Wella Award for Best Hair and Make Up Hampshire Constabulary Award for Best Stage Crew |
Redbridge Community School Redbridge Community School Redbridge Community School is a mixed comprehensive school in west Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England. The most recent Ofsted inspection was on 4 May 2007, when the inspectors report praised the school saying "Redbridge provides outstanding quality education. Whilst the school... , Southampton, Hampshire |
From Hatred to Hate | Night and Day Award for Best Concept Sony Award for Best Soundtrack |
Woodlands Community College Woodlands Community College Woodlands Community College is a mixed comprehensive school in east Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England. Woodlands Community College was officially opened as a Specialist school for Science and Engineering by MP David Miliband on 14 September 2004.The most recent Ofsted inspection was... , Southampton, Hampshire |
Life's Journey | Hampshire Police Authority Award for Best Lighting Design Performers' Performers Award |
1997 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull New Theatre, Hull
Wednesday March 19th
1st Place | Baysgarth School, Barton-Upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire | Title unknown |
2nd Place | Driffield School Driffield School Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:... , Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Title unknown |
3rd Place | Lindsey School, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire | Title unknown |
Awards:
Baysgarth School, Barton-Upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire | Title unknown | BT Award for Most Entertaining Performance |
Driffield School Driffield School Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:... , Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Title unknown | Night and Day Award for Best Concept Prince's Trust Award for Best Drama Skills |
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire | Title unknown | Foundation for Sports and the Arts Award for Best Choreography Encouragement Award |
Howden School Howden School Howden School can refer to one of 3 schools in the town of Howden.*Howden School and Technology College*Howden Junior School*Howden Church Of England Infant School... , Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Title unknown | Provident Finance Award for Best Hair and Make-up Tackling Drugs Together Award for Best Costume Design |
Lindsey School, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire | Title unknown | Award for Best Set Design and Staging |
South Hunsley School South Hunsley School South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England near the A63. In April 2010, the school became an Academy.-Overview:... , Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Title unknown | Award for Best Soundtrack Humberside Police Award for Best Stage Crew |
Withernsea High School, Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire | Title unknown | Lifestyle Award for Best Lighting Design Performers' Performers Award |
1997 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Friday April 11th
1st Place | Peers School Oxford Academy (United Kingdom) The Oxford Academy is a co-educational state secondary school in Littlemore, Oxford, England.Formerly Peers School, it was re-opened as an Academy in September 2008... , Oxford, Oxfordshire |
The Other Side of Life |
2nd Place | King Alfred's School East King Alfred's Community and Sports College King Alfred's is a secondary school in Wantage, Oxfordshire. It is named after King Alfred who was born in Wantage some time between 847 and 849AD.The school has approximately 140 teachers and 2000 students spread across three sites.... , Wantage, Oxfordshire |
The Party |
3rd Place | Matthew Arnold School Matthew Arnold School (Oxford) Matthew Arnold School is a comprehensive secondary coeducational school, for pupils aged 11 to 18, with specialist status in science and mathematics. It is located just west of Oxford near Cumnor Hill and Botley and is named after 19th century poet Matthew Arnold.The school contains around 1,300... , Oxford, Oxfordshire |
Space |
Awards:
King Alfred's School East King Alfred's Community and Sports College King Alfred's is a secondary school in Wantage, Oxfordshire. It is named after King Alfred who was born in Wantage some time between 847 and 849AD.The school has approximately 140 teachers and 2000 students spread across three sites.... , Wantage, Oxfordshire |
Example | Fox FM Award for Best Soundtrack Award for Best Lighting Design BT Award for Most Entertaining Performance |
King Alfred's School West King Alfred's Community and Sports College King Alfred's is a secondary school in Wantage, Oxfordshire. It is named after King Alfred who was born in Wantage some time between 847 and 849AD.The school has approximately 140 teachers and 2000 students spread across three sites.... , Wantage, Oxfordshire |
The Best of the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s | Encouragement Award Student Leadership Award Performers' Performers Award |
Matthew Arnold School Matthew Arnold School (Oxford) Matthew Arnold School is a comprehensive secondary coeducational school, for pupils aged 11 to 18, with specialist status in science and mathematics. It is located just west of Oxford near Cumnor Hill and Botley and is named after 19th century poet Matthew Arnold.The school contains around 1,300... , Oxford, Oxfordshire |
Space | Tackling Drugs Together Award for Best Costume Design Student Leadership Award |
Peers School Oxford Academy (United Kingdom) The Oxford Academy is a co-educational state secondary school in Littlemore, Oxford, England.Formerly Peers School, it was re-opened as an Academy in September 2008... , Oxford, Oxfordshire |
The Other Side of Life | Award for Best Hair and Make-up Night and Day Award for Best Concept Thames Valley Police Award for Best Stage Crew |
Sparkle Stage Set | Dancing in the Street | Oxford Safer Cities Award for Best Set Design and Staging Award for Best Choreography Award for Best Drama Skills |
1997 Be Your Best The Pulse Bradford Rock Challenge
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Monday April 14th
1st Place | The Ridings School The Ridings School The Ridings was a secondary school for ages 11–18 in Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, overseen by the Calderdale local authority. It was created in 1995 when two local secondary modern schools merged. The school is relatively small for its type; as of 2007 it had 537 students, of whom 28... , Halifax, West Yorkshire |
Bad Press |
2nd Place | Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire | Drugs and Rave |
3rd Place | Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Walls and Bridges |
Awards:
Buttershaw High School, Bradford, West Yorkshire | Peer Pressure | Provident Finance Award for Best Hair and Make-up Night and Day Award for Best Concept The Pulse of West Yorkshire Award for Best Soundtrack |
Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Walls and Bridges | Award for Best Set Design and Staging West Yorkshire Police Award for Best Drama Skills |
Queensbury School, Bradford, West Yorkshire | HIV and the Blood | Tackling Drugs Together Award for Best Costume Design Award for Best Lighting Design Encouragement Award |
The Ridings School The Ridings School The Ridings was a secondary school for ages 11–18 in Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, overseen by the Calderdale local authority. It was created in 1995 when two local secondary modern schools merged. The school is relatively small for its type; as of 2007 it had 537 students, of whom 28... , Halifax, West Yorkshire |
Bad Press | Award for Best Choreography Award for Best Stage Crew |
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire | Drugs and Rave | BT Award for Most Entertaining Performance Performers' Performers Award |
1997 Be Your Best The Pulse Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Tuesday April 15th
1st Place | Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Walls and Bridges |
2nd Place | Driffield School Driffield School Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:... , Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Title unknown |
3rd Place | South Hunsley School South Hunsley School South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England near the A63. In April 2010, the school became an Academy.-Overview:... , Melton, East Ridings of Yorkshire |
Title unknown |
Awards:
Baysgarth School, Barton-Upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire | Title unknown | Provident Financial Award for Best Hair and Make-up Prince's Trust Award for Best Lighting Design |
Driffield School Driffield School Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:... , Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Title unknown | Foundation for Sport and the Arts Award for Award for Best Choreography |
Lindsey School, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire | Title unknown | BT Award for Most Entertaining Performance Performers' Performers Award |
Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire | Walls and Bridges | West Yorkshire Police Award for Best Drama Skills |
The Ridings School The Ridings School The Ridings was a secondary school for ages 11–18 in Ovenden, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, overseen by the Calderdale local authority. It was created in 1995 when two local secondary modern schools merged. The school is relatively small for its type; as of 2007 it had 537 students, of whom 28... , Halifax, West Yorkshire |
Bad Press | Night and Day Award for Best Concept The Pulse of West Yorkshire Award for Best Soundtrack Lifestyle Award for Best Stage Crew |
South Hunsley School South Hunsley School South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England near the A63. In April 2010, the school became an Academy.-Overview:... , Melton, East Ridings of Yorkshire |
Title unknown | Tackling Drugs Together Award for Best Costume Design |
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire | Drugs and Rave | Best Set Design and Staging Encouragement Award |
1997 Be Your Best Get Real Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Thursday April 17th
1st Place
Ratton School, Eastbourne, East Sussex – Lady Heroin
2nd Place
Wavell School Team Two, Farnborough, Hampshire – Games Without Frontiers
3rd Place
King Richard School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - '
Also participated:
- Cantell Secondary SchoolCantell Secondary SchoolCantell School is a secondary comprehensive school in the Bassett area of Southampton, England. The School has Specialist status for Mathematics and Information and Communication Technology, awarded in September 2003 and is thus now officially referred to as Cantell Mathematics and Computing College...
, Southampton, Hampshire –
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
The City of Portsmouth Girls' School is a comprehensive school for girls from the ages of eleven to sixteen in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school achieved specialist Humanities College status in 2008...
, Portsmouth, Hampshire -
Hurstmere Foundation School
Hurstmere Foundation School, commonly referred to as Hurstmere School, is an all boys secondary academy, located on Hurst Road in Sidcup, a suburb of London, England. The school is an accredited Sports College and has also gained the second specialism of Science which also deems the school a...
, Sidcup, Kent -
Oxford Academy (United Kingdom)
The Oxford Academy is a co-educational state secondary school in Littlemore, Oxford, England.Formerly Peers School, it was re-opened as an Academy in September 2008...
, Oxford, Oxfordshire –
The Purbeck School
The Purbeck School is a mixed community TOE school in Wareham in the central southern area of Dorset, near the Isle of Purbeck.The organisation of schools in the Purbeck area is based on a comprehensive three-tier pyramid system. Children transfer at the age of 9 from fourteen First Schools to...
, Wareham, Dorset –
1998
1998 Get Real 2-Ten FM Be Your Best Basingstoke Rock ChallengeThe Anvil, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Tuesday March 2nd
1st Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire – Life - But not as we know it
2nd Place
Fort Hill Community School Team Two
Fort Hill community school
Fort Hill Community School is a secondary school located in Winklebury, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK.-Location:The school was built within the ramparts of an iron age hill fort, Winklebury Ring. Around the school perimeter some of the old ditch site still remains. It is thought that the Celts once...
, Basingstoke, Hampshire – The Dance Expresses Our Lives
3rd Place
The Hurst Community School, Baughurst, Hampshire - Earth Spirit
Also participated:
- Churchfield School, Swindon, Wiltshire –
Fort Hill community school
Fort Hill Community School is a secondary school located in Winklebury, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK.-Location:The school was built within the ramparts of an iron age hill fort, Winklebury Ring. Around the school perimeter some of the old ditch site still remains. It is thought that the Celts once...
, Basingstoke, Hampshire –
1998 Get Real Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday March 5th
1st Place
Wildern School Seniors, Hedge End, Hampshire – Treading the Fine Line
2nd Place
Osborne Middle School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight – Millennium Dance
3rd Place
Brune Park School
Brune Park Community College
Brune Park Community College is located on Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire. It is a secondary school and Arts College.-History:...
, Gosport, Hampshire
Also participated:
- Alderman Quilley SchoolQuilley School of EngineeringAlderman Quilley, now called Quilley School of Engineering, is a secondary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. The school is a specialist Engineering College...
, Eastleigh, Hampshire -
Ryde High School
Ryde Academy is a academy status secondary school, including sixth form, located in Ryde on the Isle of Wight, England, previously Ryde High School. A private school in the same town is known as Ryde School.-History:...
, Ryde, Isle of Wight -
1998 Get Real 2CR FM Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Friday March 6th
1st Place
Highcliffe School
Highcliffe School
Highcliffe School is a Foundation school for students aged 11–19 and a specialist Language College, situated in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.-Features:...
, Christchurch, Dorset – Africa
2nd Place
The Purbeck School
The Purbeck School
The Purbeck School is a mixed community TOE school in Wareham in the central southern area of Dorset, near the Isle of Purbeck.The organisation of schools in the Purbeck area is based on a comprehensive three-tier pyramid system. Children transfer at the age of 9 from fourteen First Schools to...
, Wareham, Dorset – Fatal Fashion
3rd Place
Carter School, Poole, Dorset – Choices
Also participated:
- Arnewood School, New Milton, Hampshire -
Lytchett Minster School
Lytchett Minster School is a comprehensive school, with about 1200 students and 50 teachers, from Poole, Dorset, England. It contains seven academic years: year 7 , year 8 , year 9 , year 10 and year 11...
, Poole, Dorset -
Oakmead College of Technology
Oakmead College of Technology is a mixed secondary school located in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth in southern England. There are approximately 1300 students between the ages of 11 and 18, a sixth form of about 150 students, and a nursery.- Oakmead :Oakmead College is divided into blocks A...
, Poole Dorset -
1998 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday March 9th
1st Place
The Hayling School, Hayling Island, Hampshire - Our Lives
2nd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire - 007 Girl Power
3rd Place
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
The City of Portsmouth Girls' School is a comprehensive school for girls from the ages of eleven to sixteen in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school achieved specialist Humanities College status in 2008...
, Portsmouth, Hampshire – Out of a Picture
1998 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday March 10th
1st Place
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire - Sisters Are Doin' It
2nd Place
Crookhorn School, Waterlooville, Hampshire - Wheel of Fortune
3rd Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire
1998 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull New Theatre, Hull
Tuesday March 17th
1st Place
Cottingham School
Cottingham High School
Cottingham High School is a large secondary school, situated in Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The school has been awarded specialist Arts College status, and has modern facilities for media arts, music, drama and dance...
, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire - It Ain't What You Do It's The Way That You Do It
2nd Place
Baysgarth School, Barton-Upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire - Good v Evil
3rd Place
Driffield School, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - Hope
1998 Be Your Best The Pulse Leeds Rock Challenge
Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Friday March 20th
1st Place
John Smeaton School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Junk
2nd Place
Sowerby Bridge School, Calderdale, West Yorkshire - Life - Is the Grass Greener?
3rd Place
Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Down but not out
1998 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Thursday March 26th
1st Place
Aylesbury High School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire – Women
2nd Place
Banbury School
Banbury School
Banbury School is a mixed, multi-heritage, fully comprehensive school with 1,650 students situated on Ruskin Road, in the Easington ward of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. The school is a specialist Humanities College....
, Banbury, Oxfordshire – Tess of the d'Urbervilles
3rd Place
The Misbourne School
Misbourne School
The Misbourne School is a co-educational secondary school in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1,225 pupils.- History :...
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire – And nothing but the truth
1998 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Friday March 27th
1st Place
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, often shortened to MHS or, more affectionately, Matty, was a comprehensive school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, with a Church of England tradition...
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire – All Things Are Connected
2nd Place
The Lindsey School
The Lindsey School
Cleethorpes Academy is a secondary school with academy status, based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. The school opened in September 2010, on the site previously occupied by the Lindsey School and Community Arts College...
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire – Arms Around the World
3rd Place
South Hunsley School
South Hunsley School
South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England near the A63. In April 2010, the school became an Academy.-Overview:...
, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire – Pollution on Planet Earth
1998 Be Your Best Brighton Rock Challenge
The Dome, Brighton
Friday March 27th
1st Place
Davison High School, Worthing, West Sussex - Tomorrow Never Knows
2nd Place
Ratton School
Ratton School
Ratton School is a comprehensive school in Eastbourne, East Sussex in England specialising in performing arts. It is known as the first best achieving school in eastbourne. There is an average of 12 students age 11–16 years ranging from different race and abilities. The school is over 5 years old...
, Eastbourne, East Sussex
3rd Place
St Thomas More School, West Grinstead, West Sussex
1998 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday March 31st
1st Place
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
The City of Portsmouth Girls' School is a comprehensive school for girls from the ages of eleven to sixteen in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school achieved specialist Humanities College status in 2008...
, Portsmouth, Hampshire – Out of a Picture
2nd Place
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire – Sisters Are Doin' It
3rd Place
Wildern School Seniors, Hedge End, Hampshire – Treading the Fine Line
1998 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
The Barbican Centre, York
Friday April 3rd
1st Place
Driffield School
Driffield School
Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:...
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire – Hope
2nd Place
The Lindsey School
The Lindsey School
Cleethorpes Academy is a secondary school with academy status, based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. The school opened in September 2010, on the site previously occupied by the Lindsey School and Community Arts College...
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire – Arms Around the World
3rd Place
Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Down but not out
1999
1999 Get Real Be Your Best Power FM Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day OnePortsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday February 1st
1st Place
Cowes High School
Cowes High School
Cowes Enterprise College is a state-maintained secondary school located on the outskirts of Cowes at Crossfield Avenue on the Isle of Wight, previously Cowes High School.-History:...
, Cowes, Isle of Wight
2nd Place
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire
3rd Place
Staunton Park Community School, Havant, Hampshire
1999 Get Real Be Your Best Power FM Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday February 2nd
1st Place
King Richard Secondary School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Smash the Camera
2nd Place
South Downs College
South Downs College
South Downs College is a further education college located in Waterlooville, to the north of Portsmouth, England.The College occupies a single site, purpose-built campus on Portsdown Hill, within the Borough of Havant....
, Waterlooville, Hampshire
3rd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire
1999 Get Real Be Your Best 2CRFM Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Wednesday February 3rd
1st Place
Corfe Hills School
Corfe Hills School
Corfe Hills School, is a purpose built secondary school in the urban fringe between Poole and Wimborne, located in Broadstone, Poole, England. In 2001, the school was given Technology College status. The school has over 1600 students and over 100 teaching staff...
, Poole, Dorset
2nd Place
Blandford School, Blandford Forum, Dorset
3rd Place
The Purbeck School
The Purbeck School
The Purbeck School is a mixed community TOE school in Wareham in the central southern area of Dorset, near the Isle of Purbeck.The organisation of schools in the Purbeck area is based on a comprehensive three-tier pyramid system. Children transfer at the age of 9 from fourteen First Schools to...
, Wareham, Dorset
1999 Be Your Best London Rock Challenge
Drury Lane Theatre, London
Sunday February 7th
1st Place
Peers Technology College, Oxford, Oxfordshire - The Lost Ones
Joint 2nd Place
The Misbourne School
Misbourne School
The Misbourne School is a co-educational secondary school in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1,225 pupils.- History :...
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
Joint 2nd Place
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School is an English language secondary school situated in the town of Crickhowell in the county of Powys, Wales.The School was purpose built to meet the needs of the growing community and opened as a new school in 1983...
, Crickhowell, Powys
1999 Be Your Best Reading Rock Challenge
The Hexagon, Reading, Berkshire
Monday February 8th
1st Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire
2nd Place
Frogmore Community College
Frogmore Community College
Frogmore Community College is a state secondary school based in Yateley, Hampshire, UK drawing attendeees from Yateley, nearby Blackwater, Darby Green and Sandhurst...
, Yateley, Hampshire
3rd Place
Fort Hill Community College Team Two
Fort Hill community school
Fort Hill Community School is a secondary school located in Winklebury, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK.-Location:The school was built within the ramparts of an iron age hill fort, Winklebury Ring. Around the school perimeter some of the old ditch site still remains. It is thought that the Celts once...
, Basingstoke, Hampshire
1999 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge Day One
The Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Tuesday February 9th
1st Place
The Misbourne School
Misbourne School
The Misbourne School is a co-educational secondary school in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1,225 pupils.- History :...
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire - UHF
2nd Place
Peers Technology College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
3rd Place
Stantonbury Campus
Stantonbury Campus
Stantonbury Campus is a secondary school located in Milton Keynes, England.It is the second largest secondary comprehensive school in the United Kingdom and in Europe with more than 2,900 school students aged 11–18 ....
, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
1999 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge Day Two
The Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Wednesday February 10th
1st Place
Sir William Ramsay School
Sir William Ramsay School
Sir William Ramsay School is a co-educational secondary school in Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire. It is takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 with a total of approximately 1,000 pupils attending. The school shares a common catchment area with the nearby Holmer Green Senior School...
, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
2nd Place
Headington School, Oxford, Oxfordshire
3rd Place
Lord Williams's School
Lord Williams's School
Lord Williams's School is a co-educational secondary school in Thame, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. It is a comprehensive school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18...
, Thame, Oxfordshire
1999 Get Real Be Your Best Power FM Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshrie
Thursday February 25th
1st Place
Osborne Middle School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
2nd Place
Wildern School Seniors, Hedge End, Hampshire
3rd Place
Cantell Secondary School
Cantell Secondary School
Cantell School is a secondary comprehensive school in the Bassett area of Southampton, England. The School has Specialist status for Mathematics and Information and Communication Technology, awarded in September 2003 and is thus now officially referred to as Cantell Mathematics and Computing College...
, Southampton, Hampshire - It's Just an Illusion
1999 Lifestyle Viking FM Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull City Hall, Hull
Monday March 1st
1st Place
Driffield School
Driffield School
Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:...
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
2nd Place
Cottingham High School
Cottingham High School
Cottingham High School is a large secondary school, situated in Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The school has been awarded specialist Arts College status, and has modern facilities for media arts, music, drama and dance...
, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
South Hunsley School
South Hunsley School
South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England near the A63. In April 2010, the school became an Academy.-Overview:...
, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire
1999 Lifestyle Viking FM Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Wednesday March 3rd
1st Place
Healing Comprehensive School
Healing School
Healing School A Science Academy is a co-educational, specialist academy school located on Low Road in the village of Healing, North East Lincolnshire, England.-Admissions:...
, Healing, North East Lincolnshire
2nd Place
Woldgate School
Woldgate College
Woldgate College is a school and sixth form college on Kilnwick Road in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The Headteacher is Mr. J. Bower.-History:...
, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
The Lindsey School
The Lindsey School
Cleethorpes Academy is a secondary school with academy status, based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. The school opened in September 2010, on the site previously occupied by the Lindsey School and Community Arts College...
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire
1999 On the Beat Galaxy 102 Be Your Best Manchester Rock Challenge
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday March 16th
1st Place
Astley St Mary's School, Astley, Manchester
2nd Place
George Tomlinson School, Kearsley, Bolton
3rd Place
Stainburn School
Stainburn School and Science College
Stainburn School and Science College, colloquially known as “Stainburn”, is a secondary school in Workington, Cumbria.The school is average in size compared with other secondary schools. An average proportion of pupils are known to be eligible for free school meals...
, Workington, Cumbria
1999 Be Your Best Downtown Radio Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Thursday March 18th
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School Belfast
2nd Place
Our Lady of Mercy School, Belfast
3rd Place
St Joseph's School, Belfast
1999 Be Your Best The Pulse Bradford Rock Challenge
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Monday March 22nd
1st Place
City of Leeds School
City of Leeds School
City of Leeds School is a mixed comprehensive school in Woodhouse.-School:The present building was opened to pupils in 1992, although the City of Leeds School has existed on a different site for over 100 years.-Facilities:...
, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire
3rd Place
Ralph Thoresby High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
1999 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Thursday March 24th
1st Place
South Hunsley School, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire
2nd Place
Woldgate School
Woldgate College
Woldgate College is a school and sixth form college on Kilnwick Road in Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The Headteacher is Mr. J. Bower.-History:...
, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
Driffield School
Driffield School
Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:...
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
1999 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Saturday March 26th
1st Place
Cantell Secondary School
Cantell Secondary School
Cantell School is a secondary comprehensive school in the Bassett area of Southampton, England. The School has Specialist status for Mathematics and Information and Communication Technology, awarded in September 2003 and is thus now officially referred to as Cantell Mathematics and Computing College...
, Southampton, Hampshire - It's Just An Illusion
2nd Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Smash the Camera
3rd Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast
2000
2000 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day OnePortsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday February 28th
1st Place
Cowes High School
Cowes High School
Cowes Enterprise College is a state-maintained secondary school located on the outskirts of Cowes at Crossfield Avenue on the Isle of Wight, previously Cowes High School.-History:...
, Cowes, Isle of Wight
2nd Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire
3rd Place
Crookhorn Community School, Waterlooville, Hampshire
2000 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday February 29th
1st Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire
2nd Place
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
The City of Portsmouth Girls' School is a comprehensive school for girls from the ages of eleven to sixteen in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school achieved specialist Humanities College status in 2008...
, Portsmouth, Hampshire
3rd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire
2000 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday March 2nd
1st Place
Brune Park Community School
Brune Park Community College
Brune Park Community College is located on Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire. It is a secondary school and Arts College.-History:...
, Gosport, Hampshire
2nd Place
Frogmore Community School
Frogmore Community College
Frogmore Community College is a state secondary school based in Yateley, Hampshire, UK drawing attendeees from Yateley, nearby Blackwater, Darby Green and Sandhurst...
, Yateley, Hampshire
3rd Place
Wildern School Juniors, Hedge End, Hampshire
2000 Be Your Best Eastbourne Rock Challenge
Eastbourne Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, East Sussex
Wednesday March 8th
1st Place
Ratton School
Ratton School
Ratton School is a comprehensive school in Eastbourne, East Sussex in England specialising in performing arts. It is known as the first best achieving school in eastbourne. There is an average of 12 students age 11–16 years ranging from different race and abilities. The school is over 5 years old...
, Eastbourne, East Sussex
2nd Place
Tideway School
Tideway School
Tideway School is a Specialist Technology College for children aged 11-16, located in Southdown Road, Newhaven, East Sussex. The Headteacher is Mr R Corbett.There are approximately 650 pupils on roll....
, Newhaven, East Sussex
3rd Place
Lindfield School, Eastbourne, East Sussex
2000 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Friday March 10th
1st Place
Lytchett Minster School
Lytchett Minster School
Lytchett Minster School is a comprehensive school, with about 1200 students and 50 teachers, from Poole, Dorset, England. It contains seven academic years: year 7 , year 8 , year 9 , year 10 and year 11...
, Poole, Dorset
2nd Place
Highcliffe School Team One
Highcliffe School
Highcliffe School is a Foundation school for students aged 11–19 and a specialist Language College, situated in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.-Features:...
, Christchurch, Dorset
3rd Place
Oakmead College of Technology
Oakmead College of Technology
Oakmead College of Technology is a mixed secondary school located in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth in southern England. There are approximately 1300 students between the ages of 11 and 18, a sixth form of about 150 students, and a nursery.- Oakmead :Oakmead College is divided into blocks A...
, Bournemouth, Dorset
2000 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Monday March 13th
1st Place
Peers Technology College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
2nd Place
Lord William's School, Thame, Oxfordshire
3rd Place
Sir William Ramsay School, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
2000 Be Your Best Basingstoke Rock Challenge
The Anvil, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Thursday March 16th
1st Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Hooray for Hollywood
2nd Place
Misbourne School
Misbourne School
The Misbourne School is a co-educational secondary school in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1,225 pupils.- History :...
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
3rd Place
St Sampson's School, St Sampson's, Guernsey
2000 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull New Theatre, Hull
Monday March 20th
1st Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
2nd Place
Cottingham High School
Cottingham High School
Cottingham High School is a large secondary school, situated in Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The school has been awarded specialist Arts College status, and has modern facilities for media arts, music, drama and dance...
, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
South Hunsley School
South Hunsley School
South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England near the A63. In April 2010, the school became an Academy.-Overview:...
, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire
2000 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Wednesday March 22nd
1st Place
Hereford School
Hereford technology school
Ormiston Maritime Academy is a secondary school with specialist school status as a Technology College...
, Westward Ho, North East Lincolnshire
2nd Place
Driffield School
Driffield School
Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:...
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, often shortened to MHS or, more affectionately, Matty, was a comprehensive school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, with a Church of England tradition...
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire
2000 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Monday March 27th
1st Place
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School is an English language secondary school situated in the town of Crickhowell in the county of Powys, Wales.The School was purpose built to meet the needs of the growing community and opened as a new school in 1983...
, Crickhowell, Powys - Actions Speak Louder
2nd Place
Brynmawr School
Brynmawr Foundation School
Brynmawr Foundation School is a secondary school in Brynmawr, Wales.-Academic Performance:In 2010, 64% of pupils entered achieved at least 5 grades A* to C at GCSE level. The school achieved a pass rate of 100% at A level with 88% of students passing with grades A to C....
, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale
3rd Place
The Misbourne School
Misbourne School
The Misbourne School is a co-educational secondary school in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1,225 pupils.- History :...
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
2000 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday March 29th
1st Place
Ralph Thoresby High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2nd Place
John Smeaton High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
3rd Place
St Michael's College, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2000 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day Two
St George's Theatre, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Thursday March 30th
1st Place
City of Leeds School
City of Leeds School
City of Leeds School is a mixed comprehensive school in Woodhouse.-School:The present building was opened to pupils in 1992, although the City of Leeds School has existed on a different site for over 100 years.-Facilities:...
, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
3rd Place
Stainburn School
Stainburn School and Science College
Stainburn School and Science College, colloquially known as “Stainburn”, is a secondary school in Workington, Cumbria.The school is average in size compared with other secondary schools. An average proportion of pupils are known to be eligible for free school meals...
, Workington, Cumbria
2000 Be Your Best Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Thursday April 13th
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast
2nd Place
Our Lady of Mercy High School, Belfast
3rd Place
Newbridge Integrated College, Banbridge, County Down
2000 Be Your Best Milton Keynes Rock Challenge
Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Wednesday May 3rd
1st Place
Stantonbury Campus
Stantonbury Campus
Stantonbury Campus is a secondary school located in Milton Keynes, England.It is the second largest secondary comprehensive school in the United Kingdom and in Europe with more than 2,900 school students aged 11–18 ....
, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
2nd Place
Aylesbury High School
Aylesbury High School
Aylesbury High School was founded in 1959, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, when the previously co-educational Aylesbury Grammar School became boys-only. The two schools remain on adjacent sites. The current headteacher is Alan Rosen....
, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
3rd Place
Lord William's School, Thame, Oxfordshire
2000 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast
2nd Place
Driffield School
Driffield School
Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:...
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
Ralph Thoresby High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2000 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
1st Place
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School is an English language secondary school situated in the town of Crickhowell in the county of Powys, Wales.The School was purpose built to meet the needs of the growing community and opened as a new school in 1983...
, Crickhowell, Powys - Actions Speak Louder
2nd Place
Stantonbury Campus
Stantonbury Campus
Stantonbury Campus is a secondary school located in Milton Keynes, England.It is the second largest secondary comprehensive school in the United Kingdom and in Europe with more than 2,900 school students aged 11–18 ....
, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
3rd Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Hooray for Hollywood
2001
2001 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock ChallengeBournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Monday February 26th
1st Place
Corfe Hills School
Corfe Hills School
Corfe Hills School, is a purpose built secondary school in the urban fringe between Poole and Wimborne, located in Broadstone, Poole, England. In 2001, the school was given Technology College status. The school has over 1600 students and over 100 teaching staff...
, Poole, Dorset - It's a Media World
2nd Place
Oakmead College of Technology
Oakmead College of Technology
Oakmead College of Technology is a mixed secondary school located in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth in southern England. There are approximately 1300 students between the ages of 11 and 18, a sixth form of about 150 students, and a nursery.- Oakmead :Oakmead College is divided into blocks A...
, Bournemouth, Dorset - Mission Impossible 3
3rd Place
The Blandford School, Blandford Forum, Dorset - Mystical Fantasy
2001 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day One
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday March 1st
1st Place
Cowes High School
Cowes High School
Cowes Enterprise College is a state-maintained secondary school located on the outskirts of Cowes at Crossfield Avenue on the Isle of Wight, previously Cowes High School.-History:...
, Cowes, Isle of Wight - From Rags to Riches
2nd Place
The Hamble School
Hamble Community Sports College
Hamble Community Sports College is a Secondary School in Hamble-le-Rice; the school offers education to children between 11-16. Hamble College SkillsCentre opened September 2010 and is offering courses including Construction, Engineering, Sports Science and Marine Engineering.Ian Knights retired at...
, Hamble, Hampshire - Disorder and Dance
3rd Place
St Anne's Convent School
St. Anne's Catholic School (Southampton)
St. Annes Catholic School is a secondary school in Southampton, England for girls. The school was previously known as Saint Anne's Convent School. The school is situated close to the city centre, and attracts pupils from all round the city...
, Southampton, Hampshire - Television Overload
2001 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Two
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday March 2nd
1st Place
Court Moor School
Court Moor School
Court Moor School is one of two secondary schools in the town of Fleet, in Hampshire for pupils aged 11–16. The school was awarded Science College status in 2004....
, Fleet, Hampshire - A Better Way - Look To The Future
2nd Place
Lycee 1er Francois, Le Havre, France - Angel?
3rd Place
Wildern School Juniors, Hedge End, Hampshire - Popcorn
2001 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day One
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Wednesday March 7th
1st Place
Stantonbury Campus
Stantonbury Campus
Stantonbury Campus is a secondary school located in Milton Keynes, England.It is the second largest secondary comprehensive school in the United Kingdom and in Europe with more than 2,900 school students aged 11–18 ....
, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire - Take the Bull by the Horns
2nd Place
Lord Grey School
Lord Grey School
The Lord Grey School is a comprehensive co-educational secondary school in West Bletchley, Milton Keynes. The school is a dual specialist Language College and Humanities College.-Ofsted report:...
, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire - Out of the Light
3rd Place
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School is an English language secondary school situated in the town of Crickhowell in the county of Powys, Wales.The School was purpose built to meet the needs of the growing community and opened as a new school in 1983...
, Crickhowell, Powys - Carpe Diem - Seize the Moment
2001 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day Two
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Thursday March 8th
1st Place
Lord William's School and Chinnor Autistic Unit, Thame, Oxfordshire - The Power of Compulsion
2nd Place
Abingdon College
Abingdon College
Abingdon College was a college in Abingdon, Illinois. It opened in 1853 and was consolidated with Eureka College in the 1880s.Abdingdon College was founded by P. H. Murphy and J. C. Reynolds, and opened on the first Monday of April in 1853. It received a charter from the state of Illinois in...
, Abingdon, Oxfordshire - Rehabilitation
3rd Place
Cooper School
Cooper School, Oxfordshire
The Cooper School is a 980 student, 11-16, mixed comprehensive school in the northern side of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England.-Student locations:...
, Bicester, Oxfordshire - Time Warp
2001 Be Your Best Hemel Hempstead Rock Challenge
Dacorum Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Wednesday March 14th
1st Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Dancing with the Missing
2nd Place
John F Kennedy School, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire - Take the Power Back
3rd Place
Longdean School
Longdean School
Longdean School is a academy in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. The academy has specialist status as a Maths and Computing College.-Grammar school:Originally called Apsley Grammar School, it began as a state grammar school in Hemel Hempstead...
, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire - Brave New World
2001 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday March 19th
1st Place
St Luke's School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Street Life
2nd Place
Priory School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Communication Through The Ages
3rd Place
King Richard School Team One, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Are You Scared Yet?
2001 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday March 20th
1st Place
King Richard School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Girlz In The Hood
2nd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire - Nightmare!
3rd Place
Osborne Middle School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight - Are You Sitting Comfortably?
2001 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Wednesday March 28th
1st Place
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, often shortened to MHS or, more affectionately, Matty, was a comprehensive school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, with a Church of England tradition...
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire - Elementary Balance
2nd Place
Healing Comprehensive School
Healing School
Healing School A Science Academy is a co-educational, specialist academy school located on Low Road in the village of Healing, North East Lincolnshire, England.-Admissions:...
, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire - Awakening
3rd Place
South Hunsley School
South Hunsley School
South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England near the A63. In April 2010, the school became an Academy.-Overview:...
, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire - Conquer Your Dark Side
2001 Lifestyle Be Your Best Bridlington Rock Challenge
The Spa, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Friday March 30th
1st Place
Driffield School
Driffield School
Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:...
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - A Native American Legend
2nd Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire - Best of British
3rd Place
Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - A Higher Level
2001 Be Your Best Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Wednesday April 4th
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - The Sky's the Limit
2nd Place
Larkin Community College, Dublin - Garden of Life
3rd Place
Belfast Model School
Belfast Model School for Girls
Belfast Model School for Girls is an all-girls ICT Specialist School located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Also Known as "G.M.S" . In 2006 the school was granted Specialist school status for ICT, one of only 12 schools in Northern Ireland to achieve this...
, Belfast - Walk of Life
2001 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Tuesday April 24th
1st Place
John Smeaton Community High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Parental Guidance
2nd Place
Copperfields College, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Descent
3rd Place
Earlsheaton Community High School, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire - The Disappeared
2001 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day Two
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday April 25th
1st Place
City of Leeds School
City of Leeds School
City of Leeds School is a mixed comprehensive school in Woodhouse.-School:The present building was opened to pupils in 1992, although the City of Leeds School has existed on a different site for over 100 years.-Facilities:...
, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Alpha-Omega
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - The Celebration of Creation
3rd Place
Hanson School
Hanson School
Hanson School is a comprehensive school in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:Hanson School is situated between Bolton and Five Lane Ends. It is situated in an ethnically-white part of Bradford.-Head teacher:...
, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Nightmare
2001 Be Your Best Carlisle Rock Challenge
The Sands Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria
Friday May 4th
1st Place
Stainburn School
Stainburn School and Science College
Stainburn School and Science College, colloquially known as “Stainburn”, is a secondary school in Workington, Cumbria.The school is average in size compared with other secondary schools. An average proportion of pupils are known to be eligible for free school meals...
, Workington, Cumbria - High Kicking
2nd Place
Peterhead Academy, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - U.S.A. OK/No Way!
3rd Place
Whitehaven School
Whitehaven School
Whitehaven School is a comprehensive co-educational county secondary school in Whitehaven, in west Cumbria, established in 1984. As of June 2010, its website describes it as "A Mathematics and Computing College"....
, Whitehaven, Cumbria - Silva
2001 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Wednesday May 9th
1st Place
Davison High School, Worthing, West Sussex - Outraged
2nd Place
Brynmawr School
Brynmawr Foundation School
Brynmawr Foundation School is a secondary school in Brynmawr, Wales.-Academic Performance:In 2010, 64% of pupils entered achieved at least 5 grades A* to C at GCSE level. The school achieved a pass rate of 100% at A level with 88% of students passing with grades A to C....
, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale - War
3rd Place
St Thomas More School, West Grinstead, West Sussex - Life in London
2001 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Region Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday May 21st
1st Place
King Richard School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Girlz In The Hood
2nd Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Dancing with the Missing
3rd Place
Davison High School, Worthing, West Sussex - Outraged
2001 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Region Grand Final
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Saturday May 26th
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - The Sky's the Limit
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - The Celebration of Creation
3rd Place
Driffield School
Driffield School
Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:...
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - A Native American Legend
2002
2002 Be Your Best Aberdeen Rock ChallengeAberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Wednesday February 13th
1st Place
Peterhead Academy, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - When The Boat Comes In
2nd Place
Westhill Academy
Westhill Academy
Westhill Academy is an Aberdeenshire Council secondary school in Westhill, near Aberdeen, Scotland, serving the Westhill, Elrick, Skene and Kingswells areas of Aberdeenshire. People who live in Skene and the country get a school bus before and after school...
, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Tribes
3rd Place
Mackie Academy
Mackie Academy
Mackie Academy is a secondary school in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. As of 2008, Mackie Academy currently has roughly 1300 pupils and 80 staff.-History:...
, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire - The Good, The Bad and the Sixties!
2002 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day One
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Wednesday February 27th
1st Place
Cowes High School
Cowes High School
Cowes Enterprise College is a state-maintained secondary school located on the outskirts of Cowes at Crossfield Avenue on the Isle of Wight, previously Cowes High School.-History:...
, Cowes, Isle of Wight - Elemental
2nd Place
Staunton Park Community School, Havant, Hampshire - Newsflash – Teenagers our of Control!
3rd Place
Solent Middle School, Cowes, Isle of Wight - Exhibiting the Future
2002 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Two
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday February 28th
1st Place
Ryde High School
Ryde High School
Ryde Academy is a academy status secondary school, including sixth form, located in Ryde on the Isle of Wight, England, previously Ryde High School. A private school in the same town is known as Ryde School.-History:...
, Ryde, Isle of Wight - Caped Fear
2nd Place
Highcliffe School Team Two
Highcliffe School
Highcliffe School is a Foundation school for students aged 11–19 and a specialist Language College, situated in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.-Features:...
, Christchurch, Dorset - Love and Rejection
3rd Place
Lycee Francois Premier, Le Havre, France - Nobody’s Perfect
2002 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Three
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday March 1st
1st Place
Regents Park Juniors
Regents Park Community College
Regents Park Community College is a Mixed Comprehensive School in West Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England. The most recent Ofsted inspection was on 19 September 2006 when the inspectors reported that "The school is an outstanding school. The students make outstanding progress and...
, Southampton, Hampshire - Around the World in 8 Minutes
2nd Place
Wildern School Seniors, Hedge End, Hampshire - Rodeo Rock
3rd Place
St Sampson’s Secondary School, St Sampson’s, Guernsey - Sweets Ain’t What They Seem To Be!
2002 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday March 5th
1st Place
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School is an English language secondary school situated in the town of Crickhowell in the county of Powys, Wales.The School was purpose built to meet the needs of the growing community and opened as a new school in 1983...
, Crickhowell, Powys - The Shape of Things To Come
2nd Place
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire - P.O.P (Product or People)
3rd Place
King Richard School Team One, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Corrida de Toros
2002 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Wednesday March 6th
1st Place
City of Portsmouth Girls’ School
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
The City of Portsmouth Girls' School is a comprehensive school for girls from the ages of eleven to sixteen in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school achieved specialist Humanities College status in 2008...
, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Cry Freedom
2nd Place
Frogmore Community College Team A
Frogmore Community College
Frogmore Community College is a state secondary school based in Yateley, Hampshire, UK drawing attendeees from Yateley, nearby Blackwater, Darby Green and Sandhurst...
, Yateley, Hampshire - Faces of Conflict
3rd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire - A Changing World
2002 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day One
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Thursday March 7th
1st Place
Cheney School
Cheney School
Cheney School is a secondary school located in Headington, Oxford, England.-Current:Cheney is currently one of the largest comprehensive schools in Oxford, serving the Headington and East Oxford area. It is the destination for students from numerous primary schools across the city...
, Oxford, Oxfordshire - Dreams or Nightmares
2nd Place
Headington School, Oxford, Oxfordshire - Human Cloning
3rd Place
Cranbourne School - The Rhythm Has My Soul
2002 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day Two
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Friday March 8th
1st Place
Sir William Ramsay School
Sir William Ramsay School
Sir William Ramsay School is a co-educational secondary school in Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire. It is takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 with a total of approximately 1,000 pupils attending. The school shares a common catchment area with the nearby Holmer Green Senior School...
, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire - The Outsider
2nd Place
Abingdon and Witney College
Abingdon and Witney College
Abingdon and Witney College is a further education college based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. It was formed in 2001 after the mergers of Abingdon College and West Oxfordshire College and offers teaching and training to young people, adults and businesses. It has campuses in Abingdon, Witney...
, Abingdon, Oxfordshire - Rouge
3rd Place
Brynmawr School
Brynmawr Foundation School
Brynmawr Foundation School is a secondary school in Brynmawr, Wales.-Academic Performance:In 2010, 64% of pupils entered achieved at least 5 grades A* to C at GCSE level. The school achieved a pass rate of 100% at A level with 88% of students passing with grades A to C....
, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale - ”The Drugs Don’t Work”
2002 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Buornemouth, Dorset
Monday March 11th
1st Place
Highcliffe Lower School
Highcliffe School
Highcliffe School is a Foundation school for students aged 11–19 and a specialist Language College, situated in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.-Features:...
, Christchurch, Dorset - Mind Games
2nd Place
Highcliffe Team A
Highcliffe School
Highcliffe School is a Foundation school for students aged 11–19 and a specialist Language College, situated in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.-Features:...
, Christchurch, Dorset - Always Remember
3rd Place
Rossmore Community College
Rossmore Community College
St Aldhelm's Academy is a 12–18 mixed specialist school with Sports College status serving the Rossmore, Parkstone, Newtown, Wallisdown and Alderney areas of Poole, United Kingdom...
, Poole, Dorset - Choice of Direction
2002 Be Your Best Crawley Rock Challenge
The Hawth Theatre, Crawley, West Sussex
Monday March 11th
1st Place
Davison High School, Worthing, West Sussex - Ad Extremum
2nd Place
Bognor Regis Community College
Bognor Regis Community College
The Regis School, previously called 'Bognor Regis Community College' is a secondary 11-18, mixed sex LEA comprehensive Community College, located in Bognor Regis, West Sussex...
, Bognor Regis, West Sussex - Hatch, Match and Despatch
3rd Place
Filsham Valley School, St Leonard’s-on-Sea, East Sussex - What’s Your Talent?
2002 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Thursday March 14th
1st Place
Frogmore Community College Team B
Frogmore Community College
Frogmore Community College is a state secondary school based in Yateley, Hampshire, UK drawing attendeees from Yateley, nearby Blackwater, Darby Green and Sandhurst...
, Yateley, Hampshire - Hand of Hope
2nd Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Destiny
3rd Place
The Misbourne School
Misbourne School
The Misbourne School is a co-educational secondary school in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1,225 pupils.- History :...
, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire - O’mnis Saga
2002 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Tuesday March 19th
1st Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Antony and Cleopatra
2nd Place
Buttershaw High School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - The Same World - But A World Apart
3rd Place
Hanson School
Hanson School
Hanson School is a comprehensive school in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:Hanson School is situated between Bolton and Five Lane Ends. It is situated in an ethnically-white part of Bradford.-Head teacher:...
, Bradford, West Yorkshire - One Vision
2002 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day Two
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday March 20th
1st Place
South Leeds Art College, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Dreams
2nd Place
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, often shortened to MHS or, more affectionately, Matty, was a comprehensive school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, with a Church of England tradition...
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire - Don't Stop the Carnival
3rd Place
St Joseph's RC College, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Take a Trip
2002 Lifestyle Be Your Best Bridlington Rock Challenge
The Spa, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Friday April 12th
1st Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire - Perseverance Pays
2nd Place
Driffield School
Driffield School
Driffield School is a coeducational comprehensive school situated on Manorfield Road near the B1249, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:...
, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - The Fire of London
3rd Place
South Hunsley School
South Hunsley School
South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England near the A63. In April 2010, the school became an Academy.-Overview:...
, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire - The Chinese Years
2002 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Monday April 15th
1st Place
Healing Comprehensive, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire - A Higher State of Innocence
2nd Place
Hereford Technology School
Hereford technology school
Ormiston Maritime Academy is a secondary school with specialist school status as a Technology College...
, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire - Celebrate South Africa
3rd Place
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone School
Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, often shortened to MHS or, more affectionately, Matty, was a comprehensive school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, with a Church of England tradition...
, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire - Don't Stop the Carnival
2002 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull Ice Arena, Hull
Wednesday April 17th
1st Place
Archbishop Thurstan School, Hull - Just Be Yourself
2nd Place
Andrew Marvell School, Hull - The Time Machine
3rd Place
St Mary's College, Hull - A Woman's World
2002 Be Your Best Hemel Hempstead Rock Challenge
Dacorum Theatre, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Thursday April 25th
1st Place
Kings Langley School
Kings Langley School
Kings Langley School is a comprehensive secondary school in the village of Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.The school caters for pupils aged 11 to 18...
, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire - Know Your Limits
2nd Place
Vandyke Upper School
Vandyke Upper School
Vandyke Upper School and Community College is an Upper School and Sixth Form college in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. There are currently 1,287 students attending compulsory education at Vandyke, with a further 261 students making up the 6th form....
, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire - Through the Eyes of a Child
3rd Place
Aylesbury High School
Aylesbury High School
Aylesbury High School was founded in 1959, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, when the previously co-educational Aylesbury Grammar School became boys-only. The two schools remain on adjacent sites. The current headteacher is Alan Rosen....
, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire - Under Pressure
2002 Be Your Best Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Monday April 29th
1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - There's Only One You
2nd Place
Ballee Community High School, Ballymena, County Antrim - Get Connected
3rd Place
Holy Trinity College, Cookstown, County Tyrone - Oblivion Interrupted
2002 Be Your Best Carlisle Rock Challenge
The Sands Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria
Friday May 3rd
1st Place
Stainburn School
Stainburn School and Science College
Stainburn School and Science College, colloquially known as “Stainburn”, is a secondary school in Workington, Cumbria.The school is average in size compared with other secondary schools. An average proportion of pupils are known to be eligible for free school meals...
, Workington, Cumbria - The Power Within
2nd Place
Rhyddings High School, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire - Herstory
3rd Place
Cockermouth School, Cockermouth, Cumbria - Looking for a Way Out
2002 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Region Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Friday May 17th
1st Place
Ryde High School
Ryde High School
Ryde Academy is a academy status secondary school, including sixth form, located in Ryde on the Isle of Wight, England, previously Ryde High School. A private school in the same town is known as Ryde School.-History:...
, Ryde, Isle of Wight - Caped Fear
2nd Place
Sir William Ramsay School
Sir William Ramsay School
Sir William Ramsay School is a co-educational secondary school in Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire. It is takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 with a total of approximately 1,000 pupils attending. The school shares a common catchment area with the nearby Holmer Green Senior School...
, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire - The Outsider
3rd Place
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
City of Portsmouth Girls' School
The City of Portsmouth Girls' School is a comprehensive school for girls from the ages of eleven to sixteen in Portsmouth, Hampshire. The school achieved specialist Humanities College status in 2008...
, Portsmouth, Hampshire - Cry Freedom
2002 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Region Grand Final
Barbican Centre, York
Friday May 17th
1st Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Antony and Cleopatra
2nd Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire - Perseverance Pays
3rd Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - There's Only One You
2003
2003 Be Your Best Aberdeen Rock ChallengeAberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Thursday February 13th
1st Place
Torry Academy, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - Choose Life
2nd Place
Peterhead Academy, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - G.M.
3rd Place
Oldmachar Academy
Oldmachar Academy
Oldmachar Academy is situated to the north of the city of Aberdeen in an area of private housing. It is a six-year comprehensive, non-denominational school which opened to pupils in August 1982...
, Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire - Sounds Like Teen Spirit
2003 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Monday March 3rd
1st Place
Lytchett Minster School
Lytchett Minster School
Lytchett Minster School is a comprehensive school, with about 1200 students and 50 teachers, from Poole, Dorset, England. It contains seven academic years: year 7 , year 8 , year 9 , year 10 and year 11...
, Poole, Dorset - To the Land of Milk and Honey
2nd Place
Highcliffe School D.C.
Highcliffe School
Highcliffe School is a Foundation school for students aged 11–19 and a specialist Language College, situated in Highcliffe-on-Sea in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England.-Features:...
, Christchurch, Dorset - Yomigaeru
3rd Place
Oakmead College of Technology
Oakmead College of Technology
Oakmead College of Technology is a mixed secondary school located in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth in southern England. There are approximately 1300 students between the ages of 11 and 18, a sixth form of about 150 students, and a nursery.- Oakmead :Oakmead College is divided into blocks A...
, Bournemouth, Dorset - Into the World of Temptation
2003 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day One
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Wednesday March 5th
1st Place
Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh, Hampshire - Freedom of Expression
2nd Place
Lycee Francois Premier, Le Havre, France - The One Who Stole the Light
3rd Place
St Vincent College
St Vincent College
St Vincent College is a small co-educational sixth form college located in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The majority of students come from the surrounding towns including Gosport, Fareham, Stubbington and Winchester. The nearby Gosport Ferry link with Portsmouth also allows students from that city...
, Gosport, Hampshire - Adverts Reaction
2003 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Two
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday March 6th
1st Place
Hamble School
Hamble Community Sports College
Hamble Community Sports College is a Secondary School in Hamble-le-Rice; the school offers education to children between 11-16. Hamble College SkillsCentre opened September 2010 and is offering courses including Construction, Engineering, Sports Science and Marine Engineering.Ian Knights retired at...
, Hamble, Hampshire - Image
2nd Place
Richard Aldworth School, Basingstoke, Hampshire - Overcoming the Barricades
3rd Place
Brune Park Community College
Brune Park Community College
Brune Park Community College is located on Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire. It is a secondary school and Arts College.-History:...
, Gosport, Hampshire - Unity Through Music
2003 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Three
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday March 7th
1st Place
Cantell School, Southampton, Hampshire - On the Eighth Day
2nd Place
Cowes High School
Cowes High School
Cowes Enterprise College is a state-maintained secondary school located on the outskirts of Cowes at Crossfield Avenue on the Isle of Wight, previously Cowes High School.-History:...
, Cowes, Isle of Wight - Re-Volution
3rd Place
Regents Park School Juniors
Regents Park Community College
Regents Park Community College is a Mixed Comprehensive School in West Southampton, Hampshire, in the south of England. The most recent Ofsted inspection was on 19 September 2006 when the inspectors reported that "The school is an outstanding school. The students make outstanding progress and...
, Southampton, Hampshire - The Power of Imagination
2003 Be Your Best Crawley Rock Challenge Day One
The Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex
Monday March 10th
1st Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - Legacy
2nd Place
Davison High School for Girls, Worthing, West Sussex - 8 Percent!
3rd Place
Bognor Regis Community College
Bognor Regis Community College
The Regis School, previously called 'Bognor Regis Community College' is a secondary 11-18, mixed sex LEA comprehensive Community College, located in Bognor Regis, West Sussex...
, Bognor Regis, West Sussex - Legends
2003 Be Your Best Crawley Rock Challenge Day Two
The Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex
Tuesday March 11th
1st Place
Tideway School
Tideway School
Tideway School is a Specialist Technology College for children aged 11-16, located in Southdown Road, Newhaven, East Sussex. The Headteacher is Mr R Corbett.There are approximately 650 pupils on roll....
, Newhaven, East Sussex - Splish Splash
2nd Place
Bexhill High School, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex - Unknown Destiny
3rd Place
Filsham Valley School, St Leonard's-on-Sea, East Sussex - Where 2 Now?
2003 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Thursday March 13th
1st Place
Frogmore Community College
Frogmore Community College
Frogmore Community College is a state secondary school based in Yateley, Hampshire, UK drawing attendeees from Yateley, nearby Blackwater, Darby Green and Sandhurst...
, Yateley, Hampshire - Life's a Circus
2nd Place
Brynmawr School
Brynmawr Foundation School
Brynmawr Foundation School is a secondary school in Brynmawr, Wales.-Academic Performance:In 2010, 64% of pupils entered achieved at least 5 grades A* to C at GCSE level. The school achieved a pass rate of 100% at A level with 88% of students passing with grades A to C....
, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale - War With No Winners
3rd Place
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School
Crickhowell High School is an English language secondary school situated in the town of Crickhowell in the county of Powys, Wales.The School was purpose built to meet the needs of the growing community and opened as a new school in 1983...
, Crickhowell, Powys - Every Picture Tells a Story
2003 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday March 19th
1st Place
South Leeds Arts College, Leeds, West Yorkshire - Elements of Power
2nd Place
Buttershaw High School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - Enigma
3rd Place
Earlsheaton High School, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire - Street Harmony