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The UKMT Autumn Checklist for Parents and School Maths Departments: Who Does What, and By When (2026-27)
Centre registration, paper orders and discretionary BMO entries are school actions, not student ones. A term checklist of who owns each step, and by when. Read article
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What a UKMT Result Actually Evidences on a University Application: A Line-by-Line Mapping
Milestone by milestone: what each UKMT result honestly evidences, where on the application form it belongs, and what it cannot do. Plus a dated recording checklist. Read article
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Which BMO Past Paper Should You Sit Today? A Stage-Matched Practice Ladder
Six rungs, one promotion test each. A stage-matched table telling you which paper to open, how long to give it, and when you have earned the next rung. Read article
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The BMO1 Readiness Self-Audit: Score Yourself Out of 40 and Fix the Right Thing First
Five dimensions, eight marks each, one honest number out of 40. Score yourself, read your band, and fix the single thing holding your BMO1 attempt back. Read article
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The Problem You Cannot Solve: A Protocol for Reading Olympiad Solutions Without Wasting Them
Reading a solution is the highest-leverage twenty minutes in olympiad training and the most commonly wasted. A five-level hint ladder, a re-solve test and a spacing schedule. Read article
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Year 12 or Year 13? Choosing Which Year to Make Your Real BMO1 Attempt
BMO1 falls on 18 November 2026, after several application deadlines have closed. Why the Year 12 sitting usually carries more weight than the Year 13 one, and how to plan both. Read article
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What Your IB HL, A-Level or AP Maths Course Does Not Teach You Before BMO1 (2026-27)
Top grades in IB HL, A-Level Further Maths or AP Calculus do not transfer straight to BMO1. A map of what carries over, what does not, and what no school course teaches. Read article
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Writing BMO Proofs in English: A Phrasebook and Style Guide for Second-Language Candidates
British markers read what you wrote, not what you meant. The connectives, notation conventions and rewriting habits that make an olympiad script legible in English. Read article
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The SMC Is the Real Gatekeeper: Raising Your Senior Challenge Score Before 7 October 2026
The Senior Mathematical Challenge sits on 7 October 2026 and decides who is entered for BMO1. The mark scheme, the new 000-999 questions and a nine-week plan. Read article
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BMO Algebra Decoded: Inequalities, Functional Equations and Polynomials (2026-27)
The fourth BMO problem area almost nobody drills: how to recognise, attack and actually finish inequality, functional equation and polynomial questions on Round 1. Read article