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Ovid for All North
The Ovid for All competition is run by Classics for All and was developed from an initiative set up by the Cambridge Schools Classics Project (CSCP). CSCP run their own Ovid competition online which is open to all UK schools, but they have endorsed our Ovid for All competition which is currently run through our regional networks in Bristol, Birmingham and CfA North and aimed primarily at non specialist Classics teachers.
Based on oral retellings of classical mythologies found in Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the aim of the competition is to get students excited about storytelling and to give them access to the ancient world and these wonderful stories which have survived millennia.
The stories in Tales of Change are intended to promote literacy skills at KS3 by utilising the power of stories and oral storytelling.
OVID FOR ALL NORTH competition runs in the autumn term every year and is open to Year 7 and Year 8 students. The work can be done as part of your curriculum time (usually via English Departments) or as part of an extra curricular club.
Schools judge the initial round and then submit up to 10 shortlisted entries to Classics for All North by 12th December 2025. An online prizegiving will take place in late January 2026. There will be regional prizes for students and an overall winners school prize of £200.
To enter the competition for 2025-26 schools must sign up by Friday 19th September 2025 here
https://forms.office.com/e/eQuCiPSwrB
To find out more about the competitions run by our Networks in Birmingham and Bristol, or to find out about the national competition run by CSCP, see the "Ovid in other areas" tab below.