Independent study is an important skill for all students. If your school is in the Birmingham City Council area, your students can take part in a free Educake competition to encourage and reward practice outside the classroom.
Important: if you are not an existing Educake customer please get in touch for free access for the duration of the competition. Email support@educake.co.uk with your school name and mention ‘Birmingham competition’.
When? From 9th November until midnight 6th December 2026.
Who can enter? Any student at a school that subscribes or is trialling Educake for any subject.
How do students participate? All students need to do is answer at least 10 independent revision questions in Study and Quiz Yourself or Revision Wizard areas of Educake. With 4 weeks to enter, each week give them 1 entry to the competition, with a maximum of 4 entries.
How do they win? With 4 weeks to enter, each week give them 1 entry to the competition, with a maximum of 4 entries. Winners will then be chosen at random.
What could they win?
- Gold prize: the first prize draw winner will receive a Lenovo Chromebook.
- Silver prize: the second prize draw winner will receive an Amazon Fire HD tablet.
- Bronze prize: the third prize draw winner will receive Sony WH-CH520 Wireless Headphones
Each winning school will also win a bag of Educake goodies for their class!
To share this information with your school, we’ve prepared a ready-to-use presentation: Birmingham competition information
Independent Study Poster: Click here to download
Here’s a video that explains how you can use Educake to set your own questions. Remember, teacher-assigned questions don’t count for this competition.
Best of luck!