I am delighted to share the winners of the CyberFirst Girls Competition in Wales have been announced, and I am incredibly proud to confirm that our learners placed 4th overall in Wales, securing a position within the top ten schools nationally. This is a fantastic achievement and a real testament to the dedication, resilience, and teamwork shown by all learners involved.
28 Year 8 learners, working in teams of four, competed against schools across Wales in a series of demanding computational thinking challenges. These tasks spanned a wide range of cyber security concepts, including cryptography, logic, artificial intelligence, and networking, all for the chance to be crowned cyber security champions.
As a collective, the learners completed challenges worth between 5 and 200 points, depending on difficulty, achieving an impressive overall score of over 10,000, over 3000 more than last year, that placed them 4th in Wales, showing a massive step up in the competition this year. This score and result reflects the outstanding effort, problem-solving skills, and commitment shown by every participant, not just those at the top of the leaderboard.
As recognition of this success, the four learners who achieved the highest scores will be invited to attend a further celebration day at Celtic Manor, where they will meet cyber professionals and attend an evening Gala Awards event, including a three-course meal and formal celebration evening.
In addition, our learners have been invited to attend a celebratory event hosted by CyberFirst Wales at ICC Wales, Newport, on 23rd March 2026, which will include:
- A live final challenge
- Attendance at the Women in Cyber Conference, where learners will hear inspiring talks and meet female role models working within the cyber industry
- A celebration buffet and party
- A certificate-awarding ceremony
Further details will follow at the start of 2026. For now, we wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate the amazing work of all learners by having a celebration and award celebration, which was a great success. Thank you to Mr Jones and Mr Rae for attending and presenting the awards.
