National Primary Schools' Chess Championships
2025 Competition
2025 National Primary Schools Chess Championship – Finals Results
The NPSCC Finals were held at Westminster School on 28–29 June 2025. After two days of exciting and high-quality chess, we are delighted to announce the results:
Under 11 Section – Final Standings:
Full U11 results
1st St Paul’s Juniors 2025 NPSCC Under 11 Champions Team photo
2nd King's College School
3rd The Pointer School
4th Westminster Under School
Under 9 Section – Final Standings:
Full U9 results
1st – Westminster Under School 2025 NPSCC Under 9 Champions Team photo
2nd Hereward House School
3rd St. Paul's Juniors
4th Hallfield School
Semi-Finals
This year’s competition saw 249 teams from 135 schools take part across five Semi-Finals.
11 May – Belmont, Mill Hill Prep School
18 May – Mill Hill School
8 June – Nottingham High School
8 June – King’s College School, Wimbledon
15 June - Haberdashers’ Girls’ School, Elstree
Angela Eyton
EPSCA National Schools Controller 2025
Getting ready to play! The magnificent venue for the Grand Final, 2023. More photos here.
2023 Final
Congratulations to our 2023 champion schools: Westminster Under (Under 11) and Kings College (Under 9). Thanks to Mike Forster for these photos of the final.
| Under 11 Final | |
| Westminster Under | 29.5 |
| Dulwich Prep. | 24 |
| Highgate | 19.5 |
| Hallfield | 19.5 |
| University College S | 17.5 |
| The Hall | 13.5 |
| RGS Newcastle | 11 |
| St Martins | 5.5 |
| Under 9 Final | |
| Kings College | 27 |
| The Pointer School | 22.5 |
| City Juniors | 21 |
| Eltham College | 21 |
| The Hall | 14 |
| Hereward House | 14 |
| Hallfield | 14 |
| The Beacon | 6.5 |
Details
This successful competition started in 1969. It is open to all schools in England, Scotland and Wales. Although the aim is to find the strongest chess-playing schools in the Country, it is intended to be an interesting challenge to schools of any chess-playing ability. The format can vary from year to year, so the following is just to give an idea of how it works.
Teams: 5 players – plus 1 reserve
Under 11 (Year 6 & below)
Under 9 (Year 4 & below)
Stage 1: Zones
Local events where a number of schools send teams and try to qualify for the semi-finals. Usually held in January, February and March.
Stage 2: Semi-Finals:
Teams qualifying from the zones play in semi-finals, usually in May and June.
Stage 3: National Finals:
Usually a two-day event held in July