The UK Rock Challenge was the British arm of the Global Rock Challenge. The Rock Challenge was an anti-drug and crime-prevention that took the form of a friendly performing arts competition for schools and colleges. Originating in Australia in the 1980s, it reached UK shores due to Inspector Mark Pontin of the Hampshire Constabulary seeing it in 1995 and being so impressed that he persuaded the Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary to form a joint venture with Tony Barron, Chairman of Hampshire Education Committee and Peter Coles the Chief Executive, Together they introduced it into their area of the UK and found joint funding to do so. The first UK event took place in Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth in 1996 involving 11 schools and around 750 young people. Since then, Rock Challenge has expanded into many areas across the UK. In 2016 there were 49 days of events. The event stopped abruptly in 2019, with plans for its return stopped also.

The Event

The premise of the Rock Challenge is that each school puts together an 8-minute dance and drama production on a theme of their choice set to a soundtrack of commercially available music. Over the course of months/weeks schools create their production and finally bring it to an event day held at a professional venue where they spend the day rehearsing and preparing for an evening show where parents, peers, community members, and invited guests attend. During the evening, a panel of judges give verbal feedback on each performance and also score each piece based on strict criteria. Performances are judged on: Performance Judge Marks: * Choreography (out of 10) * Performance Skill (out of 10) * Soundtrack (out of 10) Production Judge Marks: * Hair and Make-up (out of 10) * Costume (out of 10) * Lighting (out of 10) Drama and Design Judge Marks: * Drama (out of 10) * Set Design and Function (out of 10) * Concept (out of 10) Each judge also gives the performance a mark for 'Overall Impact' out of 5. At the end of the evening, a prize ceremony is held where a number of awards are presented along with the announcement of the top-scoring schools.

The Rock Challenge message

The core message of the Be Your Best Rock Challenge is to show young people how they can achieve a 'natural high' on life rather than with the use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco - the concept is that through participation in the event at a professional venue with a professional production and technical crew, the students are helped in the belief that they can achieve a high on life rather than relying on substances. This is emphasised during the event where everyone is warned that if anyone is caught smoking, taking drugs or drinking alcohol the individual/s concerned will be asked to leave and their team will be deducted two overall ranking places (making it impossible for them to win or go further in the competition). Participation in the Rock Challenge has shown to have many positive effects on participants, schools, and communities, including:Murphy, S., Salmon, D., Orme, J., Jones, M. and Kimberlee, R. (2004) The Rock Challenge: An evaluation of a drug prevention and performing arts programme. External Report. * Self-esteem * Teamwork skills * Anti-social behaviour * Truancy rates * Curriculum links * Teacher-student relations * School-community relations

Concept, history and Australian origins

Rock Challenge has been running in the UK since 1996 (see above) and has been running as the

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in Australia since 1980 (see History in

page) and has reached out across the world to

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(Stage Challenge),

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(Rock Challenge Japan),

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(ARA Be Your Best Rock Challenge) and

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(set up by the British Be Your Best Rock Challenge). Rock Challenge also had a short and small stay in the US, but there has been no known activity since the confirmation of two events for 2004. Just like in the UK, since its inception in

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the events have grown in popularity, so much that the National Finals are shown on the

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over a period of weeks on a Saturday Morning (after being previously recorded live). This television coverage has been happening since the early 1990s, but since the UK launch in 1996 it still does not have any major media coverage there. The most famous participant of Rock Challenge in the UK was the actress Emma Watson from the Harry Potter franchise. She participated twice, once in 2006 and once as the Rock Challenge leader in 2007 with her school in Oxford.

Competition format

Rock Challenge is split into 2 age brackets: J Rock J Rock started in the UK in 2005 for participants aged 7–11. Many J Rock events are not full competitions based on the desires of the local schools and sponsors. Rock Challenge Rock Challenge is for participants aged 11–18. As of 2004, Rock Challenge has been split into 2 competition divisions; the Open and the Premier divisions: In the 'Open' Division: * Open Division schools take part in heats across the country. Schools that win their heat (plus many that place 2nd) progress to the Regional Open Grand Final (North or South depending on the heat location). * Due to the increasing number of teams entering, there are 2 Open Grand Finals ('A' and 'B') for each region. * In most cases each Open Grand Final winner (and one of the schools that places second) is promoted to the Premier Division for the following year (if one of the Premier Division schools chooses not to participate in any given year, their Premier Final space may be awarded to the other school that places 2nd at the Open Grand Final or possibly the school that placed 3rd behind the 2nd place promoted school). * Throughout the heats and finals, schools also compete for awards which merit the teams' performances in certain aspects of the piece - these range from hair and make up to video performance. In the 'Premier' Division: * In each region there are 12 Premier Division schools in any given year. * In the majority of cases, Premier schools are required to showcase their performance before competing at the Regional Premier Grand Final. * Premier schools compete against each other in the region's Premier Grand Final where they will compete for ranking places and awards (as per the Open Division). * To remain in the Premier Division, schools are required to place in the top nine at the Regional Final, which, added together with the winners and runners-up from the Open Grand Finals, gives you the Premier Schools for the following year. From 2007, National Awards have also been awarded, judged nationally by a panel of judges new and independent from those at the live events, announcing each division's top schools for each criterion. Scottish Grand Final As of 2012, schools participating in Scottish events will compete at heats for a place in the Scottish Grand Final held in Dundee. Should a school win the Scottish Grand Final two years in succession they will be given the option of competing in the Northern Region Premier Division for the following year. Should a school win the Scottish Grand Final three years in succession they will be automatically moved into the Northern Region Premier Grand Final for the following year. National Grand Final In 2009 the UK's first National Grand Final was held at the Sheffield Arena. This consisted of the top 5 schools from each Premier Final along with the top scoring first place from the Open finals (one from the North and one from the South) giving twelve schools: Sandown High School from Sandown, Isle of Wight won this event with their performance 'Cursed' after winning their Open Grand Final. In 2012 the second UK Rock Challenge National Grand Final was held at the Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes: Kings Langley School, Hertfordshire won this event with their performance entitled 'Swift as a shadow short as any dream.'.

Events and venues

Since 1996, the Tour has been to many venues around the country and as Rock Challenge has become larger, so have the venues. Even just in the first year it grew from one night and one event to 8 venues and 11 nights. With the planned National Grand Final, it would bring the biggest ever venue ever used by the Rock Challenge team in the UK, The

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with a capacity up to 12,500 seated (downgraded to 4000 seats for Final). As of 2012 the events will have taken place in the following towns/cities across the UK: • Aberdeen • Arbroath • Basingstoke • Belfast • Bournemouth • Bradford • Brighton • Carlisle • Crawley • Croydon • Derby • Dundee • Eastbourne • Grantham • Grimsby • Hackney • Hemel Hempstead • Hull • Inverness • Leeds • Lincoln • London (central) • Manchester • Margate • Milton Keynes • North Finchley • Portsmouth • Reading • Rotherham • Sheffield • Skegness • Southampton • St Albans • Stevenage • York

Results

Since its inception in 1996, many UK Rock Challenge events have taken place up and down the nation; below is a full chronological list of results (announced places) from the first event to the present day:

1996

1996 Be Your Best Rock Challenge
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire Awards:

1997

1997 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge

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Wednesday, 26 February Awards: 1997 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday, 4 March
Awards: 1997 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Thursday, 5 March Awards: 1997 Get Real 2CR FM Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Friday, 7 March
Awards: 1997 Get Real 2-Ten FM Be Your Best Basingstoke Rock Challenge
The Anvil Theatre, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Wednesday, 12 March
Awards: 1997 Get Real Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday, 14 March

Awards: 1997 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull New Theatre, Hull
Wednesday, 19 March

Awards: 1997 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Friday, 11 April
Awards: 1997 Be Your Best The Pulse Bradford Rock Challenge
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Monday, 14 April
Awards: 1997 Be Your Best The Pulse Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Tuesday, 15 April

Awards: 1997 Be Your Best Get Real Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Thursday, 17 April

Awards:

1998

1998 Get Real 2-Ten FM Be Your Best Basingstoke Rock Challenge
The Anvil, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Tuesday, 2 March

Awards: 1998 Get Real Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday, 5 March

Awards: 1998 Get Real 2CR FM Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Friday, 6 March

Awards: 1998 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday, 9 March

Awards: 1998 Get Real Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday, 10 March

Awards: 1998 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull New Theatre, Hull
Tuesday, 17 March

Awards: 1998 Be Your Best The Pulse Leeds Rock Challenge
Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Friday, 20 March

Awards: 1998 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Tuesday, 24 March

Awards: 1998 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Thursday, 26 March

Awards: 1998 Be Your Best Brighton Rock Challenge
The Dome, Brighton
Friday, 27 March

Awards: 1998 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday, 31 March

Awards: 1998 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Tuesday, 24 March

Awards:

1999

1999 Get Real Be Your Best Power FM Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday 1 February 1st Place

Cowes High School Cowes Enterprise College, previously known as Cowes High School, is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status located on the outskirts of Cowes at Crossfield Avenue on the Isle of Wight, England. History As Cowes Hi ...

, Cowes, Isle of Wight
2nd Place
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire
3rd Place
Staunton Park Community School, Havant, Hampshire 1999 Get Real Be Your Best Power FM Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday 2 February 1st Place
King Richard Secondary School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - ''Smash the Camera''
2nd Place

South Downs College HSDC is a Further education college located in Waterlooville, Hampshire, England. The college was formed on 1 August 2017 following a merger of South Downs College and Havant Sixth Form College. The College subsequently merged with Alton Colle ...

, Waterlooville, Hampshire
3rd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire 1999 Get Real Be Your Best 2CRFM Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Wednesday 3 February 1st Place

Corfe Hills School Corfe Hills School is a co-educational upper school in Broadstone, Poole, Dorset, England, in the urban fringe between Poole and Wimborne. The school became an academy in 2011. The school serves Corfe Mullen, Broadstone, Wimborne, Merley and ...

, Poole, Dorset
2nd Place
Blandford School, Blandford Forum, Dorset
3rd Place
The Purbeck School, Wareham, Dorset 1999 Be Your Best London Rock Challenge
Drury Lane Theatre, London
Sunday 7 February 1st Place
Peers Technology College, Oxford, Oxfordshire - ''The Lost Ones''
Joint 2nd Place
The Misbourne School, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
Joint 2nd Place

Crickhowell High School Crickhowell High School is an English medium co-educational secondary school situated in the town of Crickhowell in the county of Powys, Wales, within the Brecon Beacons National Park. The school was built to meet the needs of the growing commun ...

, Crickhowell, Powys 1999 Be Your Best Reading Rock Challenge
The Hexagon, Reading, Berkshire
Monday 8 February 1st Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire
2nd Place

Frogmore Community College Frogmore Community College is a state secondary school based in Yateley, Hampshire, England drawing attendees from Yateley, nearby Blackwater, Darby Green, Sandhurst and Eversley. History Formerly Frogmore Comprehensive School, then Frogmore ...

, Yateley, Hampshire
3rd Place
Fort Hill Community College Team Two, Basingstoke, Hampshire 1999 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge Day One
The Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Tuesday 9 February 1st Place
The Misbourne School, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire - ''UHF''
2nd Place
Peers Technology College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
3rd Place

Stantonbury Campus Stantonbury School (formerly known as Stantonbury Campus and Stantonbury International School) is a coeducational secondary school located in north Milton Keynes, England, established in 1974. It is the second largest secondary comprehensive sc ...

, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 1999 Be Your Best Fox FM Oxford Rock Challenge Day Two
The Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Wednesday 10 February 1st Place
Sir William Ramsay School, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
2nd Place

Headington School Headington School is an independent girls' school in Headington, Oxford, England, founded by a group of evangelical Christians in 1915. The ''Good Schools Guide'' called Headington "A delightful school, hichnurtures and entertains its pupils wh ...

, Oxford, Oxfordshire
3rd Place

Lord Williams's School Lord Williams's School is a co-educational secondary school with academy status in Thame, Oxfordshire, England. The school takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 2,200 pupils. In September 2001 t ...

, Thame, Oxfordshire 1999 Get Real Be Your Best Power FM Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday 25 February 1st Place
Osborne Middle School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
2nd Place
Wildern School Seniors, Hedge End, Hampshire
3rd Place
Cantell Secondary School, Southampton, Hampshire - ''It's Just an Illusion'' 1999 Lifestyle Viking FM Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull City Hall, Hull
Monday 1 March 1st Place
Driffield School, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
2nd Place
Cottingham High School, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place

South Hunsley School South Hunsley School & Sixth Form College is a large secondary school and sixth form, situated in Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Melton in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, near the A63 road, A63. In April 2010, the school became an Acad ...

, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire 1999 Lifestyle Viking FM Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Wednesday 3 March 1st Place
Healing Comprehensive School, Healing, North East Lincolnshire
2nd Place
Woldgate School, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place

The Lindsey School Cleethorpes Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England. The school opened in September 2010, on the site previously occupied by the Lindsey School and Community Art ...

, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire 1999 On the Beat Galaxy 102 Be Your Best Manchester Rock Challenge
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Tuesday 16 March 1st Place
Astley St Mary's School, Astley, Manchester
2nd Place
George Tomlinson School, Kearsley, Bolton
3rd Place
Stainburn School, Workington, Cumbria 1999 Be Your Best Downtown Radio Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Thursday 18 March 1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School Belfast
2nd Place
Our Lady of Mercy School, Belfast
3rd Place
St Joseph's School, Belfast 1999 Be Your Best The Pulse Bradford Rock Challenge
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Monday 22 March 1st Place
City of Leeds School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire
3rd Place

Ralph Thoresby High School Ralph Thoresby School is a foundation secondary school and sixth form located in Holt Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Named after the antiquarian Ralph Thoresby, the comprehensive school accommodates about 1000 pupils aged between 11 and 1 ...

, Leeds, West Yorkshire 1999 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Thursday 24 March 1st Place
South Hunsley School, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire
2nd Place
Woldgate School, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place
Driffield School, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire 1999 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Saturday 26 March 1st Place
Cantell Secondary School, Southampton, Hampshire - ''It's Just An Illusion''
2nd Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - ''Smash the Camera''
3rd Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast

2000

2000 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday 28 February 1st Place

, Cowes, Isle of Wight
2nd Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire
3rd Place
Crookhorn Community School, Waterlooville, Hampshire 2000 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday 29 February 1st Place
King Richard School, Portsmouth, Hampshire
2nd Place
City of Portsmouth Girls' School, Portsmouth, Hampshire
3rd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire 2000 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday 2 March 1st Place

Brune Park Community School Brune Park Community School is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational secondary school on Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire, England. History The name comes from the Prideaux-Brune family who donated the land on which the school is built to the ...

, Gosport, Hampshire
2nd Place
Frogmore Community School, Yateley, Hampshire
3rd Place
Wildern School Juniors, Hedge End, Hampshire 2000 Be Your Best Eastbourne Rock Challenge
Eastbourne Congress Theatre, Eastbourne, East Sussex
Wednesday 8 March 1st Place
Ratton School, Eastbourne, East Sussex
2nd Place
Tideway School, Newhaven, East Sussex
3rd Place
Lindfield School, Eastbourne, East Sussex 2000 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Friday 10 March 1st Place
Lytchett Minster School, Poole, Dorset
2nd Place
Highcliffe School Team One, Christchurch, Dorset
3rd Place

Oakmead College of Technology Oak Academy (formerly Oakmead College of Technology) is a co-educational secondary school located in the northern outskirts of Bournemouth in the English county of Dorset. History Previously a foundation school administered by Bournemouth ...

, Bournemouth, Dorset 2000 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Monday 13 March 1st Place
Peers Technology College, Oxford, Oxfordshire
2nd Place
Lord William's School, Thame, Oxfordshire
3rd Place
Sir William Ramsay School, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire 2000 Be Your Best Basingstoke Rock Challenge
The Anvil, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Thursday 16 March 1st Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - ''Hooray for Hollywood''
2nd Place

Misbourne School The Misbourne School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England. The school has approximately 1020 students, and the sixth form has around 170 students, offering A-Levels as well as ...

, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire
3rd Place
St Sampson's School, St Sampson's, Guernsey 2000 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull New Theatre, Hull
Monday 20 March 1st Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
2nd Place
Cottingham High School, Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place

, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire 2000 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Wednesday 22 March 1st Place
Hereford School, Westward Ho, North East Lincolnshire
2nd Place
Driffield School, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place

Matthew Humberstone School Matthew Humberstone Church of England School, also known as the Matthew Humberstone School, Matthew Humberstone C of E School, Matthew Humberstone Comprehensive School, MHS and Matty, was a secondary school in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshi ...

, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire 2000 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Monday 27 March 1st Place

, Crickhowell, Powys - ''Actions Speak Louder''
2nd Place
Brynmawr School, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale
3rd Place
The Misbourne School, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire 2000 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday 29 March 1st Place

, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2nd Place
John Smeaton High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
3rd Place
St Michael's College, Leeds, West Yorkshire 2000 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day Two
St George's Theatre, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Thursday 30 March 1st Place
City of Leeds School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
3rd Place
Stainburn School, Workington, Cumbria 2000 Be Your Best Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Thursday 13 April 1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast
2nd Place
Our Lady of Mercy High School, Belfast
3rd Place
Newbridge Integrated College, Banbridge, County Down 2000 Be Your Best Milton Keynes Rock Challenge
Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Wednesday 3 May 1st Place

, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
2nd Place

Aylesbury High School Aylesbury High School (AHS) was founded in 1959, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, when the previously co-educational Aylesbury Grammar School (founded 1598) split to become two single-sex grammar schools. The two institutions remain on adjacent si ...

, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
3rd Place
Lord William's School, Thame, Oxfordshire 2000 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Grand Final
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire 1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast
2nd Place
Driffield School, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire
3rd Place

, Leeds, West Yorkshire 2000 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire 1st Place

, Crickhowell, Powys - ''Actions Speak Louder''
2nd Place

, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
3rd Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - ''Hooray for Hollywood''

2001

2001 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Monday 26 February 1st Place

, Poole, Dorset - ''It's a Media World''
2nd Place

, Bournemouth, Dorset - ''Mission Impossible 3''
3rd Place
The Blandford School, Blandford Forum, Dorset - ''Mystical Fantasy'' 2001 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day One
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday 1 March 1st Place

, Cowes, Isle of Wight - ''From Rags to Riches''
2nd Place
The Hamble School, Hamble, Hampshire - ''Disorder and Dance''
3rd Place
St Anne's Convent School, Southampton, Hampshire - ''Television Overload'' 2001 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Two
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday 2 March 1st Place

Court Moor School Court Moor School is one of two secondary schools in the town of Fleet, in Hampshire ( UK) for pupils aged 11–16. History The site for the school was purchased in 1957 for £3,810 by Hampshire County Council. Fleet Secondary Modern School, ...

, Fleet, Hampshire - ''A Better Way - Look To The Future''
2nd Place
Lycee 1er Francois, Le Havre, France - ''Angel?''
3rd Place
Wildern School Juniors, Hedge End, Hampshire - ''Popcorn'' 2001 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day One
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Wednesday 7 March 1st Place

, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire - ''Take the Bull by the Horns''
2nd Place
Lord Grey School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire - ''Out of the Light''
3rd Place

, Crickhowell, Powys - ''Carpe Diem - Seize the Moment'' 2001 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day Two
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Thursday 8 March 1st Place
Lord William's School and Chinnor Autistic Unit, Thame, Oxfordshire - ''The Power of Compulsion''
2nd Place
Abingdon College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire - ''Rehabilitation''
3rd Place
Cooper School, Bicester, Oxfordshire - ''Time Warp'' 2001 Be Your Best Hemel Hempstead Rock Challenge
Dacorum Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Wednesday 14 March 1st Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - ''Dancing with the Missing''
2nd Place
John F Kennedy School, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire - ''Take the Power Back''
3rd Place

Longdean School Longdean School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in the southeast of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. The academy specialises in Maths and Computing. History Grammar school Originally called Apsley Grammar Scho ...

, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire - ''Brave New World'' 2001 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday 19 March 1st Place
St Luke's School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - ''Street Life''
2nd Place
Priory School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - ''Communication Through The Ages''
3rd Place
King Richard School Team One, Portsmouth, Hampshire - ''Are You Scared Yet?'' 2001 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday 20 March 1st Place
King Richard School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - ''Girlz In The Hood''
2nd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire - ''Nightmare!''
3rd Place
Osborne Middle School, East Cowes, Isle of Wight - ''Are You Sitting Comfortably?'' 2001 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Wednesday 28 March 1st Place

, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire - ''Elementary Balance''
2nd Place
Healing Comprehensive School, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire - ''Awakening''
3rd Place

, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire - ''Conquer Your Dark Side'' 2001 Lifestyle Be Your Best Bridlington Rock Challenge
The Spa, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Friday 30 March 1st Place
Driffield School, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - ''A Native American Legend''
2nd Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire - ''Best of British''
3rd Place
Merlyn Rees High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - ''A Higher Level'' 2001 Be Your Best Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Wednesday 4 April 1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - ''The Sky's the Limit''
2nd Place
Larkin Community College, Dublin - ''Garden of Life''
3rd Place
Belfast Model School, Belfast - ''Walk of Life'' 2001 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Tuesday 24 April 1st Place
John Smeaton Community High School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - ''Parental Guidance''
2nd Place
Copperfields College, Leeds, West Yorkshire - ''Descent''
3rd Place
Earlsheaton Community High School, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire - ''The Disappeared'' 2001 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day Two
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday 25 April 1st Place
City of Leeds School, Leeds, West Yorkshire - ''Alpha-Omega''
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - ''The Celebration of Creation''
3rd Place

Hanson School Hanson Academy (formerly Hanson Grammar School and then Hanson School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Admissions Hanson Academy is situated between Bolton and Undercliffe, Bolt ...

, Bradford, West Yorkshire - ''Nightmare'' 2001 Be Your Best Carlisle Rock Challenge
The Sands Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria
Friday 4 May 1st Place
Stainburn School, Workington, Cumbria - ''High Kicking''
2nd Place
Peterhead Academy, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - ''U.S.A. OK/No Way!''
3rd Place
Whitehaven School, Whitehaven, Cumbria - ''Silva'' 2001 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Wednesday 9 May 1st Place

Davison High School Davison High School is a girls' Church of England secondary school serving pupils aged 11 to 16 in Worthing, West Sussex, England. In its last inspection the school was judged by OFSTED as Good. The school accommodates around 1080 girls across fi ...

, Worthing, West Sussex - ''Outraged''
2nd Place
Brynmawr School, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale - ''War''
3rd Place
St Thomas More School, West Grinstead, West Sussex - ''Life in London'' 2001 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Region Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Monday 21 May 1st Place
King Richard School Team Two, Portsmouth, Hampshire - ''Girlz In The Hood''
2nd Place
The Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - ''Dancing with the Missing''
3rd Place

, Worthing, West Sussex - ''Outraged'' 2001 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Region Grand Final
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Saturday 26 May 1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - ''The Sky's the Limit''
2nd Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - ''The Celebration of Creation''
3rd Place
Driffield School, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - ''A Native American Legend''

2002

2002 Be Your Best Aberdeen Rock Challenge
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Wednesday 13 February 1st Place
Peterhead Academy, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - ''When The Boat Comes In''
2nd Place
Westhill Academy, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - ''Tribes''
3rd Place
Mackie Academy, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire - ''The Good, The Bad and the Sixties!'' 2002 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day One
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Wednesday 27 February 1st Place

, Cowes, Isle of Wight - ''Elemental''
2nd Place
Staunton Park Community School, Havant, Hampshire - ''Newsflash – Teenagers out of Control!''
3rd Place
Solent Middle School, Cowes, Isle of Wight - ''Exhibiting the Future'' 2002 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Two
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday 28 February 1st Place

Ryde High School Ryde Academy is an academy status secondary school, including sixth form, located in Ryde on the Isle of Wight, England. History Education on the school site began with Ryde High School which was a 13–18 school built and opened in 1964 to ac ...

, Ryde, Isle of Wight - ''Caped Fear''
2nd Place
Highcliffe School Team Two, Christchurch, Dorset - ''Love and Rejection''
3rd Place
Lycee Francois Premier, Le Havre, France - ''Nobody’s Perfect'' 2002 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Three
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday 1 March 1st Place
Regents Park Juniors, Southampton, Hampshire - ''Around the World in 8 Minutes''
2nd Place
Wildern School Seniors, Hedge End, Hampshire - ''Rodeo Rock''
3rd Place
St Sampson's Secondary School, St Sampson's, Guernsey - ''Sweets Ain’t What They Seem To Be!'' 2002 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day One
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Tuesday 5 March 1st Place

, Crickhowell, Powys - ''The Shape of Things To Come''
2nd Place
Park Community School, Leigh Park, Hampshire - ''P.O.P (Product or People)''
3rd Place
King Richard School Team One, Portsmouth, Hampshire - ''Corrida de Toros'' 2002 Be Your Best Portsmouth Rock Challenge Day Two
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Wednesday 6 March 1st Place
City of Portsmouth Girls’ School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - ''Cry Freedom''
2nd Place
Frogmore Community College Team A, Yateley, Hampshire - ''Faces of Conflict''
3rd Place
Mayville High School, Southsea, Hampshire - ''A Changing World'' 2002 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day One
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Thursday 7 March 1st Place

Cheney School Cheney School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Headington, Oxford, England. It serves the Headington and East Oxford area as a destination for students from primary schools across the city. Rupert Moreton, wa ...

, Oxford, Oxfordshire - ''Dreams or Nightmares''
2nd Place

, Oxford, Oxfordshire - ''Human Cloning''
3rd Place
Cranbourne School - ''The Rhythm Has My Soul'' 2002 Be Your Best Oxford Rock Challenge Day Two
Apollo Theatre, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Friday 8 March 1st Place
Sir William Ramsay School, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire - ''The Outsider''
2nd Place
Abingdon and Witney College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire - ''Rouge''
3rd Place
Brynmawr School, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale - ''”The Drugs Don’t Work”'' 2002 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Monday 11 March 1st Place
Highcliffe Lower School, Christchurch, Dorset - ''Mind Games''
2nd Place
Highcliffe Team A, Christchurch, Dorset - ''Always Remember''
3rd Place

Rossmore Community College St Aldhelm's Academy is a co-educational secondary school serving the Rossmore, Parkstone, Newtown, Wallisdown and Alderney areas of Poole, Dorset, England. School history The school opened in October 1938 as Kemp-Welch Senior Council School ...

, Poole, Dorset - ''Choice of Direction'' 2002 Be Your Best Crawley Rock Challenge
The Hawth Theatre, Crawley, West Sussex
Monday 11 March 1st Place

, Worthing, West Sussex - ''Ad Extremum''
2nd Place

Bognor Regis Community College The Regis School (previously Bognor Regis Community College) is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England. It converted to academy status from LEA control in January 2012, under the sponsors ...

, Bognor Regis, West Sussex - ''Hatch, Match and Despatch''
3rd Place
Filsham Valley School, St Leonard's-on-Sea, East Sussex - ''What’s Your Talent?'' 2002 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Thursday 14 March 1st Place
Frogmore Community College Team B, Yateley, Hampshire - ''Hand of Hope''
2nd Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - ''Destiny''
3rd Place
The Misbourne School, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire - ''O’mnis Saga'' 2002 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Tuesday 19 March 1st Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - ''Antony and Cleopatra''
2nd Place
Buttershaw High School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - ''The Same World - But A World Apart''
3rd Place

, Bradford, West Yorkshire - ''One Vision'' 2002 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day Two
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday 20 March 1st Place
South Leeds Art College, Leeds, West Yorkshire - ''Dreams''
2nd Place

, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire - ''Don't Stop the Carnival''
3rd Place
St Joseph's RC College, Bradford, West Yorkshire - ''Take a Trip'' 2002 Lifestyle Be Your Best Bridlington Rock Challenge
The Spa, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Friday 12 April 1st Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire - ''Perseverance Pays''
2nd Place
Driffield School, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire - ''The Fire of London''
3rd Place

, Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire - ''The Chinese Years'' 2002 Lifestyle Be Your Best Grimsby Rock Challenge
Grimsby Auditorium, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire
Monday 15 April 1st Place
Healing Comprehensive, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire - ''A Higher State of Innocence''
2nd Place

Hereford Technology School Ormiston Maritime Academy (formerly known as Hereford Technology School) is a secondary school with academy status in Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England. The school has an intake of 1048 pupils, aged 11 to 16. In the last Ofsted repor ...

, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire - ''Celebrate South Africa''
3rd Place

, Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire - ''Don't Stop the Carnival'' 2002 Lifestyle Be Your Best Hull Rock Challenge
Hull Ice Arena, Hull
Wednesday 17 April 1st Place
Archbishop Thurstan School, Hull - ''Just Be Yourself''
2nd Place
Andrew Marvell School, Hull - ''The Time Machine''
3rd Place
St Mary's College, Hull - ''A Woman's World'' 2002 Be Your Best Hemel Hempstead Rock Challenge
Dacorum Theatre, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Thursday 25 April 1st Place

Kings Langley School Kings Langley School is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational secondary school and sixth form with Academy (English school), academy status, located in the village of Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated on Love Lane about fr ...

, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire - ''Know Your Limits''
2nd Place

Vandyke Upper School Vandyke Upper School and Community College is an academy school and sixth form in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. As of 2022, there are approximately 1500 students in both the sixth form at Vandyke, and compulsory education. Histor ...

, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire - ''Through the Eyes of a Child''
3rd Place

, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire - ''Under Pressure'' 2002 Be Your Best Belfast Rock Challenge
Waterfront Hall, Belfast
Monday 29 April 1st Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - ''There's Only One You''
2nd Place
Ballee Community High School, Ballymena, County Antrim - ''Get Connected''
3rd Place
Holy Trinity College, Cookstown, County Tyrone - ''Oblivion Interrupted'' 2002 Be Your Best Carlisle Rock Challenge
The Sands Centre, Carlisle, Cumbria
Friday 3 May 1st Place
Stainburn School, Workington, Cumbria - ''The Power Within''
2nd Place
Rhyddings High School, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire - ''Herstory''
3rd Place

Cockermouth School Cockermouth School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Cockermouth in the English county of Cumbria. Previously a community school administered by Cumbria County Council, Cockermouth School converted to academy st ...

, Cockermouth, Cumbria - ''Looking for a Way Out'' 2002 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Southern Region Grand Final
Portsmouth Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Friday 17 May 1st Place

, Ryde, Isle of Wight - ''Caped Fear''
2nd Place
Sir William Ramsay School, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire - ''The Outsider''
3rd Place
City of Portsmouth Girls' School, Portsmouth, Hampshire - ''Cry Freedom'' 2002 Be Your Best Rock Challenge Northern Region Grand Final
Barbican Centre, York
Friday 17 May 1st Place
Thornton Grammar School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - ''Antony and Cleopatra''
2nd Place
Hornsea School, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire - ''Perseverance Pays''
3rd Place
Ashfield Girls' High School, Belfast - ''There's Only One You''

2003

2003 Be Your Best Aberdeen Rock Challenge
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Thursday 13 February 1st Place
Torry Academy, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire - ''Choose Life''
2nd Place
Peterhead Academy, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire - ''G.M.''
3rd Place

Oldmachar Academy Oldmachar Academy is situated in Bridge of Don in the north of Aberdeen in an area of private housing. It is a six-year comprehensive, non-denominational school which opened to pupils in August 1982 (April 1983 on its present site). In 2004 it w ...

, Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire - ''Sounds Like Teen Spirit'' 2003 Be Your Best Bournemouth Rock Challenge
Bournemouth Pavilion, Bournemouth, Dorset
Monday 3 March 1st Place
Lytchett Minster School, Poole, Dorset - ''To the Land of Milk and Honey''
2nd Place
Highcliffe School D.C., Christchurch, Dorset - ''Yomigaeru''
3rd Place

, Bournemouth, Dorset - ''Into the World of Temptation'' 2003 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day One
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Wednesday 5 March 1st Place
Barton Peveril College, Eastleigh, Hampshire - ''Freedom of Expression''
2nd Place
Lycee Francois Premier, Le Havre, France - ''The One Who Stole the Light''
3rd Place

St Vincent College St Vincent College is a co-educational sixth form (16-18) college located in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The majority of students come from the surrounding towns including Gosport, Fareham, Stubbington and Winchester. The nearby Gosport Ferry ...

, Gosport, Hampshire - ''Adverts Reaction'' 2003 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Two
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Thursday 6 March 1st Place
Hamble School, Hamble, Hampshire - ''Image''
2nd Place

Richard Aldworth School Aldworth School is a secondary school, formerly Aldworth Science College, after Richard Aldworth Community School, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. History The history of Aldworth school can be traced back to 1646, when the ''Blue Coat Scho ...

, Basingstoke, Hampshire - ''Overcoming the Barricades''
3rd Place
Brune Park Community College, Gosport, Hampshire - ''Unity Through Music'' 2003 Be Your Best Southampton Rock Challenge Day Three
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire
Friday 7 March 1st Place

Cantell School Cantell School is a secondary comprehensive school in Bassett, Southampton. In 2013, Ofsted judged Cantell to be a 'Good' school. History The school occupies the site that was previously home to Glen Eyre School. Cantell was formed as an amal ...

, Southampton, Hampshire - ''On the Eighth Day''
2nd Place

, Cowes, Isle of Wight - ''Re-Volution''
3rd Place
Regents Park School Juniors, Southampton, Hampshire - ''The Power of Imagination'' 2003 Be Your Best Crawley Rock Challenge Day One
The Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex
Monday 10 March 1st Place
Wavell School, Farnborough, Hampshire - ''Legacy''
2nd Place
Davison High School for Girls, Worthing, West Sussex - ''8 Percent!''
3rd Place

, Bognor Regis, West Sussex - ''Legends'' 2003 Be Your Best Crawley Rock Challenge Day Two
The Hawth, Crawley, West Sussex
Tuesday 11 March 1st Place
Tideway School, Newhaven, East Sussex - ''Splish Splash''
2nd Place
Bexhill High School, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex - ''Unknown Destiny''
3rd Place
Filsham Valley School, St Leonard's-on-Sea, East Sussex - ''Where 2 Now?'' 2003 Be Your Best Croydon Rock Challenge
Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, Surrey
Thursday 13 March 1st Place

, Yateley, Hampshire - ''Life's a Circus''
2nd Place
Brynmawr School, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale - ''War With No Winners''
3rd Place

, Crickhowell, Powys - ''Every Picture Tells a Story'' 2003 Be Your Best Bradford Rock Challenge Day One
St George's Hall, Bradford, West Yorkshire
Wednesday 19 March 1st Place
South Leeds Arts College, Leeds, West Yorkshire - ''Elements of Power''
2nd Place
Buttershaw High School, Bradford, West Yorkshire - ''Enigma''
3rd Place
Earlsheaton High School, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire - ''Street Harmony''

2018

The National Final of the 2018 Tour was held in Rotherham on 14 July. First place was awarded to LeAF Studio, Bournemouth, with their theme 'Through Innocent Eyes', a take on the story of ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' and offered education on the events of the Holocaust through performance. The finale of their 8-minute performance saw scenery close in front of students, revealing harrowing numbers of those killed in concentration camps based on their citizenship, faith or sexual orientation, and the message 'DIFFERENCES SHOULD NOT DIVIDE US'.

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