2025 British School Team Championships

Membership Level Required: All fencers require an individual compete BF membership.

To check your BF membership log in here 

Schools qualify for the British School Team Championships 2025 finals event through their Home Nation. The qualification process will vary for each Home Nation. Schools looking to enter teams for the competition must contact their relevant Home Nation.

Schools must submit their expression of interest to their Home Nation by 10th January 2025. 

Schools who have received a place in the event will be contacted by Friday 17th January 2025.

Further information on the Home Nation Qualification process 

Entries to the finals event will be via the British Fencing Events Platform.

Finals Entry Fee: £120

As schools are no longer required to provide referees for this event, the entry fees have been increased to cover the additional referee costs to the organiser (Entry Fee £90 + Referee Payment £30 = £120).

Refund Policy: After places have been accepted and paid, no refunds are available.

• All referees will be provided by the event by the organiser (no requirement for school quota provision)
• There will be up to 6 teams in each weapon/age group. Teams qualify through their Home Nation.
• Female and Male/Mixed Gender Categories for each weapon. Participants may fence one age group up if required to compete a team.
• Competition Format – 2 poules of 3 teams, with fencing off for places (1v2, 3v4,5v6). This means every team attending will get three matches.

*U11 (01/09/2013 – 31/08/2016) can enter U13 as participants can fence one age group up

Media: Please note there will be filming and photography at this event for BF purposes. If you do not give photography/filming permission for yourself or your athlete, please contact [email protected] before the event.

Photography Policy:  Photography and video using smartphones for personal use only (including coaching and social media) is permitted.

Please be mindful of the age of participants, and read our photography safeguarding policy: https://www.britishfencing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/8_photography_policy.pdf

‘Live streaming’ or broadcasting video in any way, from any device including smartphones, is not permitted.

Anyone wanting to take photographs using any kind of professional or semi-pro camera equipment must apply for media accreditation in advance of the event – accreditation will not be available during competition. This means any kind of camera with a detachable lens, and/or using any kind of tripod or monopod. Media accreditation is for still photography only – no pro or semi-pro video equipment is permitted.

British Fencing reserves the right to refuse or withdraw photographic accreditation at any time without giving a reason.

NOTE: Any person taking photographs of any kind with any device must follow any instructions given by the BF media representatives, the Event Director, and / or the referees. 

Welfare: There will be a dedicated welfare officer at the event who will be clearly visible throughout. All welfare issues that arise at the event must be reported to the welfare officer present.

Sustainability: As part of BF’s commitment to reducing the environmental impact of our sport, no single-use plastic bottles will be permitted on the field of play. We hope that the community will support efforts in this area and ensure that everyone brings re-useable bottles to the event.

Disabilities: BF recognises that many disabilities are hidden and participants in competitions may need additional support throughout the event. Any disability information that you provide in your membership profile (provided that you have given permission to share) will be passed to the organising team and a member of the event welfare team will get in touch to discuss how we can help. Alternatively you can contact us in advance either by emailing the events team directly [email protected], or the BF safeguarding lead ([email protected]). Finally, you can ask speak to a member of the onsite team at check-in. Please note the earlier you raise any additional support needs the better able we are to make reasonable accommodations.