Register for the Challenge

Welcome to this year's National Cipher Challenge. If you would like to register to compete then please complete this registration form. If you would like to register as a teacher/carer so you can manage student accounts then please use the form on the left of this page instead.

Please provide a username to log in with ^*

The username may only contain letters, numbers, dashes and underscores.

Please provide a display name for the forum ^*

The display name may only contain letters, numbers, dashes and underscores.

Age on 31 August 2023 (optional)

What is your gender? (optional)

We collect this so we can better understand our audience, but we don’t store this information alongside your details, so it is entirely confidential.

City ^*

If your team belongs to a school please select the school below.

If you are homeschooled, please choose the 'Homeschool' option

Parent/Teacher PIN

If your teacher or parent/carer has given you a PIN to allow them to access your competition entries, enter it here. You can also enter this after your registration in your account.

Password ^*

Your password must be at least eight characters long and include a lowercase letter, an uppercase letter and a numerical digit.

Confirm password ^*

Would you like to join an existing team, or create a new team / individual entry?^* Create a new team / individual entry

Join an existing team

Team / Individual Name ^*

Be imaginative, but remember this will be public and may be associated with your school so don’t put anything they will complain about! Maximum 100 characters.

Team Captain PIN ^*

If your team captain has given you a PIN to allow access to their team, enter it here.

Please answer the following three security questions just in case you need to reset your password.

Security question 1: What's your favourite colour?^*

Security question 2: What was the name of your first school?^*

Security question 3: What was the name of your first pet?^*

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