PA Raspberry Pi Competition
Our annual Raspberry Pi Competition is a celebration of STEM education, giving schoolchildren the support and opportunity to develop products that positively impact people’s lives.
Using their design and coding skills and a Raspberry Pi microcomputer, the school teams put their ingenuity to the test to come up with inspiring solutions to global challenges
Meet 2026’s finalists
St Mary’s Church of England Primary School | Bin There, Re-Pi-Cycled That
King Edward’s Junior school, Bath | Raspberry Penguins
King Edward’s Junior school, Bath | PiPals
St Hilda’s CE School | St Hilda’s Coding Club
Churcher’s College | Tomato Club
Fulford School | Sear
Stonar School | Stonar KS3
The Liverpool Blue Coat School | Medi Pi
Longridge Towers School | SensiGrow
Harrow School Computer Science | Team Lovelace
Simon Langton Grammar School | Team Moloch
Richard Hale School | MediSend
UTC Oxfordshire | Agro-Pi
King Edward VI Grammar School – Young Engineers Club | BinSmart
Greenford High School | BREAKING CODE
Bournemouth School for Girls – BSG Robotics Club | Electric BlueZ
Meet 2026’s judges
We’re delighted to present the judges for the PA Raspberry Pi Competition 2026. They will help to judge the ingenious entries from the school teams and decide on the category winners on awards day.
CPTO, RAC
Defence Digital NGCN SRO, Ministry of Defence
Chief Security and Resilience Officer, Nationwide Building Society
Chief Data, Intelligence and Technology Officer, FSCS
Senior Lecturer in AI and Computing, Anglia Ruskin University
Founder and Director, Proud2bOps
Breakthrough Readiness Lead – Decision Advantage Portfolio, Defence Intelligence, Ministry of Defence
Group CTO Strategy Director: Digital, Data, AI and Technology, Legal & General
Chief Information Officer, Apollo Insurance
Group CIO, Network Rail
Senior Vice President, UK, Europe and Africa, Rolls-Royce
Head of Government – Google Cloud, Google
Digital Chief Technology Officer, Ministry of Defence
Chief Operations Officer, UCAS
Chief People Officer, Genomics England
Mission Partner Engagement, Dstl
Deputy CEO and Second Permanent Secretary, HMRC
President – Strategy, Growth & Digital, Jacobs
Head of Operational Service Management, Ministry of Defence
CEO, North East London ICB
Head of Enterprise Change, Fidelity International
Group Chief Information Officer, Rentokil Initial
Group Chief Technology Officer, Serco
Group Chief Digital and Information Officer, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Director Digital, Royal Navy
Chief Scientific Advisor, National Police Chiefs’ Council
Chief Strategy & Information Officer, Allywn
Managing Director, Elegant Rampage
Commander, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Our partners
Anglia Ruskin University aims to transform lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU offers a variety of employer led, accredited computing and information science courses.
Digital Skills For Defence on behalf of UK StratCom play a crucial role in enhancing the capabilities of our STEM & digital skills students. By championing innovation and collaboration, we hope to inspire positive change in the use of technology and digital skills.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business. They deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Rentokil Initial provides services that protect people and enhance lives. The Rentokil Initial team are providing direct support and guidance to teams participating in this year’s PA Raspberry Pi competition.
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