Sixth Form Debating Competition 2026

Royal Armouries Museum (Leeds) hosts its fourth, annual sixth form debating competition in partnership with The Leeds Salon on Wednesday 25th November.

This is an all-day event involving 8 Yorkshire schools – Abbey Grange CofE Academy, Beckfoot School, Bradford Grammar School, Grammar School at Leeds, Guiseley School, Horsforth School, Pudsey Grammar School and Titus Salt School.

The schools will be divided into two groups of four to compete in a knock-out format, with the winners of each group meeting in the final.

Prizes will be awarded to the winning team and runner-up. Also awarded will be three Royal Armouries individual prizes and a Leeds Salon individual prize.

A link to the event details will appear here soon.

The competion is sponsored by the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum UKREiiF and Wakefield-based public sector procurement company YPO, with additional sponsorship from leading international law firm Pinsent Masons (Leeds). The competition uses the format and topic guides of Debating Matters.