In addition to the general rules for IBO, rules for BBO are as follows:
- 1. Any post-16 pupil may enter the First Round.
- 2. Those candidates wishing to compete for a place in the UK team should be willing to undertake a dissection and must be available for all dates of the finals, the award ceremony, team training and the IBO. In addition to the eligibility criteria described on the IBO website they should have been attending a school in the UK for at least two years at the time of the international competition. Under certain circumstances a student attending a British school oversees may be considered, please contact the organisers in this regard.
- 3. Any Year 12 students invited to take the Second Round paper will be asked to choose whether to proceed that year or to wait and try again in Year 13. Two successive attempts will not be possible.