Although the competition is open to all state schools, only 16 teams per series make it through the audition stage and proceed to take part. All competitors are in Year 6 in England or Wales, and Primary 7 in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Each round includes questions taken from the National Curriculum Key Stage 2, starting with a buzzer question. The team which answers correctly takes control of the game and is given a further four questions to answer. The subjects includes Maths, English, Science, History, Geography and News. There is also Test the Teacher, where the class' teacher answers pop-culture questions, and Pet Subjects, where the class chooses a subject to be questioned on. Pet Subjects chosen include CBBC series The Dumping Ground and the 2015 general election.
In series 3, the "Lightning" Round was introduced to start each contest; this features a puzzle, such as a word search or crossword, on two specific subjects, one for each team for a chance to score some points on the board before the subject rounds.
Each contest ends with "The Battle of the Buzzers"; teams have 90 seconds to answer as many quick-fire questions as they can on the buzzer.
Transmissionsedit
Seriesedit
Series
Start date
End date
Episodes
1
12 September 2016
30 September 2016
15
2
25 January 2017
3 May 2017
15
3
3 September 2017
10 December 2017
15
4
29 July 2018
4 November 2018
15
5
29 September 2019
22 December 2019
15
Specialsedit
Date
Entitle
13 December 2016
Christmas Special
7 April 2017
Celebrity Special
17 December 2017
Christmas Special
31 December 2017
Young Celebrities Special
11 November 2018
Celebrity Special
19 December 2019
Christmas Special
19 December 2019
Christmas Special
1 January 2020
Young Ones Celebrities Special
Referencesedit
^Prior, David (16 August 2016). "Comedian to lead CBBC's search for Britain's smartest school". Prolific North.
^Year 4 and 6 is the best classes. "Top Class - Could your school be TOP CLASS?". CBBC.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
class, british, children, television, quiz, show, produced, studios, cbbc, genrechildren, game, showdirected, bytony, grech, smith, 2016, john, spencer, 2019, presented, bysusan, calman, 2016, mark, 2023, composercraig, browncountry, originunited, kingdomorigi. Top Class is a British children s television quiz show produced by ITV Studios for CBBC 2 Top ClassGenreChildren s Game showDirected byTony Grech Smith 2016 18 John L Spencer 2019 Presented bySusan Calman 2016 20 Sam amp Mark 2023 ComposerCraig BrownCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of series5No of episodes75 inc 5 specials ProductionExecutive producersSimon Marsh 1 Melissa Hardinge Barry HartRunning time30 minutesProduction companyITV StudiosOriginal releaseNetworkCBBCRelease12 September 2016 2016 09 12 1 January 2020 2020 01 01 Contents 1 Format 2 Transmissions 2 1 Series 2 2 Specials 3 References 4 External linksFormat editAlthough the competition is open to all state schools only 16 teams per series make it through the audition stage and proceed to take part All competitors are in Year 6 in England or Wales and Primary 7 in Scotland or Northern Ireland Each round includes questions taken from the National Curriculum Key Stage 2 starting with a buzzer question The team which answers correctly takes control of the game and is given a further four questions to answer The subjects includes Maths English Science History Geography and News There is also Test the Teacher where the class teacher answers pop culture questions and Pet Subjects where the class chooses a subject to be questioned on Pet Subjects chosen include CBBC series The Dumping Ground and the 2015 general election In series 3 the Lightning Round was introduced to start each contest this features a puzzle such as a word search or crossword on two specific subjects one for each team for a chance to score some points on the board before the subject rounds Each contest ends with The Battle of the Buzzers teams have 90 seconds to answer as many quick fire questions as they can on the buzzer Transmissions editSeries edit Series Start date End date Episodes 1 12 September 2016 30 September 2016 15 2 25 January 2017 3 May 2017 15 3 3 September 2017 10 December 2017 15 4 29 July 2018 4 November 2018 15 5 29 September 2019 22 December 2019 15 Specials edit Date Entitle 13 December 2016 Christmas Special 7 April 2017 Celebrity Special 17 December 2017 Christmas Special 31 December 2017 Young Celebrities Special 11 November 2018 Celebrity Special 19 December 2019 Christmas Special 19 December 2019 Christmas Special 1 January 2020 Young Ones Celebrities SpecialReferences edit Prior David 16 August 2016 Comedian to lead CBBC s search for Britain s smartest school Prolific North Year 4 and 6 is the best classes Top Class Could your school be TOP CLASS CBBC a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link External links editTop Class at BBC Online nbsp Top Class at IMDb nbsp Top Class at UKGameshows com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Top Class amp oldid 1204063639, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
