Three of last year’s champions have earned the chance to defend their titles at the Butterfly National School Team Championships.

At the regional finals, held last weekend in Grantham, Bristol and Blackburn, a total of 32 teams – 16 boys and 16 girls across four age groups – won through to April’s national finals.

Among them were the St Edward’s Catholic Primary School from Westminster, who have won the last two editions of the under-11 boys’ category in 2020 and 2022, with no event in 2021 because of the pandemic.

In the girls’ categories, Heanor Gate Spencer Academy from Derbyshire will have the chance to hold on to their under-19 title, while St George’s Catholic School from Westminster will aim for back-to-back triumphs at under-16.

Also in the under-16 girls’ class are London Academy, who won the under-13s national title last year and may feature some of the same players.

The Butterfly National School Team Championship final will be held on Sunday April 23 at WV Active Wolverhampton.

The full list of schools to have qualified is:

BOYS’ UNDER-19
Wallington County Grammar School, Sutton
University College School, Hampstead, Camden, London Central
The King’s School, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Grantham Academy, Lincolnshire

BOYS’ UNDER-16
London Academy, Edgware, Barnet, London North
Warwick School, Warwickshire
St Mary’s College, Liverpool, Merseyside
Reading School, Berkshire

BOYS’ UNDER-13
University College School, Hampstead, Camden, London Central
Dorothy Stringer School, Brighton, East Sussex
St Mary’s College, Hull, Humber
Carlton le Willows Academy, Nottinghamshire

BOYS’ UNDER-11
London Academy, Edgware, Barnet, London North
St Edward’s Catholic Primary School, Westminster, London Central
Seamer & Irton Community Primary School, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
East Bridgford St Peter’s CE Primary Academy, Nottinghamshire

GIRLS’ UNDER-19
Wallington High School for Girls, Sutton, London South
Prince Henry’s High School, Evesham, Worcestershire
Heanor Gate Spencer Academy, Heanor, Derbyshire
Ackworth School, Pontefract, West Yorkshire

GIRLS’ UNDER-16
London Academy, Edgware, Barnet, London North
St George’s Catholic School, Westminster, London Central
Wade Deacon High School, Widnes, Cheshire
Toot Hill School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

GIRLS’ UNDER-13
Putney High School, Putney, Wandsworth, London Central
The St Marylebone CE School, Westminster, London Central
Acklam Grange School, Middlesbrough, Cleveland
Bradford Grammar School, West Yorkshire

GIRLS’ UNDER-11
London Academy, Edgware, Barnet, London North
Fox Primary School, Kensington & Chelsea, London Central
Shakespeare Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Dovedale Primary School, Derbyshire