UKMT Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo
What is the Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo?
The Senior Kangaroo is a follow-on round to the UKMT Senior Maths Challenge – you can enter for free if you meet the qualifying score from the SMC, or you can also pay to make a discretionary entry (via your school/UKMT centre). For more information about all the challenges and how the follow-on rounds work, take a look at the video here:
How can I prepare for the Senior Kangaroo?
The best way to practise for the Senior Kangaroo is to practice – so try problems from the past papers below. You can also practice many past paper questions in my free course ‘Get Ready for the Senior Kangaroo‘.
Many of the video solutions are also available on the Mathsaurus YouTube channel. You can see the 2022 solutions in the video here.
Senior Kangaroo Past Papers
This table contains links to past papers for the Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo – these papers are hosted on the UKMT website. The most recent papers are usually made available a couple of days after the challenge takes place and may briefly be available on the official website before this table is updated.
Senior Kangaroo past certificarte boundaries
In the Senior Kangaroo, students get 5 marks per question correct, and there are no penalties for wrong answers. With a total of 20 questions, the maximum possible score is 100.
Senior Kangaroo Certificate Boundaries from 2025
From 2025, the top 10% of entrants receive a Gold Kangaroo Certificate, the next 20% receive a Silver Kangaroo Certificate and the next 30% receive a Bronze Kangaroo Certificate. All other students receive either a Certificate of Qualification (if they qualified automatically from the Senior Maths Challenge) or a Certificate of Participation (if they made a discretionary entry without qualifying automatically).
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Date Released |
| 2025 | 70 | 55 | 40 | 27th Nov |
Senior Kangaroo Boundaries pre-2025
Before 2025, the top 25% of participants received a Certificate of Merit (with all others receiving a Certificate of Participation or Qualification). Grade boundaries for some past Senior Kangaroo papers are in the table below.
| Merit | |
| 2024 | 50+ |
| 2023 | 50+ |
| 2022 | 40+ |
| 2021 | 45+ |
| 2020 | 55+ |
| 2019 | 45+ |
| 2018 | 35+ |
| 2017 | ? |
| 2016 | 55+ |
| 2015 | ? |
| 2014 | 65+ |
Can I take both the Senior Kangaroo and the BMO?
Yes, in theory, it is possible to take both papers, though typically students will sit one or the other of the Kangaroo and Olympiad. You will only receive free entry to the round you have qualified for, however, it is possible to make a discretionary entry for one or both papers. However, due to the length of the Senior Olympiad in particular, it is advised to choose just one of the papers to take.
Why is it called the Andrew Jobbings Senior Kangaroo?
Andrew Jobbings was a major contributor to the UKMT and a key representative of UKMT with the Association Kangourou sans Frontières. He played a large role in bringing the Kangaroo papers to a UKMT audience every year and the Senior Kangaroo was named after him after his death in 2019.