diff --git a/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/HomepageHighlight/HomepageHighlight.tsx b/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/HomepageHighlight/HomepageHighlight.tsx
index 08c8e340aa..0e9b313aef 100644
--- a/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/HomepageHighlight/HomepageHighlight.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/HomepageHighlight/HomepageHighlight.tsx
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ const HomepageHighlight = () => {
   const getBannerContent = () => {
     if (isBeforeCompetitionOpenDate(currentDate)) {
       return {
-        subtitle:
-          "We're currently experiencing issues with Google authentication on our website. Our team is actively investigating and working on a fix. Thank you for your patience.",
+        title: "National Computer Science Competition 2025/26",
+        subtitle: "Opening November 2025",
+        button: {
+          to: "https://forms.office.com/e/23bsQuZfjm",
+          label: "Be the first one to know",
+        },
       };
     } else if (isAfterCompetitionOpenDateAndBeforeCompetitionEndDate(currentDate)) {
       return {
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ const HomepageHighlight = () => {
 
     return (
       <>
-        <h1 className="homepage-highlight-title px-1">{bannerContent.title}</h1>
+        <h1 className="homepage-highlight-title px-1 pt-4">{bannerContent.title}</h1>
         <h1 className="homepage-highlight-sub-title p-2">{bannerContent.subtitle}</h1>
       </>
     );
diff --git a/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/dateUtils.ts b/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/dateUtils.ts
index 8a28674c7c..915a238088 100644
--- a/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/dateUtils.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/pages/IsaacCompetition/dateUtils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //Expression of interest banner will be shown till midnight on 2 Nov 2025. Entries open banner will be displayed after this till COMPETITION_END_DATE
 //The competition entry form will be displayed on the Events -> National Competition page after this date.
-export const COMPETITION_OPEN_DATE = new Date("2026-05-20T23:59:59Z"); // UTC timezone
+export const COMPETITION_OPEN_DATE = new Date("2025-11-02T23:59:59Z"); // UTC timezone
 
 //The Entries open banner will be displayed till midnight on 28 Feb 2026. Entries closed banner will be displayed after this till ENTRIES_CLOSED_BANNER_END_DATE
 export const COMPETITION_END_DATE = new Date("2026-02-28T23:59:59Z"); // UTC timezone
diff --git a/src/scss/cs/homepage.scss b/src/scss/cs/homepage.scss
index 6c83b045b5..cda6ae3542 100644
--- a/src/scss/cs/homepage.scss
+++ b/src/scss/cs/homepage.scss
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
 
   &-sub-title {
     color: #120540;
-    font-size: 24px;
+    font-size: 32px;
     
     @include respond-below(md) {
       font-size: 24px;