We love our coding clubs, and staying at the forefront of EdTech. Follow here for the latest coding updates from the industry, as well as reactions to current news.
We’re always striving to get more girls involved with our clubs and making awesome games – we’ve got some amazing members of all genders, and they all deserve the same chance to learn code, show off their games, and of course earn some sweet XP points.
We spoke to our wonderful mentors and here are their top 5 do's and don'ts of online safety for children.
Friday the 24th marks International Day Of Education; this year's theme centres around AI and its uses in education which is something we at The Code Zone are very interested in!
Only one week left until Christmas! And you all know what that means... it is time for another Code Zone Game Jam!
This week at The Code Zone we’re taking part in Computer Science Education Week! The goal of this week is to encourage and inspire children of all ages to learn and get excited about computer science.
Why we believe it’s so important to be computer literate and what we’re doing to encourage computer literacy in our young coders!
Monday 11th November 2024 marks the start of Anti-Bullying week and, this year, the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA) have embraced the theme of 'Choose Respect' which The Code Zone full-heartedly supports and endorses.
If you checked out our socials last week, you may have noticed that here at The Code Zone we were celebrating some really, REALLY exciting news; it was announced that we are the global winners of Xero’s Beautiful Business Fund in the Upskilling For The Future category!
To really celebrate our game jam and the spooky season, we wanted to compile a list of some of the coolest, scariest video game villains out there!
I bet you're wondering what theme we've come up with this time?....well let's find out...
We’re going to be talking about the ways that coding sneaks its way into things we use every day, to really get an idea of how much we rely on it. Prepare to have your mind boggled, baffled, and I dare say even bamboozled, as we pull back the curtain on everyday coding!
at The Code Zone we love video games so we often talk about how learning to code is really useful for a career in gaming - but what if you don’t want to be a game dev? This week we wanted to take a closer look at some of these careers and the way that our clubs can be the first stepping stone for a child that is interested in...
What is happening in coding and technology education more widely, and what we make of it. AI and whether it is still worth a child learning to code. Changes to the computing curriculum. Research on screen time that is more nuanced than the headline suggested.
We write these because parents ask us about them, usually after reading something alarming. The honest answer is often less dramatic than the coverage, and occasionally more so.
We run coding clubs for children aged 6 to 16, online across the UK and in person across Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, with over 1,000 children enrolled. That gives us a reasonable view of what children are actually doing with technology, which is not always what the industry assumes they are doing.
If you want practical advice rather than commentary, the guides section covers what comes after Scratch, how to choose a coding club and what works for autistic and ADHD children.
The Code Zone runs coding clubs for children aged 6 to 16. Live online clubs are open to children anywhere in the UK and our in-person clubs run across Essex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
A session is one hour a week in a group of no more than six, with the same DBS-checked, STEM-certified mentor every week, and children build their own games rather than working through a set course. The first session is a free taster and we do not ask for card details, so you can see whether it suits your child before deciding anything.
Most children start in Scratch or MakeCode and move to Python and TypeScript when they are ready. Levels move down as readily as up so the work always fits, and staying where you are is a perfectly good outcome.
Mentors write a note on every child after every session, which is how we know when somebody is ready to move on, and it is why a child who has gone quiet for three weeks does not simply go unnoticed.
More than a third of our members are autistic or have ADHD, based on what parents tell us when they join.
In 2025 we received the Autism Inclusion Award from the National Autistic Society, and in 2026 we were ranked second in the UK in Club Hub UK’s Top 100 Children’s Activity Providers, scored by five independent judges on safeguarding, inclusivity and community impact.
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