International Day of Education 2026!
It's International Day of Education so, to celebrate, we're here to tell you about why we think it's so important that our members have the opportunity to learn at their own pace.
Keep reading to find out more...
January 24th marks “International Education Day!” UNESCO have set their theme as “The power of youth in co-creating education” which is something we feel passionate about here at The Code Zone. Let’s chat about it!
Child Led Learning
Here at The Code Zone, we pride ourselves on letting our members take the sessions at their pace, choosing what particular aspects they want to learn about!
We believe that letting them choose their path allows them to stay focused for longer (and have loads more fun!!!)
Championing Accessibility
We also believe that allowing children to choose their own path makes coding more accessible! We pride ourselves on working to make coding accessible to all kinds of people, and this doesn’t go unnoticed!
In 2025 we received the Autism Inclusion Award from the National Autistic Society, showing our dedication to making code as accessible as possible!
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If you feel passionate about letting your child learn the way THEY want to, come along to a free taster session and see how we can help your child!
About The Code Zone
We run 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. Over 1,000 children are enrolled.
A live club is one hour a week, in a group of no more than six, with the same DBS-checked, STEM-certified mentor.
Children build their own games rather than working through a set course, and levels move down as readily as up so the work always fits. More than a third of our members are autistic or have ADHD, based on what parents tell us when they join.
Most children start in Scratch or MakeCode and move to Python and TypeScript when they are ready. Mentors write a note on every child after every session, so we know when somebody is ready to move up or would rather stay put. Nothing is forced.
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. Every mentor is DBS-checked and STEM-certified.
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The blog is in two halves. Guides are the evergreen explainers written by the mentors who teach the clubs, covering the questions parents actually ask: what comes after Scratch, how to support a coding-mad child when you cannot code yourself, and what works for autistic and ADHD children.
Club news is the other half, and it is where posts like this one live: game jams, Minecraft builds and weekly roundups, written up by whoever ran the session. Neither is marketing. If you want to know what an hour actually looks like before you book anything, club news is the more honest read of the two.
The first session is a free taster and we do not ask for card details. Book a free taster session, see what it costs, or read about support for neurodivergent children.
