Game Dev Hacker: six levels in Scratch

The beginner stage. Your child starts in Scratch, where code is coloured blocks you drag rather than lines you type, and hacks a new game every week with a STEM-certified mentor beside them.
For children aged 6 and up, with no coding experience needed. Six levels, each one going deeper than the last, and a STEM-certified certificate at the end of every one.
Nobody is waiting for the rest of the class. Your child moves up when their work says so, and staying on a level for longer is completely fine.

Begin coding in Scratch!
Six levels, and a certificate at every one
Each Hacker level is a real step rather than a sticker: a new set of code concepts, a new set of games to break open, and a STEM-certified certificate when it is done.
one level at a time

What a Hacker week looks like
A new game arrives every week, and your child opens it whenever the day allows, at their own pace, in their own time zone.

Code in blocks, not typing
Scratch is drag-and-drop, so a child who cannot touch-type yet is never held back by the keyboard while they learn how code actually thinks.

Hack a new game every week
Every week brings a game your child has not seen before, and they use their own code to change how it works.

The same mentor each week
STEM-certified, background-checked, and someone who remembers what your child built last time and how they like to work.
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Meet the mentors
Who your child actually sits with each week: STEM-certified, background-checked, and trained in supporting neurodivergent children.
Read about our mentors
The whole award ladder
Hacker, then Modder, then Architect. Every level earns a STEM-certified certificate, and the levels are the same whichever club your child is in.
See all the awards SPIRAL LEARNINGWhat is spiral learning?
Why we come back to the same ideas at a deeper level each time, and how that turns into real coding skill rather than remembered steps.
How the clubs workWhere Hacker fits in
Join the Game Dev Academy for an exciting coding journey! Children aged 6 to 16 learn while creating awesome games, from Scratch to Python, at whatever hour suits them, with a STEM-certified mentor answering along the way.
