Time for The Code Zone team to let their hair down - follow to find out what we get up to!
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3 guides for parents · 9 posts from the clubs
Half term is in full swing and we've been having the best time coding with our members over the break! Looking for more ways to share your child's love of gaming? Check out our recommendations for our favourite (free and paid for) multiplayer games!
Join us as we celebrate World Wide Web Day and find out about how we strive to make our corner of the internet a fun and safe place for children to enjoy!
We have some awesome mentors here at The Code Zone, each with varied tastes and skills! Today we’re going to have a brief look into the minds of some of our mentors, Harry, Meg, Tom, Tyler, and Chris! Keep reading to find out their favourite foods, favourite Pokemon, and more...
While coding is important when it comes to making games, art is just as crucial for bringing an idea to life! Keep reading to find out more about how we encourage our members to create their own art as they learn to code...
Ever wanted to know what video game world our mentors want to live in? How about their favourite Pokemon? Find out all of this and more in this week's blog post!
This week marks the start of our second Game Jam for the summer, and our theme this time is MASCOT MAYHEM! We’ve decided to mark the start of the Game Jam with a fun little dive into the history of the biggest video game mascots, so buckle in as we travel back in time to learn a little more!
This week marks the start of our second Game Jam for the summer, and our theme this time is MASCOT MAYHEM! We’ve decided to mark the start of the Game Jam with a fun little dive into the history of the biggest video game mascots, so buckle in as we travel back in time to learn a little more!
Discover the best approach to learning Python for children!
Let's explore how coding has shed its geeky image and why it's a valuable skill set for the modern era.
There are many benefits to learning code, even as early as age 6!
Today, we're excited to announce the release of our newest club , "LOLclub"!
If you haven't seen Tom's intro video for The Codey Smart Speaker - check it out on our Facebook page, Twitter or Instagram. We hope you enjoy...
Not everything needs a point. This is where the daft things live: April Fools, silly builds, things a child made that made the whole club laugh, and the occasional experiment that had no educational justification whatsoever.
It is here on purpose. A coding club that takes itself entirely seriously is not somewhere most children want to spend a Tuesday evening, and the children who get the most out of ours are usually the ones who worked out early that they were allowed to make something ridiculous.
Our clubs run for one hour a week in groups of no more than six, with the same mentor every week. Children build their own games rather than following a set course, which is what makes room for this sort of thing in the first place.
If you want the serious version, the guides section covers what comes after Scratch, how to choose a coding club, and what actually works for autistic and ADHD children.
The Code Zone teaches children aged 6 to 16 to code by building their own games. Outside the UK that is the Game Dev Academy, which is self-paced: there is no fixed session time, so a child works at whatever hour suits them in any time zone.
A STEM-certified, background-checked mentor answers by text and video message during the week, so nobody is left on their own with it, and children build their own games rather than working through a set course. Creating an account is free and takes no card details, so you can see the platform before deciding anything.
Children start in Scratch, and the mentor sets harder work as soon as they are ready for it. 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, 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, the UK's leading autism charity, 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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