Why Our Clubs Are Great For Neurodivergent Learners!
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We think learning to code should be accessible to everyone, which is why our clubs are designed with neurodivergent learners in mind! Read on to find out more about what makes our clubs so great...
Something you might have noticed is that we talk a LOT about our sessions being an excellent space for young neurodivergent people. We also readily mention our receiving of the National Autistic Society Autism Inclusion Award. But what does all of this actually mean? What kind of things do we do to make our sessions even more inclusive?
Small Group Sizes
First of all we let everyone code how they feel most comfortable. Be that in our small sessions of up to six members led by a patient, well trained, STEM certified mentor, or our self-paced academy where there’s no need to turn up at the same time every week. We feel that this allows for a quieter, more relaxed experience, giving each member the space and help that they need to thrive!
STEM-Certified, Enthusiastic Mentors
Our mentors are also more than happy to engage in conversations about passions/likes during sessions! Often we find clubs having asides where we discuss the latest pokemon game or languages or anything else that’s currently occupying our members minds!
Clear Instructions That Reward Pattern Recognition
We also find that coding itself is a useful thing for many neurodiverse people as it’s full of patterns and logical, predictable systems that many of our members find both rewarding and satisfying. An error in your code will always tell you exactly what is wrong directly after all!
If you want to have a look to see if our clubs are right for you, sign up for a free taster session today!
About The Code Zone
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: self-paced, so a child works at whatever hour suits them in any time zone, with a background-checked, STEM-certified mentor answering by text and video message.
It started in Britain, where in 2026 it was the highest-placed coding club in Club Hub UK's Top 100 Children's Activity Providers, and in 2025 received the Autism Inclusion Award from the National Autistic Society, the UK's leading autism charity. More than a third of members are autistic or have ADHD, based on what parents tell us when they join.
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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 the work actually looks like before you sign up to anything, club news is the more honest read of the two.
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