Teachers & educators

Computing is a vital aspect of today’s world. We want to empower teachers to give young people the skills they need to shape this world.

That’s why we provide high-quality CPD training courses, classroom resources, and online events for teachers. All for free.

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Our impact

93% of educators and volunteers say young people involved in coding clubs we support skills have improved their computing and digital making skills.

89% of educators say our curriculum resources are high-quality and useful for teaching.

We’ve been using quizzes and rewards to trial how to assess skills development in our programmes.

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Teach your learners with The Computing Curriculum

The Computing Curriculum is our complete bank of free lesson plans and other resources that offer you everything you need to teach computing lessons in your classroom. It helps you cover the full breadth of computing for all school-aged learners.

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Experience AI: The excitement of AI in your classroom

Developed in collaboration with Google DeepMind, Experience AI supports teachers in the exciting and fast-moving area of AI and machine learning, and gets young people passionate about the subject.

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Free computing courses

Our online courses are free and have something for everyone. No previous experience is needed. You can start learning a valuable new skill to use in your classroom or take a course to improve your subject knowledge.

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Teach and learn with Ada Computer Science

Ada Computer Science is our free online platform for upper secondary school teachers and students around the world. Developed with the University of Cambridge, it offers you world-leading computing education resources for your classroom, homework, and revision.

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Get involved in a Code Club

Through Code Club, we support volunteers around the world to run coding clubs for young people. Whether you’re an absolute beginner or an experienced coder, starting or volunteering at a club is a great way to support young people to learn to code. We provide free projects and resources for your club so you can help kids get creative with technology.

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Code Editor For Education

Tailored specifically to young people’s needs, the Code Editor helps make learning text-based programming simple and accessible for children aged 9 and up. It’s safe, age-appropriate, and suitable for use in the classroom through Code Editor for Education.

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Hello World magazine

Our free computing and digital making magazine for educators.

One hundred pages of in-depth discussion, project ideas, lesson plans, news, and reviews. Available in digital and print.

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Gender Balance in Computing

We’re working to find the best ways to encourage young women to study computing.

More than 1000 schools were part of our series of research trials testing teaching approaches to do this.

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