// Ages 14 to 16
Coding for 14 to 16 year olds: Advanced
Advanced is the level for 14 to 16 year olds: Amazon Web Services in a sandbox we pay for, code shipped the way teams ship it, and an AI product built end to end.
Live online sessions run by engineers who work at AWS.
What this level is
Your child deploys to Amazon Web Services in a sandbox we own and pay for, ships code the way engineering teams do, and builds an AI tool that answers questions from their own notes. AI runs through a service we operate, with a spending cap. By the end of the level they have a project of their own live on the internet, and they can explain how every part of it works.
What your child builds
Six modules: The internet, properly (their site live with HTTPS and the security settings working engineers use, plus capture-the-flag challenges), Cloud on AWS (a small app in the club sandbox with a cost review), Ship like a team (a reviewed change, automatically tested and published, and their app as a container), AI engineering (a chatbot that answers from their notes, scored against a 20-question test set), Build an AI product end to end (that chatbot live at their club address with rate limits and a spending cap) and a self-directed Capstone, documented in a README and presented to you in a 15-minute demo with questions.
From 14, your child deploys to Amazon Web Services in a sandbox we own and pay for, ships code the way engineering teams do, and builds an AI tool that answers questions from their own notes.
What a week looks like
You choose once or twice a week. Sessions are 90 minutes, live, in a group of 6 to 8. Twice a week is the full programme; once a week covers the same material at half the pace.
A module is twelve sessions. The odd sessions teach; the even sessions are build labs where the group practises what was taught, and the twelfth is the Showcase. On the twice-weekly plan your child attends all twelve and finishes a module in six weeks and a level in a school year. On the once-weekly plan they attend the teaching sessions live, do the build labs as guided homework with a starter template, and cover half the programme each year.
How we place your child
10 to 16. Foundations is 10 to 12, Intermediate 12 to 14, Advanced 14 to 16. 12 and 14 year olds sit in two bands, so we place them by experience after the free session, not by age alone.
Groups are 6 to 8, so the engineer teaching notices. We place by experience, not just age, and we move children between levels when it's right for them.
Accounts, supervision and safety
Under 13, nothing is in your child's name: they work in the browser on platforms we manage, and we publish their work to their club address. From 13, they create a GitHub account in a session with you present; it is the portfolio they keep. Everything else (the Linux server, the AI tools, the AWS sandbox, the publishing) is ours: we own the accounts and pay the bills. Your child never sees a password or a key for any of it.
Every tutor holds an enhanced DBS check. Sessions are recorded and recordings are deleted after 90 days. Tutors never message a child directly. We have a designated safeguarding lead.
Levels and prices
From 14, your child deploys to Amazon Web Services in a sandbox we own and pay for, ships code the way engineering teams do, and builds an AI tool that answers questions from their own notes.
A GitHub portfolio from age 13.
- Level 01 · Ages 10–12
Foundations
No experience needed
£40a session£320 a month · 8 sessions
Their first website, game and chatbot, all live on the internet
- Level 02 · Ages 12–14
Intermediate
Has done some coding
£45a session£360 a month · 8 sessions
Real Python, a proper code editor, and a Linux server we host for them
- Level 03 · Ages 14–16
Advanced
Has built things before
£55a session£440 a month · 8 sessions
Amazon Web Services, shipping code the way teams do, and an AI product built end to end
- Live 90-minute sessions in a group of 6 to 8
- A deployed project at the end of every module
- A Parent Showcase where they demo it to you
- An email every Saturday with what they built
- A certificate at the end of each level
Sessions are 90 minutes in a group of 6 to 8. £40 to £55 a session is £26.67 to £36.67 an hour. Billed monthly, cancel anytime, first session free.