A Code Club for every community: Our new offer for Trusts and Local Authorities

Last year we announced a bold ambition — to see a Code Club in every school and library across the UK. Today we’re excited to announce the next step in this journey — a package of support for multi academy trusts and local authorities who are interested in establishing Code Clubs across their network.

Why this is important

Feedback from educators, as well as independent research, tells us that Code Club works. Not only does it help young people develop their programming skills, but it also builds life skills like confidence, resilience and problem solving. We also know that to achieve our aims, we need to have a great package for trusts and local authorities that makes it easy to get new Code Clubs up and running.

Grounded in feedback

Over the past year, we’ve worked with teachers, librarians, and school leaders across the UK to explore how we can make it easier to support organisations to set up Code Clubs at scale.

Part of this work saw us partner with teachers from Three Spires Trust — a Church of England multi academy trust in Staffordshire — for a hands-on training day focused on the practical side of setting up new Code Clubs. Together, we explored the value of Code Club, how to structure sessions, how to use technologies like Scratch and the micro:bit in non-formal settings, and how to navigate common challenges of running a club.

By the end of the day, teachers felt more confident and better equipped to run Code Clubs in their own settings.

“This initiative will empower our pupils with the digital skills they need for the future, opening doors to creativity, problem solving, and innovation” – Chris Leek, Head of ICT & Systems at Three Spires Trust

Following the training, the Trust established six Code Clubs across its academies and has since brought creators together through a trust-wide coding competition led by the King’s CofE Academy Code Club.

This impact, moving from initial training to embedded, scalable delivery, is what we aim to support more organisations to achieve across the UK.

An offer that works for you

Code Club is already free — which is a great foundation — but for new Impact Partners, we’re pleased to offer you:

• A dedicated member of our team to work with you to get new Code Clubs up and running
• Training for your team on how to run a great Code Club experience
• Exclusive partner logos to use on your website and social posts
• Resources to promote and celebrate your clubs and the chance to be included in our global communications
• Priority places at our community events
• Access to a digital platform to monitor and manage your clubs
• A welcome pack including some of our most popular resources
• And of course, easy to follow projects for your young people, including our collection of AI projects

We’re just getting started, you can too!

This is just the beginning. As we develop new partnerships across the UK, we are committed to developing this package of support even further, listening to the advice you give us. Code Club is about more than just coding — it’s about giving every child essential life skills, and helping them have fun along the way. 

Contact us today to learn more about how we can work together to give every young person the opportunity to be part of Code Club