Entry requirements
Comfortable typing and either a completed CodeAugs Explorer term or equivalent experience. A short placement chat confirms the fit.
Builder pathway · Ages 11-17
Python Programming
Python taught properly: real syntax, real errors, real debugging - and small tools the student actually uses afterwards.
What students achieve
Enrol in Python Programming
By the end of the term
- Use variables, loops and functions confidently
- Work with lists and dictionaries
- Read from and write to files
- Read a traceback and fix the bug themselves
- Build a small command-line tool end to end
FORMAT
12 weeks · 90-minute sessions · campus or live online
TOOLS
Python 3, VS Code, Git, pytest basics
Syllabus
Week by week
Mentors adjust pace within the term, but every cohort covers the same milestones and finishes with a project.
Printing, input, types and the first debugging habits.
Conditions, loops and writing readable logic.
Parameters, return values and breaking a problem into pieces.
Lists, dictionaries and iteration patterns.
A CLI tool: fare calculator, quiz engine or study-time tracker.
A mentor review, a written README, then presentation.
What we provide
Campus laptop or kit during sessions, all software licences, printed workbook and lesson recordings for online cohorts.
Next course
Most students continue to Artificial Intelligence in the following term.
Try Python Programming free
One full session, no cost. Your child builds something small and you get a written placement note.