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Enrichment and after-school clubs for schools

A weekly club, a one-off workshop for a year group, or a full termly programme, delivered by Enhanced DBS checked Mentors with the kit brought in. This page says what we run, how a club actually works, and what a safeguarding lead will want from us before we start.

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What we run with schools

Workshops and assemblies. A one-off session for a year group, in your hall or our Studio Lab, kit included. Most schools use this to test us before committing to a term.
After-school clubs. A weekly club in your school in robotics, game development, cyber security or 3D printing. Groups are capped so the quieter children still get their hands on the kit.
A termly or yearly programme. Committed weekly delivery with predictable monthly billing, one Mentor per class and a minimum of one term. A full term or a full year costs less per session.
SEND and alternative provision. A named Mentor, a sensory-aware room, a structured pace and no peer grading, for pupils a mainstream computing lesson is not reaching.

How a club runs

We bring the kit and the Mentor; you provide the room and the register. Sessions run for six to fifteen pupils, with the group size agreed up front so the ratio holds. Every session is a project with a beginning, a middle and something to show at the end, and the same Mentor comes back each week.

Clubs are not enrichment for its own sake. A pupil who stays with the programme can sit the BCS Level 1 Robotics Award or BCS Level 2 Thinking as a Coder, both on the Ofqual register and each equivalent to a GCSE, and those ready for it can take AQA GCSE Computer Science at our JCQ registered exam centre.

The context has changed too. Since the Department for Education's February 2024 guidance most schools prohibit phones through the school day, and the government has announced that under-16s will be barred from social media from spring 2027. Pupils are getting hours back. A club is one of the better places for those hours to go, and it is the same argument we make to parents.

What a safeguarding lead will ask for

Enhanced DBS. Every Mentor is Enhanced DBS checked, and certificates are available for your single central record before anyone sets foot in the building.
Ofsted. Robocode is registered with Ofsted as a childcare provider, URN 2715831, which matters if you are commissioning wraparound or holiday provision.
Exams. We are a JCQ registered exam centre and enter and host BCS and AQA examinations ourselves.
Policies. Safeguarding, health and safety, behaviour and complaints are published on our policies page as PDFs, and the pack includes them.

What it costs

Delivery is quoted per group rather than per child on a rate card, because a class of eight in your hall and a class of fifteen in a Studio Lab are not the same job. Booking a full term or a full year costs less per session. The school pack carries the numbers for your size of group, so a head of department can take a figure to their business manager.

How to enquire

Ask for the pack with the form on our schools page. It reaches the centre nearest your school, who reply to you personally. If no centre is within 30 miles, we reply ourselves. Tell us who you are, the ages involved and roughly what you are trying to solve. The pack comes back with delivery options, a quote for your group, the safeguarding documentation and the qualification pathway.

Families at your school can also come to us directly. A Free Tech Assessment at their nearest centre is 30, 45 or 90 minutes, depending on the centre, with a Mentor, in person, with no commitment, and it is free.

Ask for the school pack

Delivery options, a quote for your size of group, the safeguarding paperwork and the qualification pathway, in writing.

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Questions parents ask

Do you come to us, or do we come to you?: Either. We run clubs and workshops in your hall with our kit, or your pupils come to a Studio Lab at the nearest centre and use the whole room.
Do pupils need any experience?: No. Most start with none. Each session is built so a beginner finishes with something working, and the Mentor sets the pace for the group in front of them.
Can a club lead to a qualification?: Yes. Pupils who stay with the programme can sit the BCS Level 1 Robotics Award or BCS Level 2 Thinking as a Coder, each equivalent to a GCSE, and those ready for it can take AQA GCSE Computer Science at our exam centre.