To get a place on Coding Success this year, your school must be a non-selective state school, in England, Wales, or Scotland and not taken part before.

Places are initially offered to schools nominated by our funders, and then opened out and allocated on a first come first served basis against certain criteria to ensure a good regional spread and to encourage participation from a wide range of students.

The training will be about 5 hours long, and each lesson is designed to fit in a 1-hour teaching period.

We estimate that an additional commitment of about 4 hours will be needed for preparation, administration, and evaluation

The programme is fully funded by the two partners - BAE Systems and the Royal Air Force - to allow schools to receive the kit, training and resources free of charge. Schools that sign up will need to attend the training, deliver a minimum of one project to 60 students* per year for 3 years , complete the programme evaluation each year.

*If your school was one of the ones nominated by a funder, and is a small school, the commitment to 60 students has been relaxed.

There are 200 places in total. 100 are for primary schools and 100 are for secondary schools.

If your school doesn’t classify itself as a primary or secondary school, please get in touch – we may still be able to accommodate you

• 2 LEGO^® Education SPIKE^™ Prime kits to explore and engage with
• 3 different projects to choose from, packed with programming content for all levels of ability
• Support in soft skills development
• Inspirational messages from the Coding Success partners: BAE Systems and the Royal Air Force

If you and your group of students complete the programme, your school will own the sets*. If you decide to not continue then you will need to return the kits to us (at your expense)

*Please note that some kits may be held in a central location for schools nominated by the funders.  If this applies to your school we will let you know on confirmation of your booking 

The programme is running in England, Wales, and Scotland. The resources have been designed to fit the curriculum of each nation. Unfortunately, we cannot offer places to schools in Northern Ireland.

8-14 year-olds in Wales, Scotland, and England.

The programme is specifically designed for delivery to primary school students (Years 4-6 or P5-7) and secondary school students (Years 7-9 or S1-3).

Coding Success is designed to support the curriculum in computing, science, and maths, in Wales, Scotland, and England. This means, Key Stage 2 and 3 in Wales and England and Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence for P5-7 and S1-3.

The programme also supports soft-skills development.

• LEGO^® Education SPIKE^™ Prime Training from a LEGO® Education Certified Trainer
• Lesson plans with differentiated paths for younger or older students, or more or less able students
• Lesson presentations with instructional videos
• Technical support from Raising Robots

Each school can only apply once. However, the kits and the resources are reusable, and we encourage teachers who attend the training to train other teachers.

Primary and secondary schools will receive the same lesson plans and lesson materials, and have the choice to follow more or less challenging paths. The coding language used in the lessons has the same look and feel as Scratch, using familiar drag and drop blocks which makes it accessible for all students. Students who are ready for an extra challenge can develop their text-based coding skills through a fun introduction to Python - giving even greater power to their amazing robots.

Coding Success is already accredited for the CREST Discovery award. You can download the CREST Discovery Passport from the resource bank.

If students fill in the passport as they complete the programme, at the end they can apply for the CREST Discovery award.

This is administered by the British Science Association, not Coding Success. Depending on your region, there may be a fee for the CREST Discovery award application – Coding Success does not cover this fee.