Best Online Coding Classes in Ireland

In short

The best online coding class in Ireland is the one that fits where a learner is in the Irish school path and teaches them to think, not just to type. Coding appears at every stage, unevenly: a Coding short course of about 100 hours at Junior Cycle that each school chooses whether to offer, and Leaving Certificate Computer Science, a 180-hour subject offered by 194 schools in 2024 out of 722 post-primary schools that year. A good class fills the gaps without competing with school: a live teacher at an Irish hour, reading before writing, code reviewed every week, and AI tools used openly and acknowledged. Modern Age Coders teaches exactly that online, for ages 6 to 67, in groups of five to ten or one to one; the first class is free, and afterwards a group place is USD 100 a month and one-to-one lessons USD 150.

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Three courses for three points on the Irish path

One for the senior classes of primary school, one for the Junior Cycle and Transition Year, and one for adults. Each card opens its full syllabus.

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Python and AI for Kids

Typed Python for children in Fourth to Sixth Class, with small games and a first program that learns from examples.

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IRL / 02

Python for Teens

The whole language across the Junior Cycle and Transition Year, taught so each idea is read and predicted before it is written.

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IRL / 03

Python Automation Course

For adults in Ireland: Python that automates real work, with every AI-assisted step checked and understood.

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Where coding sits in Irish schools

From Junior Infants to the Leaving Cert: where coding appears, and where it does not

The descriptions below come from the Department of Education and from the NCCA's specifications on curriculumonline.ie. They are the frame any class for Irish learners should fit around.

Coding through the Irish school path
Stage	Length	Where coding appears
Primary	An eight year cycle: junior infants, senior infants, and first to sixth classes	The NCCA's Coding in Primary Schools initiative, which the Digital Strategy for Schools names; no stand-alone coding subject
Junior Cycle	Three years	The Coding short course, an optional course a school may choose, designed for approximately 100 hours of student engagement and aligned to NFQ Level 3
Transition Year	One optional year	Wherever a school builds it into its own Transition Year programme
Senior Cycle	Two years, for the 15 to 18 age group	Leaving Certificate Computer Science, an optional subject designed for 180 hours of class contact time

The Coding short course aims, in the NCCA's words, to help students "formulate problems logically; to design, write and test code through the development of programs, apps, games, animations or websites". Its revised 2025 specification, introduced for first years from September 2026, has three strands: Introducing computer science, Let's get connected, and Coding at the next level, and it now includes learning to identify different AI models.

Leaving Certificate Computer Science began in 40 pilot schools in September 2018, with a first exam in 2020, and has been available nationally as an optional Senior Cycle subject since September 2020.

Availability is the catch. The Department's Inspectorate reports that the number of post-primary schools offering Computer Science "increased from 36 in 2018 to 194 schools in 2024". The Department counted 722 post-primary schools in 2024, so by our arithmetic about one in four offered the subject that year, and three in four did not.

Primary schools are more numerous still: 3,082 mainstream primary schools in 2024/25. A child's first contact with coding therefore depends heavily on which school, which teacher and which year.

Sources: Department of Education, A guide to the Irish education system; NCCA, Junior Cycle Coding short course (2025 specification); NCCA, Leaving Certificate Computer Science; Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027; Inspectorate, Post-primary insights (November 2025); Department of Education Statistical Bulletin, December 2024. Read 16 September 2026. The one-in-four share is our division of the two published figures.

The six checks

Six things the best online coding class in Ireland should do

Each check comes with the question to put to any provider, ours included. The research behind the first three is set out on our page about the best coding class in the world.

Six checks for an online coding class in Ireland, and the question to ask
Check	Why it matters in Ireland	Ask the provider
1. A live teacher, not only videos	Free recorded courses are good material, but most people who start one alone do not finish.	Who teaches my child, and will it be the same person each week?
2. Reading before writing	The Coding short course asks students to formulate problems logically before they design, write and test code.	How is a new idea introduced: by writing code from a template, or by predicting what code does first?
3. Code read by a person	A school subject marks work at the end; learning happens when someone reads it along the way.	How often will a teacher read my child's code, and what feedback comes back?
4. Irish hours and the Irish year	After-school hours, mid-term breaks, the Junior Cycle, Transition Year and a June Leaving Cert shape every family's calendar.	What time is the class in Irish time, and what happens during exam weeks?
5. AI used openly and acknowledged	Irish schools now expect AI use to be acknowledged, and exam coursework must be the student's own work.	When are AI tools allowed, and how will my child learn to say what the tool did?
6. Honest evidence and a free trial	A rating means little without its source and its size.	Where can I read your reviews, and can we try a real class before paying?

None of these checks is exotic, and a good provider answers each one in a sentence. What they filter out is common: a course of videos presented as teaching, a class that starts every topic by copying a template, a fixed slot at an hour no Irish child is free, or a promise about Leaving Cert points that nobody can keep.

The fifth check has become more important since October 2025, when the Department of Education published guidance on AI in schools. Our page on understanding the code instead of copy-pasting sets out what it says and what it means for a learner.

Your options

Clubs, camps, grinds, recorded courses and live classes: what each is really for

Every option below has a place. The best choice depends on what the learner needs this year, and sometimes the answer is two of them together.

Coding options for Irish families, by what they do well
Option	What it does well	What it does not try to do
Free coding clubs	A friendly first taste, often with volunteers and other children	A structured path from one level to the next
Summer camps	An intense week or two of making things in the long summer break	Weekly practice across the school year
Exam grinds	Focused preparation for a subject that is examined in June	Building skills beyond what the exam asks
Recorded courses	Material to work through at any hour, often free or cheap	A person who notices when the learner is stuck or gone
Live online classes	A teacher, a fixed hour and a group, week after week	In-person contact, or a replacement for the school subject

For a child in primary school

A club or a camp for the spark, then a weekly class once the child wants to build more than one thing. Blocks first, typed code from about Fourth Class.

For a Junior Cycle or TY student

A weekly class that goes deeper than a short course can, whether or not the school offers one, and a real project in Transition Year.

For a Senior Cycle student

If the school offers Computer Science, a class that builds programming depth beside it; if not, the same ground at an Irish hour. Grinds, if needed, for the exam itself.

Our answer

How Modern Age Coders answers the six checks, and where it does not fit

Our answers first, then the plain limits.

The six checks, answered by Modern Age Coders
Check	Our answer
1. A live teacher	Every class is live, with the same teacher each week.
2. Reading before writing	Each new idea starts with a prediction of what the code will do.
3. Code read by a person	The teacher reads and discusses each learner's code every week.
4. Irish hours and the Irish year	A fixed weekly hour in Irish time, with pauses for mid-term breaks and exam weeks.
5. AI used openly	AI tools come in after prediction, and learners record what a tool suggested and what they changed.
6. Evidence and a trial	Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews, and the first class is free.

Not a school subject

We do not replace Junior Cycle Coding or Leaving Certificate Computer Science, set their assessments or award school credit.

Not in Ireland

Our teachers work from India, and there is no Irish office or classroom. Irish time runs five and a half hours behind India time in winter and four and a half in summer.

Not in euro

Fees are charged in US dollars, as for every country outside India. There is no separate euro price list.

The ladder

Five rungs through the Irish school years

The school years are typical, not rules. A learner moves up when a rung is secure, which the teacher judges from the work.

Coding rungs set against Irish school stages
Usually	Rung	The learner can
First to Third Class	1. Blocks	Build and explain a small game in blocks, and predict what it will do
Fourth to Sixth Class	2. Typed code	Write short Python programs and fix their own errors
Junior Cycle	3. Problems	Break a problem down, design a solution, then write and test it
Transition Year	4. A project	Finish a real app, game or analysis and show it in public
Senior Cycle and beyond	5. Depth	Work with algorithms, data and AI models, and judge code written by others or by AI

Why the rungs ignore the school year

Two children in Fifth Class can be two rungs apart, and a Fifth Year who starts late climbs the first rungs quickly. Placing each learner by what they can do keeps both learning.

The whole order of subjects, beyond school, is on the coding roadmap.

Around the Irish calendar

Most learners take two lessons a week and pause for mid-term breaks. The 2026 Leaving Certificate written exams ran from 3 June to 23 June, and many Sixth Years lighten their lessons in the weeks before.

Adults follow the same rungs at the pace their working week allows.

The catalogue

Nine live courses for Irish learners, by stage

Grouped by where a learner usually is in the Irish system. Each card opens its syllabus, and the free first class decides the starting point.

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Primary school

Blocks first, then typed code

IRL / PRIM / 01

Coding for Kids

Block coding for the youngest, from about age 6.

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IRL / PRIM / 02

Scratch Coding for Kids

Games and stories in Scratch, planned before they are built.

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IRL / PRIM / 03

Python and AI for Kids

The step to typed Python, usually in Fourth to Sixth Class.

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II

Junior Cycle and Transition Year

The full language and a real project

IRL / JCTY / 01

Python for Teens

The whole of Python, read before it is written.

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IRL / JCTY / 02

Full Stack Web Development for Teens

A working website with its own data, a strong Transition Year project.

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IRL / JCTY / 03

App Development for Teens

A real app, often a learner's first public work.

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III

Senior Cycle and adults

Algorithms, data and AI

IRL / SENR / 01

Problem Solving for Teens

Algorithms and data structures, reasoned out rather than memorised.

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IRL / SENR / 02

AI and Machine Learning for Teens

Models trained, tested and explained by the learner.

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IRL / SENR / 03

Python Masterclass

For adults and university students starting from zero.

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How the classes run

Irish hours, Irish school terms, a live teacher

Teachers work from India, which never changes its clocks, so Irish time runs five and a half hours behind India time in winter and four and a half behind in summer. Irish learners usually take lessons after school, in the evening or on a Saturday morning, at a regular hour agreed in the free first class.

After school

Late afternoon, Irish time, for primary and post-primary learners.

Evening

For Senior Cycle students and adults after work or study.

Saturday morning

For longer sessions and Transition Year projects.

A free first class

A real problem with a real teacher, and an honest view of where the learner should start.

Groups of five to ten

Learners at the same stage, from Ireland and other countries, reviewing one another's work.

One to one when needed

For a Sixth Year with a deadline, a learner far ahead, or an adult with a fixed goal.

Irish words kept

Junior Infants, Transition Year, the Junior Cycle and the Leaving Cert keep their names; lessons are in English.

AI with a record

Learners note what an AI tool suggested and what they changed, the habit Irish schools now ask for.

A portfolio kept

Projects go into the learner's own repository, ready for a CAO application or an interview.

Student work

Projects our students built and published

Four live projects by our students. More on the student labs page.

AI and ML

NutriLife

An AI nutrition coach that reads what you eat and works you toward a target.

by Bhavya · Open it

AI and ML

Misti

A chatbot that answers mathematics and programming questions, built and deployed by a student.

by Harshit · Open it

AI and ML

GuardianX

An assistant that helps a young person recognise unsafe situations online.

by Vivaan · Open it

Web app

SkyCast

A weather forecasting site with live conditions for any location.

by Krish

Fees

Fees for Irish families

Monthly and in US dollars, the one rate we use for every country outside India. No enrolment fee and nothing to sign for a year.

Free first class

USD 0

no card required

A real class with a teacher
An honest placement
No card required

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Group batch

USD 100

a month, billed in US dollars

Five to ten learners at one stage
The same teacher each week
Code read every week
A certificate at the end

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One to one

USD 150

a month, billed in US dollars

A teacher for one learner
Paced to the school year
Ideal for exam years

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What families say

Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews

Taken from Google as written. We never write or pay for reviews.

★★★★★

"The one step solution for my son. Modern Age Coders make learning coding so simple that kids love it. The teachers explain complex concepts clearly with practical exercises and interactive content."

Ria Mukherjee

Parent

★★★★★

"Modern Age Coders has been a game-changer for me. I struggled to grasp IT concepts and coding before joining, but their classes transformed everything. I can now confidently write complex programs with ease."

Samriddha Mondal

Student

★★★★★

"One of the most wonderful education centres out there. Education is not limited to school syllabus but focuses on skill development."

Vansh Agarwal

Student

★★★★★

"My child Dhairya is really enjoying the Modern Age Coders classes. This is his first online class and he eagerly looks forward to it. I can already see his improvement, and the teachers are very cooperative."

Sonam Oswal

Parent of Dhairya

★★★★★

"Modern Age Coders have wonderful teachers who teach in a clear, easy and practical way. The teacher boosts students' confidence and inspires them to learn without hesitation."

Sonu Goyal

Parent

★★★★★

"I highly recommend this computer coding class! The teachers are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about coding."

Ritu Kedia

Parent

Questions from Irish families

What Irish parents and learners ask about online coding classes

What is the best online coding class in Ireland?

The one that fits the learner's stage and passes six checks: a live teacher, reading before writing, code read by a person, Irish hours, AI used openly and acknowledged, and honest evidence with a free trial.

Does my child's school teach coding?

It depends on the school. The Junior Cycle Coding short course is optional for schools, and in 2024 the Inspectorate counted 194 post-primary schools offering Leaving Certificate Computer Science out of 722.

What is the Junior Cycle Coding short course?

An NCCA short course designed for approximately 100 hours, with three strands in its 2025 version: Introducing computer science, Let's get connected, and Coding at the next level.

How many hours is Leaving Certificate Computer Science?

The specification is designed for 180 hours of class contact time. It has been available nationally as an optional Senior Cycle subject since September 2020.

Is a free coding club enough?

For a first taste, often yes. For steady progress from one level to the next, most learners also need a weekly class with the same teacher.

Are your classes grinds?

Not in the usual sense. We build programming skill and understanding. For Leaving Cert Computer Science specifically, see our page on Computer Science grinds, which explains how the two fit together.

Can my child use ChatGPT in class?

Yes, after they can predict what the code should do, and always with a record of what the tool suggested and what they changed. That is also what Irish schools now expect.

What does it cost?

The first class costs nothing. After that it is USD 100 a month for a group place or USD 150 a month for one-to-one lessons, charged in US dollars, with no enrolment fee and no yearly contract.

When are classes, in Irish time?

At a fixed weekly hour agreed in the free first class: usually after school, in the evening or on a Saturday morning. Irish time is five and a half hours behind India time in winter and four and a half in summer.

What happens after I send the form?

A member of the team rings back at a suitable Irish hour and books the free first class. Nothing is charged unless the learner continues.

Elsewhere on this site

More for Irish families

Pages for each part of the Irish picture.

Coding classes in Ireland

The national page, from primary to third level.

The best coding class in the world

The research behind the first checks.

Understand the code, do not copy-paste

What Irish guidance says about AI and your own work.

Leaving Cert Computer Science grinds

For Senior Cycle students taking the subject.

Coding classes in Dublin

For families in the capital.

AI and machine learning classes in Ireland

Building AI, from the first model.

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Test the six checks on a free first class

Leave a number and we will ring back at an Irish hour that suits you. In the first class a teacher works with the learner on a real problem, and you will see how each of the six checks is answered in practice.

Would you rather read first? Every course has its own page, our teaching method is set out in detail, and the roadmap shows what follows what.

WhatsApp us · +91 91233 66161 · contact@modernagecoders.com

From an Irish phone, WhatsApp is free and usually fastest. Our number is Indian and presented as one; there is no Irish office.

Three courses for three points on the Irish path

Python and AI for Kids

Python for Teens

Python Automation Course

From Junior Infants to the Leaving Cert: where coding appears, and where it does not

Six things the best online coding class in Ireland should do

Clubs, camps, grinds, recorded courses and live classes: what each is really for

For a child in primary school

For a Junior Cycle or TY student

For a Senior Cycle student

How Modern Age Coders answers the six checks, and where it does not fit

Not a school subject

Not in Ireland

Not in euro

Five rungs through the Irish school years

Why the rungs ignore the school year

Around the Irish calendar

Nine live courses for Irish learners, by stage

Primary school

Coding for Kids

Scratch Coding for Kids

Python and AI for Kids

Junior Cycle and Transition Year

Python for Teens

Full Stack Web Development for Teens

App Development for Teens

Senior Cycle and adults

Problem Solving for Teens

AI and Machine Learning for Teens

Python Masterclass

Irish hours, Irish school terms, a live teacher

A free first class

Groups of five to ten

One to one when needed

Irish words kept

AI with a record

A portfolio kept

Projects our students built and published

NutriLife

Misti

GuardianX

SkyCast

Fees for Irish families

Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews

What Irish parents and learners ask about online coding classes

What is the best online coding class in Ireland?

Does my child's school teach coding?

What is the Junior Cycle Coding short course?

How many hours is Leaving Certificate Computer Science?

Is a free coding club enough?

Are your classes grinds?

Can my child use ChatGPT in class?

What does it cost?

When are classes, in Irish time?

What happens after I send the form?

More for Irish families

Coding classes in Ireland

The best coding class in the world

Understand the code, do not copy-paste

Leaving Cert Computer Science grinds

Coding classes in Dublin

AI and machine learning classes in Ireland

Test the six checks on a free first class

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