Real coding & AI for Aussie students — from Year 1 to ATAR.

Yes. Our K-10 (Foundation – Year 10) track aligns with both strands of the Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies — knowledge & understanding and processes & production skills. Computational thinking, data, algorithms, digital systems, project work — all covered, with real shipped Python projects on top.

Yes — all eight: NSW HSC (Software Design & Development / IPT), VIC VCE (Algorithmics HESS, Applied Computing), QLD QCE (Digital Solutions, ICT), WA WACE (Applied IT, Computer Science), SA SACE (Stage 1 & 2 IT, Digital Technologies), TAS TCE (Computer Science), ACT (Information Technology), NT NTCET. Tell us your state on the trial call.

Yes. We coach AIO from beginner to invitation-level, the NCSS Challenge (National Computer Science School Challenge), Bebras Australia and CCC (the Canadian Computing Competition for some of our internationally-minded students). Several of our students have qualified for the AIO programming camp.

Yes. Our advanced track is built around what Melbourne, Sydney, ANU, UNSW, Monash, UQ, UWA and Adelaide CS / IT / Engineering programs evaluate in applicants — strong algorithmic depth, project portfolio, USACO / AIO results. We don't promise admission; we promise the foundation.

All three Australian time zones — AEDT / AEST (NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS, ACT), ACDT / ACST (SA, NT) and AWST (WA). Slot windows run 09:00 – 21:00 local. You pick two weekly slots in your own time zone.

Private 1:1 mentorship is USD 150 per month, 8 sessions, two per week. Small-group cohort is USD 100 per month. Billing is in USD via Stripe; your bank applies its own conversion.

Real AI engineering. Students build LLM-powered applications end-to-end — prompting, structured output, retrieval-augmented generation, tool-calling agents, evaluations and deployment. The same patterns shipped at Atlassian, Canva, SafetyCulture, REA Group, Seek, CSIRO Data61 and AIML.

Under-13s never operate raw LLM APIs against the open internet without a mentor present. Age-appropriate models, guardrailed prompts, content filters and a "sandbox-only" rule. Parents see every prompt and every output. We're stricter on this than most.

Yes. We've supported students at Sydney Grammar, Scots, Knox, MLC, Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne Grammar, Scotch College, Carey, Brisbane Grammar, BBC, Christ Church Grammar, St Peter's Adelaide, Canberra Grammar, plus the NSW and VIC selective state schools (James Ruse, North Sydney Boys/Girls, Melbourne High, MacRob) and ordinary public high schools nationwide.

Yes — major-project coaching is one of our most-requested deliverables. We help with topic scoping, technical implementation, written report structure, code-quality review and rehearsal of the spoken presentation. Many Year-12 students cite the mentor in their major-project acknowledgements.

For students who have been with us at least six months, mentors write a short factual reference describing the projects shipped and skills observed. This is often cited in UAC / VTAC / QTAC / TISC supplementary application sections (where allowed) as evidence of independent technical work.

You decide. Most Australian families pause across the Christmas break, mid-year break and term holidays — and just resume after. Some families use the breaks for a focused project sprint instead. Pause any month with one message to your mentor — no fee, no awkward conversation.

Yes. We accept Visa, Mastercard, Amex (all issued in Australia), Apple Pay and Google Pay. Billing is in USD via Stripe; your card issuer applies its own conversion.

Yes, when their levels are close. Two siblings can share a 1:1 slot at a small discount. We typically recommend separate slots when their ages are more than two years apart, so neither is held back.

Yes — we issue a Modern Age Coders certificate of completion at each curriculum milestone (typically every six months), signed by the mentor, listing the projects shipped and skills demonstrated. Useful for school CVs, scholarship applications and UAC supplementary forms.

We support FIRST Robotics Australia teams on the programming side (Java, Python, C++). Many of our students compete in FIRST and cite their teamwork in scholarship applications including the John Monash Scholarship and various Aussie defence-academy programs.

Yes — many families intensify mentor support during the exam-prep window. We can switch a normal weekly session to a focused past-paper drill, or schedule extra hours by the hour if helpful. There's no contract change; just message the mentor.

Yes — we have a dedicated Special For Girls track with all-female mentor pairing. Many of our female Aussie students are paired with mentors from Atlassian, Canva, CSIRO Data61 and top Aussie AI labs.

The first trial is always free. After that, you can cancel any time before the next billing cycle — no fee, no contract. If a month has just renewed and you'd like to stop, contact us within 7 days and we'll refund the unused portion. We'd rather you came back later than feel locked in.

Cluey Learning, Code Camp and Coder Academy are legitimate Aussie options — broader market, larger classes, more variety. We're narrower and deeper: 1:1 year-round mentorship aimed at depth (HSC / VCE / QCE excellence, AIO promotion, Group of Eight CS, or a real career switch). Many Aussie families try one of those first and join us when they want more.

VS Code, the terminal, Git and GitHub, Python 3, Node, modern browsers and a deploy target (Vercel, GitHub Pages or Hugging Face Spaces). For AI work: OpenAI, Anthropic and Google AI SDKs, Chroma / Pinecone for retrieval, LangGraph / Inngest for agents — the same tools Aussie tech shops actually use.

Yes. Many Aussie schools issue locked-down Windows or Chromebook laptops. We have a school-laptop setup path (VS Code in the browser via GitHub Codespaces, or a sandboxed Python environment when admin is locked). The mentor walks your student through the setup live in the first class.

Yes — many of our younger Australian students compete in FIRST Lego League Australia (FLL), and several of our older students enter the Australian STEM Awards, the BHP Foundation Science and Engineering Awards, and the Premier's Coding Challenge. Mentors help with project ideation and shipping.

Yes — a meaningful minority of our Aussie students apply to US universities (MIT, Stanford, CMU, Berkeley) via the Common App. For students who have been with us at least six months, mentors write a short factual reference describing the projects shipped and skills observed. We've supported Aussie students into top US CS programs.

Fair worry. Our sessions are 45 minutes, twice a week — total 90 minutes — and most of that time the student is creating, not consuming. Mentors enforce screen-off breaks during the session. Many Aussie parents tell us their child actually chooses less TikTok and YouTube Shorts after a few months. There's a qualitative difference.

No. We start in Scratch for the youngest learners (Years 1–3) and only as a bridge. By month three almost every student is writing real, runnable Python that imports real libraries, handles real errors and pushes to a real GitHub repo. We deliberately avoid "Python for kids" tools that hide the real language.

No lock-in. Cancel any month before the next billing cycle — no fee, no awkward call, no exit interview. If your child loses interest, we'd rather hear early and either pause for a few weeks or pivot the project track to something more exciting (game design, music coding, AI art) than have you grit your teeth through a year you paid for.

Under-13s never interact with raw LLM APIs against the open internet without a mentor present. We use age-appropriate models, guardrailed prompts, content filters and a "sandbox-only" rule. The AI tools your child builds are educational and reviewable by you — you see every prompt and every output. We're stricter on this than most.

Many of our most successful students started shy. The first lesson is structured around the code, not the camera — your child stares at VS Code, not at a stranger's face. Mentors are trained to give long pauses and no pressure. Most shy students are comfortable by lesson three — and several have ended up more confident at school presentations as a side effect.

No. Bootcamps compress 12 weeks of intense, transactional study aiming at a job. We're the opposite: a slow, year-round 1:1 mentorship that respects how Australian school terms work. We don't promise jobs after 12 weeks. We promise a real codebase, real GitHub history, real mentor relationship.

Yes — and usually they pull ahead. Most Year-11 / 12 students who join us see their school-based assessment marks rise because we directly cover the curriculum they'll be tested on, with a real mentor 1:1. We coordinate around exam fortnight and major-project deadlines.