--- title: "Coding Classes in Merton, Wimbledon, Mitcham | Modern Age Coders" description: "Live online coding, Python, AI and maths classes for Merton: Wimbledon, Mitcham, Morden, Raynes Park, Colliers Wood and South Wimbledon. Ages 6 to 67." canonical: https://learn.modernagecoders.com/coding-classes-in-merton-london source: src/pages/coding-classes-in-merton-london.html --- > Live online coding, Python, AI and maths classes for Merton: Wimbledon, Mitcham, Morden, Raynes Park, Colliers Wood and South Wimbledon. Ages 6 to 67. Skip to contentCourse picks for Merton ## Courses to begin with in Merton Think of a Year 1 child in Mitcham who loves pattern blocks, a Year 7 pupil in Morden who notices the tiles on every bathroom floor, a Year 12 student in Wimbledon choosing maths or design, and a textile designer in Colliers Wood curious about the geometry of repeats. Each of them can start with a free lesson. [![Scratch Coding for Kids course thumbnail](/images/scratch-kids.webp)Ages 6 to 10Scratch Coding for KidsA Scratch stamp that prints a shape again and again, and a first look at which shapes leave gaps.See the syllabus](/courses/scratch-programming-complete-course)[![Python and AI for Kids course thumbnail](/images/python-kids.webp)Ages 9 to 12Python and AI for KidsFirst Python with angles: the corner of a triangle, a square, a hexagon, and why three hexagons fit.See the syllabus](/courses/python-ai-kids-masterclass)[![Python for Teens course thumbnail](/images/python-teens.webp)Ages 13 to 18Python for TeensPython for Key Stages 3 to 5, including the exhaustive search for tilings on this page.See the syllabus](/courses/python-complete-masterclass-teens)[![Data and AI Analytics for Non-Programmers (Excel, Sheets, Power BI) course thumbnail](/images/data-ai-analytics-non-programmers.webp)AdultsData and AI Analytics for Non-Programmers (Excel, Sheets, Power BI)For adults in design, craft or architecture who want to use code to explore patterns.See the syllabus](/courses/data-and-ai-analytics-for-non-programmers-course) Browse the [course atlas](/course-atlas) for more than one hundred options and use the [coding roadmap](/coding-roadmap) to check prerequisites. The four we are known for ### Python, AI, vibe coding and agentic coding These run underneath everything above. Every one is live and online, placed by ability rather than by age, and the first class is free. [![Vibe Coding for Teens course thumbnail](/images/vibe-coding-teens.webp)Vibe codingAges 13 to 17Vibe Coding for TeensPython, web and AI projects where the learner still owns the thinking.See the syllabus](/courses/vibe-coding-for-teens-python-web-ai-projects-course)[![Python Automation Course course thumbnail](/images/python-college.webp)Python and AICollege and adultPython Automation CourseAutomate the work you already do, then let AI carry part of it.See the syllabus](/courses/python-ai-automation-masterclass-college)[![AI and Machine Learning for Teens course thumbnail](/images/ai-ml-teens.webp)AI and MLAges 14 to 18AI and Machine Learning for TeensTrain a model, read what it learned, and be able to say why it is wrong.See the syllabus](/courses/ai-ml-masterclass-teens)[![Codex & Claude Code course thumbnail](/images/codex-claude-code-adults.webp)Agentic codingProfessionalsCodex & Claude CodeRun AI coding agents on real work without losing control of the codebase.See the syllabus](/courses/codex-and-claude-code-ai-coding-agents-masterclass-for-adults-professionals)Merton in figures ## 215,186 residents and 242 listed entries Published figures appear as their owners publish them; where we counted open data ourselves, we say so. | About | Figure | According to | | --- | --- | --- | | Residents at the 2021 Census | 215,186 | ONS table TS001 | | Heritage List entries we counted in the borough | 242: 3 Grade I, 11 Grade II*, 228 Grade II | Historic England data, 25 September 2026 | | Colour house at the Liberty print works, dated | 1742 | Historic England list entry 1080891 | | Services at Wimbledon | District line, Tram, South Western Railway and Thameslink | TfL open data, checked 25 September 2026 | ### Three at Grade I Eagle House in Wimbledon, its forecourt walls, piers, railings and gates, and the Church of St Lawrence at Morden are Merton's Grade I entries. ### Houses and a park Southside House, The Canons, the Old Rectory House and Morden Park with its garden walls are among the Grade II* entries. ### A windmill The Old Windmill on Wimbledon Common is Grade II*; its list entry says it was built in 1817 and 1818 as a hollow post mill and altered in 1893. The inspiration ## A print works by the Wandle Two Grade II buildings survive from the textile printing works at Merton Abbey. Their list entries tell a compact story. | Building | Detail from Historic England | | --- | --- | | Colour house | Colour house of a textile printing works, dated 1742, of brick and flint with reused stone | | Wheel house | Built in the 1700s; its nineteenth-century undershot wheel has four sets of seven cast iron arms | | The site | Part of the site of Merton Priory, used for printing textiles for the past two centuries | | The river | The wheel house was used for washing materials in the Wandle during processing | A wheel with seven arms in each set turns up again in the maths. Seven-sided shapes, heptagons, have corners of about 128.6 degrees, and 360 is not a multiple of that, so heptagons alone can never tile a floor. The only way one fits round a point with other regular shapes is beside a triangle and a 42-sided polygon, and learners go on to test whether even that can be continued. We could not include a library list: Merton Council's libraries page refused our automated reader, and we never try to get round such blocks. Signature project ## Searching every way regular shapes can meet Learners turn a geometry puzzle into a search that a computer can finish completely, with exact fractions so no rounding error can fool it. ### 1. Corner angles A regular shape with n sides has corners of 180 times (n minus 2) divided by n degrees: 60 for a triangle, 90 for a square, 120 for a hexagon. ### 2. Search Try every group of three, four, five or six shapes with 3 to 42 sides, and keep those whose corners add to exactly 360. Fractions, not decimals, keep the test exact. ### 3. Arrange Order matters round a point: a triangle, square, triangle, 12-gon is different from two triangles then a square and a 12-gon. Count the distinct arrangements. | Result | Count | | --- | --- | | Combinations of regular shapes whose corners make exactly 360 degrees | 17 | | Distinct ways to arrange them round the point | 21 | | Using only one kind of shape | 3: six triangles, four squares or three hexagons | | Largest shape that ever fits | A 42-sided polygon, with a triangle and a heptagon | Only triangles, squares and hexagons can tile a floor on their own, which is why they fill so many printed fabrics and bathroom floors. Pentagons can meet round a point, two of them with a ten-sided shape, but a regular pentagon alone always leaves a gap because 108 degrees does not fit into 360. Some of the 21 arrangements work locally but cannot be continued across a whole surface; learners test them by drawing outward from the first point and finding where the next corner goes wrong. That last step, checking that a local fit becomes a global one, is where the real mathematics lies. ### Why this is worth doing without AI An AI assistant can tell you that only three regular shapes tile a plane. A learner who has written the search, used exact fractions to avoid a false match, counted 17 combinations and 21 arrangements, and then tried to extend them by hand has done real mathematical exploration. They know how a computer can settle a question completely, and where human reasoning still has to take over. Why exact arithmetic ## When 359.9999 is not 360 Computers store most decimals approximately. For a yes-or-no question like "does this make exactly 360?", that matters. ### Floating point The corner of a heptagon, 900 divided by 7, cannot be written exactly as a decimal. Adding such numbers can land a hair away from 360 either way. ### Fractions Python's fractions keep 900/7 exactly, so a sum is 360 or it is not, with no rounding in between. ### A habit worth keeping Whenever a program must decide equality, learners ask whether the numbers are exact. Money, time and geometry all reward the question. GCSE maths pupils meet angles in polygons and tessellation directly and can follow the whole search; A-level students can extend it to arrangements that mix shapes in different ways and to proofs that certain arrangements cannot be continued. The building details are Historic England's; the search, counts and angles are our own, computed on 25 September 2026. Historic England, Liberty, Merton Council, TfL and the ONS have no connection with Modern Age Coders. Getting around ## Wimbledon's trains and trams, and a desk at home Merton has Underground, tram and main-line stations. Our lessons need a laptop instead. ### Wimbledon TfL's open data lists the District line, the tram, South Western Railway and Thameslink at Wimbledon. ### Raynes Park to Mitcham A learner in the west of the borough and one in Mitcham can meet in the same online class. ### Fitting together Each class is five to ten learners at the same stage, chosen so everyone fits the pace without gaps. Merton in London Merton is one of London's 32 boroughs. The [London page](/best-coding-class-in-london) covers all of them and the City, adding each page as it is published, including [Sutton](/coding-classes-in-sutton-london), upstream on the Wandle. Learning ladder ## From pattern blocks to exhaustive search In the free lesson we see what the learner can already do, and that sets the starting rung. Ages 6 to 10 ### Stamps and shapes Children stamp shapes in Scratch and see which ones cover the screen without gaps. [Scratch Coding for Kids](/courses/scratch-programming-complete-course)[Coding for Kids](/courses/kids-coding-blocks-masterclass)Ages 10 to 13 ### Angles in code Python that works out polygon angles and checks which add up to a full turn. [Python and AI for Kids](/courses/python-ai-kids-masterclass)[Maths Through Coding](/courses/maths-through-coding)Ages 13 to 18 ### Search and proof Exhaustive search, exact fractions and extension tests, strong ground for maths competitions and computing projects. [Python for Teens](/courses/python-complete-masterclass-teens)[Full Stack Web Development for Teens](/courses/full-stack-web-development-teens-masterclass)Ages 18 to 67 ### Pattern and design Adults use code to generate and test repeating patterns for design, craft or teaching. [Data and AI Analytics for Non-Programmers (Excel, Sheets, Power BI)](/courses/data-and-ai-analytics-for-non-programmers-course)[Python Automation Course](/courses/python-ai-automation-masterclass-college)Coding and AI ## AI can draw a pattern in seconds. Why should a Merton teenager learn the maths of tiling? Because generating something and understanding why it works are different skills. Image generators produce tiled patterns on request, and sometimes they are subtly wrong: shapes that almost meet, gaps that repeat. A learner who has searched every possible meeting of regular shapes with exact arithmetic knows what can fit and what cannot, and can spot an impossible pattern at a glance. The same search-and-verify approach sits behind puzzle solvers, scheduling tools and much of computer science. Learners also meet a key idea: a computer can settle a finite question completely, but the jump from a local fit to a whole plane needs human reasoning. AI will keep producing patterns; people who can check them will keep being needed. Merton printed patterns on cloth for two centuries. A learner here who can prove which patterns are possible has joined a very long local tradition. The longer argument is in [why teenagers should still learn to code in 2026](/blog/is-coding-worth-learning-2026). Delivery ## Morden to Wimbledon, lessons live In every corner of Merton, a lesson begins when the video call opens. ### A place at home Any quiet corner works, with a laptop or desktop, a headset and a broadband line strong enough for video. ### English Key Stages Progress reports use the language of schools in England: the Key Stage the learner is in, and GCSE or A level where that applies. Lessons are in English. ### Start without paying Lesson one is genuine teaching, ending with the teacher's recommendation on level and course. No card is needed. ### Stage-matched groups We fill each class with five to ten learners at one stage, drawn from around the UK and further away, so an evening slot usually fits. ### A two-evening rhythm The standard week has two evening lessons; holidays and exam periods bring agreed breaks. ### London times The teacher is in India; every lesson time we send is already converted to UK time. A mid-sized borough, a matched class About 215,000 people live in Merton, and a strong class still needs five learners at one stage free at the same time, so ours draw from far beyond the borough. Fees ## Fees for Merton families The same arrangement from Wimbledon to Mitcham: a free first lesson, then one monthly fee. First class**USD 0** A full first lesson with a teacher, free, finishing with a recommended level, course and weekly time. Group tuition**USD 100** Roughly eight live lessons a month, in a class of five to ten at one stage. Private tuition**USD 150** Roughly eight live lessons a month, taught one to one. Merton families are charged in US dollars, as everyone outside India is, and no prices in pounds appear on the site. The first charge comes only after the free lesson, once a course and regular slot are chosen. How pausing, missed lessons and swapping between group and private teaching work is set out on the pricing page. Request placement[Check availability](https://wa.me/919123366161?text=Hello%20Modern%20Age%20Coders%2C%20I%20want%20a%20free%20coding%20class%20for%20a%20learner%20in%20Merton.)Reviews ## In families' words, from Google Rated 4.9 across 547 Google reviews. These are real reviews, reproduced as written. ★★★★★ "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 Free placement class ## Request a free lesson A year group and a favourite pastime is all we need to plan. Lesson one could be a Scratch stamping game, some Python angle puzzles, or the tiling search on this page. ### Contact the team directly WhatsApp or call [+91 91233 66161](tel:+919123366161), or email [contact@modernagecoders.com](mailto:contact@modernagecoders.com). This is Modern Age Coders' actual contact, an Indian number, and not an invented Merton one. [WhatsApp Modern Age Coders](https://wa.me/919123366161?text=Hello%20Modern%20Age%20Coders%2C%20I%20want%20a%20free%20coding%20class%20for%20a%20learner%20in%20Merton.) Submitted details are used for placement and follow-up. FAQ ## Merton questions About the borough, the tiling project and our lessons. ### What was Merton's population in 2021? 215,186 usual residents, according to Census table TS001 from the Office for National Statistics. ### What were the buildings at Merton Abbey used for? Historic England lists a colour house dated 1742 and a wheel house from a textile printing works. The wheel house entry says the site had been used for printing textiles for two centuries and that the building was used for washing materials in the Wandle. ### Which regular shapes tile a floor on their own? Only three: equilateral triangles, squares and regular hexagons. Their corners, 60, 90 and 120 degrees, divide exactly into 360. ### How many ways can regular shapes meet at a point? Our exhaustive search, using exact fractions and shapes from 3 to 42 sides, found 17 combinations whose corners total 360 degrees and 21 distinct ways to arrange them around the point. ### Why use fractions instead of decimals? Some corner angles, such as a heptagon's 900/7 degrees, cannot be stored exactly as decimals. Fractions keep them exact, so the program never mistakes 359.9999 for 360. ### When would lessons take place? After the free lesson, we suggest a class at the right level with room and its fixed weekly evening, given in UK time; the teacher is in India. ### What does a learner need? A computer that plays sound and a connection that holds up for video. The tiling project needs nothing but Python. ### Is there a Modern Age Coders centre in Merton? No. There is no Merton centre and no premises anywhere in the UK, because every lesson is live online. A learner needs a computer with sound and a stable connection, and our phone number is Indian. ### What do coding classes in Merton cost? The first lesson is free. After that, a group place costs USD 100 a month for two live lessons a week, about eight a month, with five to ten learners, and one-to-one teaching on the same timetable costs USD 150 a month. Nothing is charged until the course, format and time are agreed. ### How are the groups made up? By level, pace and goals rather than by age or neighbourhood, with five to ten learners at one stage. 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