--- title: "Online Coding and Python Classes in Cheltenham | AI, 6 to 67" description: "Live online coding, Python and AI lessons for Cheltenham children, teenagers and adults aged 6 to 67, one-to-one or in small groups. The first lesson is free." canonical: https://learn.modernagecoders.com/online-coding-and-python-classes-in-cheltenham source: src/pages/online-coding-and-python-classes-in-cheltenham.html --- > Live online coding, Python and AI lessons for Cheltenham children, teenagers and adults aged 6 to 67, one-to-one or in small groups. The first lesson is free. Skip to contentCheltenham starting points ## Courses Cheltenham learners pick first Choose by age and interest. The first live lesson in each is free, and booking asks for no card. [![Coding for Kids course thumbnail](/images/kids-coding.webp)Ages 6 to 9Coding for KidsBlock coding with words, stories and matching games.See the syllabus](/courses/kids-coding-blocks-masterclass)[![Python and AI for Kids course thumbnail](/images/python-kids.webp)Ages 9 to 12Python and AI for KidsBeginner Python with text, plus small AI projects.See the syllabus](/courses/python-ai-kids-masterclass)[![Python for Teens course thumbnail](/images/python-teens.webp)Ages 13 to 17Python for TeensFull Python for teenagers, including the word-pair project.See the syllabus](/courses/python-complete-masterclass-teens)[![Python Masterclass course thumbnail](/images/python-college.webp)Adults and studentsPython MasterclassAdult Python from scratch, through text analysis and data.See the syllabus](/courses/python-programming-masterclass-zero-to-advanced-college) 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)Cheltenham borough ## Young adults and a long-lived town Nomis figures for six age bands, the borough beside the whole of England. | Age | Cheltenham residents | Cheltenham % | England % | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 to 9 | 6,378 | 5.4% | 5.9% | | 20 to 24 | 7,895 | 6.6% | 6.0% | | 25 to 29 | 8,134 | 6.8% | 6.6% | | 50 to 54 | 7,896 | 6.6% | 6.9% | | 80 to 84 | 3,337 | 2.8% | 2.5% | | 85 and over | 3,671 | 3.1% | 2.4% | The oldest residents stand well above the national share, as do people in their twenties, while children are slightly fewer. The ONS counts one main built-up area, 115,940 people, that covers most of the borough and reaches a little beyond it. Gloucestershire schools teach England's national curriculum, and our timetable pauses for the holiday weeks you tell us. ### County and region Our [Gloucestershire](/coding-classes-in-gloucestershire) page covers the county; [South West England](/coding-and-ai-classes-in-south-west-england) gathers the region. The Cheltenham project ## Finding the word pairs that matter Raw counts, pointwise mutual information, and a minimum number of sightings. The learner downloads Raikes's biography from Project Gutenberg, removes the lines that hold web addresses, lower-cases every word and lists each pair of neighbouring words. The book produces 71,376 different pairs, and 76.2 per cent of them appear only once. The first scoring rule is simply to count. The top four are "of the" at 1,340, "in the" at 700, "to the" at 530 and "miss beale" at 514. Only the last tells you anything about the book; the others would top the list for almost any English text. | Scoring rule | Top pairs | Score | Verdict | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Raw count | of the; in the; to the | 1,340; 700; 530 | Grammar, not meaning | | Pointwise mutual information, any pair | 273 pairs tied | 17.2 bits, each seen once | Rare accidents and editors' notes | | Mutual information, seen 5+ times | Joshua Fitch; Brantwood, Coniston | 14.1; 14.0 | Mostly names | | Mutual information, seen 20+ times | boarding houses; head mistress | 10.7; 10.0 | The vocabulary of the book | | Same rule, further down | lady principal; old pupil | 8.8; 8.7 | The world of the college | The second rule is pointwise mutual information, which asks how much more often two words sit side by side than chance would predict. It rewards true partnerships, but it rewards rarity even more. Any pair seen exactly once, made of words that are themselves rare, gets the maximum score: 273 pairs tie at the top, including two editors' notes about an html version and the Internet Archive. The learner discovers that the scoring rule and the data cleaning are not separate jobs. The third rule keeps the mutual information score but only counts pairs seen at least a set number of times. At 5, names dominate. At 20, the book finally speaks for itself: boarding houses, head mistress, lady principal, old pupil, all words from the working life of a school. One more trap turns up in testing. A tokeniser that only accepts the letters a to z splits Fräulein, which appears five times, into two meaningless pieces, so the program uses a pattern that accepts any letter in any alphabet. ### Ages 8 to 11 List word pairs that always go together, like fish and chips, and find them in a short story. ### Ages 11 to 15 Count neighbouring word pairs in Python and print the most common. ### Ages 15 and up Compute pointwise mutual information, add a minimum count, and fix the tokeniser. ### Two biographies, our counting The text and facts come from Project Gutenberg editions of the biographies by Elizabeth Raikes and Elizabeth Helen Shillito. The word counts and scores are ours. Why Dorothea Beale ## A college that opened in Cambray House What the two biographies record about the early years. | Detail | What the books say | | --- | --- | | Opened | 13 February 1854, in Cambray House (Shillito) | | End of the first year | 150 pupils (Shillito) or 120 (Raikes) | | End of 1857 | 89 pupils, in both books | | 1858 | An advertisement for a new Principal | | Dorothea Beale's years | Principal from 1858 to 1906 | | Raikes's biography | 146,461 words by our count | Collocations power much of the software that handles language. Search engines use them to recognise phrases, autocomplete uses them to guess the next word, translation tools use them to keep idioms together, and the large language models behind chatbots learn a vast version of the same statistics. Every one of them has to stop rare accidents looking important. A Cheltenham learner who has watched 273 tied pairs give way to boarding houses and head mistress understands the problem from the inside. Modern Age Coders has no link with Project Gutenberg, the college or the census office. The books and figures are theirs; the scoring, and any error in it, is ours. Stages ## From fish and chips to language models School years are only a guide; the trial settles the level. Years 1 to 4 ### Word games Block coding with words, pairs and stories. [Coding for Kids](/courses/kids-coding-blocks-masterclass)[Scratch Coding for Kids](/courses/scratch-programming-complete-course)Years 5 to 8 ### Python and text Strings, counting and dictionaries in Python. [Python and AI for Kids](/courses/python-ai-kids-masterclass)[Maths Through Coding](/courses/maths-through-coding)Years 9 to 13 ### Language and AI Text statistics and AI alongside GCSE and A level. [Python for Teens](/courses/python-complete-masterclass-teens)[High School Mathematics](/courses/complete-high-school-mathematics-mastery)Adults ### Working with text Adult Python for text and data projects. [Python Masterclass](/courses/python-programming-masterclass-zero-to-advanced-college)[Data Analysis Course](/courses/data-analysis-mastery-course-college)AI and language ## How does an AI know which words go together? The statistics behind language models start with pairs like these. A chatbot learns which words follow which from enormous amounts of text. The same traps the learner met, grammar words everywhere and rare pairs that look meaningful, had to be handled in far larger form. A Cheltenham learner who has scored word pairs three ways can see why a model sometimes produces a phrase that sounds right and means little. Seeing the statistics behind the words is a strong reason for Cheltenham teenagers to keep learning to code in 2026. The longer argument is in [why teenagers should still learn to code in 2026](/blog/is-coding-worth-learning-2026). How lessons work ## Across Cheltenham, by live video Every neighbourhood in the borough joins the same way. ### Student-led code The learner types each program; the tutor follows the shared screen and prompts with questions. ### Placed with care From Year 4 to Year 13, the starting topic comes from the school year and the trial, with the right exam board. ### A free first lesson No charge for the trial, which ends with a named course and the reason for it. ### Classes at one stage Five to ten learners from around the UK, all at the same level. ### Two lessons weekly In term time; school holidays kept clear. ### Fixed lesson time Our tutors adjust when UK clocks change. Why groups meet online Five Cheltenham learners at one stage, all free at the same hour, rarely live close together. Online classes solve that. Fees ## Cheltenham fees Gloucestershire learners are billed at our standard international rate, identical everywhere except India. First class**USD 0** A full lesson free of charge, with a course recommendation at the end. Group tuition**USD 100** About eight live small-group lessons per month. Private tuition**USD 150** About eight live one-to-one lessons per month. Fees are in US dollars, never sterling. Billing waits for the free lesson to fix a course and a weekday time. Holiday breaks, sick days and moving between group and solo tuition are all covered under pricing. Request placement[Check availability](https://wa.me/919123366161?text=Hello%20Modern%20Age%20Coders%2C%20I%20would%20like%20a%20free%20online%20coding%20or%20Python%20lesson%20for%20a%20learner%20in%20Cheltenham.)Reviews ## Reviews from families on 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 ## Book a free Cheltenham lesson Give us an age or school year and one interest. A trial might be a Scratch word game, a first Python script, a small AI build, or scoring word pairs in an old book. ### Want a class sooner? Book a priority demo A priority demo is a full class of about 45 to 60 minutes. After the class the mentor sends a written skill report and a personal learning roadmap on WhatsApp. If you enrol, the demo fee is adjusted against your first month's fee. Share your demo Order ID with us on WhatsApp and we take it off. [Book a priority demo](/book-demo) ### Contact the team directly WhatsApp or call [+91 91233 66161](tel:+919123366161), or email [connect@modernagecoders.com](mailto:connect@modernagecoders.com). This is Modern Age Coders' actual contact, an Indian number, and not an invented Cheltenham one. [WhatsApp Modern Age Coders](https://wa.me/919123366161?text=Hello%20Modern%20Age%20Coders%2C%20I%20would%20like%20a%20free%20online%20coding%20or%20Python%20lesson%20for%20a%20learner%20in%20Cheltenham.) Submitted details are used for placement and follow-up. FAQ ## Cheltenham questions Word pairs, local figures and lesson arrangements. ### What is the population of Cheltenham? The 2021 census counted 118,833 in Cheltenham borough; the ONS gives 115,940 for the Cheltenham built-up area. ### Are online coding and Python lessons open to Cheltenham learners? Yes. Anyone aged 6 to 67 in Cheltenham can take our live coding, Python, AI and maths lessons. ### What is the Dorothea Beale project? Learners score every pair of neighbouring words in a biography of Dorothea Beale to find the collocations that define it. ### What is a collocation? A pair or group of words that appear together far more often than chance, such as head mistress. ### What is pointwise mutual information? A score of how much more often two words appear together than if they were independent; on its own it favours very rare pairs. ### Are lessons held in person? No, all lessons run live online. ### Do you support GCSE and A level? Yes, maths and computing, taught for understanding; grades are never promised. ### Who can join? Learners aged 6 to 67. ### How much are lessons? The opening lesson is free; after that a group place is USD 100 per month and private tuition USD 150 per month. ### What about half-terms and holidays? Lessons pause for them; just send the calendar. Nearby ## More pages near Cheltenham For the county see our [Gloucestershire](/coding-classes-in-gloucestershire) page; [Ipswich](/best-coding-and-ai-classes-in-ipswich) builds a concordance of Pickwick, and [South West England](/coding-and-ai-classes-in-south-west-england) covers the region. The [UK hub](/coding-classes-in-united-kingdom) links every page. 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