My son started at the Coder School at the beginning of February, and he has been loving it. Before his first lesson, I reached out to ask some questions and I was immediately impressed by the manager's (Randy's) compassionate, validating, and collaborative response. My son got to try out a class with Coach Roy (who was wonderful!) to see if it was a good fit for him, and now he takes lessons weekly with Coach Justice (equally fantastic!). The whole staff is warm and friendly, and they accommodate to each child's needs. Coach Justice provides great structure and challenge for my son, while also allowing him the agency to be creative in what he's learning and working on. My son is engaged and focused the whole hour, and is really proud to show us at home the progress he's made each week. FYI, if this applies to you: they are vendored through Harbor Regional for self determination for social rec. Highly recommend! read more

Would highly recommend The Coder School. My two sons have both been learning a lot in their 2 on 1 sessions. I receive weekly updates via E-mail on what they learned and suggested homework for the week. Each of the teachers here have been great. The school is flexible with rescheduling sessions as needed. We are greatly appreciative of The Coder School. read more

My kids have been with The Coder School for more than 2 years, and they LOVE it there! The instructors are all very knowledgeable and engaging, and the curriculum is flexible and guided by the student's interests. Every student works on their own project and at their own pace. The kids are taught by the same instructor each week, which helps establish rapport and allows the kids to build on concepts. After each session, the instructors write a very detailed summary of the work accomplished and provide homework suggestions. Coach Beto is an amazing teacher, and I've been very impressed with the coding skills and enthusiasm for coding that my kids have developed while under his instruction. Communication with the staff is always timely, and if scheduling conflicts arise, it's very easy to reschedule a session. Overall, I would highly recommend The Coder School for both experienced and inexperienced coders. read more

Randy and the entire coaching team at The Coder School - Redondo Beach/Torrance are doing an awesome job! We just attended our third Coder Fair (our unit's third as well), and I have to say, it was the best one yet--very well planned and smoothly executed. One of the highlights this year was the inclusion of expert judges providing direct feedback to the students. That kind of input is so valuable--it helps the kids refine their current projects and gives them ideas to improve future ones. Just one small suggestion for upcoming fairs: it would be great to have a display at each student's station with their name, grade, and project title. It might also be a fun idea to let visitors vote for their "Most Liked Project." It would create even more engagement and offer students a little extra encouragement and recognition. Keep up the great work--this program continues to be such a positive experience for our young coder! read more

When I told my son I really need to write a review for The Coder School he said "say five stars mom...say five stars"! This review is long overdue. My son has been attending The Coder School for 6 months and to say he loves it would be an understatement. He has tried a lot of activities and this is the only one he consistently says he loves, and he anxiously looks forward to his lesson each week. He is rapidly learning, and after 6 months of one class a week he is close to moving up from Scratch to the next program (he just turned 8 years old for reference). In addition to the actual point of the school...coding...he also has gained maturity just going to the classes and interacting with new people on his own. He wants me to drop him off outside and just let him go in on his own because he feels like it's "his" place. He feels invested in being there and I love that for him. Every kid is not going to love sports, and I am happy that my son has older role models now that have similar interests to him. The staff at the school is amazing! I feel safe about allowing my son to be there alone, and he prefers going there on off-school day camps (i.e. spring break camp, thanskgiving week camp) to going to his regular after-school program. I'd like to give special recognition to my son's coach Justice (totally awesome) but I would feel bad not mentioning the entire staff because they are all great. Last night they had a Halloween event with coach Rosa and my son couldn't stop saying how much fun it was. In response to the previous 1 star review - I have never had any issues with re-scheduling lessons. I have had to reschedule quite a few and it has always been very smooth and the Manager Randy is extremely flexible and accommodating. He actually has gone out of his way to call me to make sure my son's lesson has been re-scheduled and confirmed. I cannot speak on cancellation procedures as I don't plan on cancelling but they do make it very clear that a month's notice is expected. If you are considering enrolling your child but you are on the fence, or trying to decide between here and other local coding options I can highly recommend The Coder School. read more

My son has been going here for over a year and he has a blast every class. He has learned so much. The team is very flexible with scheduling, which is clutch for parents of young kids. They also have fun competitions twice a year and even give out trophies. Randy is great at managing everything. read more

We've had a great experience at Coder School! The director, Randy, is super understanding and easy to work with--just a really nice person overall. The instructors are also great. My kids' current instructor, Roy, has been awesome--they really like him and always come out of class excited to tell me what they worked on. Highly recommend! read more

My son has been attending for the past year. He's on his 4th teacher, we were told to reschedule because they were closed on Thanksgiving. When we couldn't because December is busy for us, we asked to pause classes. Then the general manager send us an email telling us to do 2 hour sessions and that's too long for my son. We asked to cancel and we were told they will bill us for December because there's a 30 day cancellation policy. Mind you, I checked with the receptionist a few weeks ahead about cancellation because I knew December will be busy and was told that as long as we give notice before the next billing cycle then it'll be ok. They stated on their website that they just want the kids to continue coding, whether it's at their school or not - Bullshit! On top of all this, I've been asking to see what my son has been working on and was told they can put it on a GitHub account but still nothing! I would not recommend this business. They are all about taking your $$$. read more

My son has been attending the Coder School since April 2024. It started with a spring break camp and we continued through the year with consistent weekly lessons. The new manager, Randy, and his team are top notch! My son has been thriving in this welcoming environment. It seemed like all he worked on was playing games during the lessons but I was pleasantly surprised when he pulled up the command screen while playing a Roblox game to program his character to go kick the opponent... every kid learns differently this school promotes individualized attention and keeps up with individual progress. Thank you for being so good with my precious boy!! read more

My son has been doing 2-on-1 lessons at The Coder School for a little over a year, when he had just turned 8 years old. He's been interested in coding since he was about 5 or 6 years old, and already had a general understanding of coding logic from at-home games such as Osmo and CodeSpark. He started his lessons by working in Scratch, but when his teacher (Beto) noticed that he was already pretty proficient at Scratch and was able to help other new students with it, they started teaching him Python, Roblox, and even some beginning Unity. He's 9 now and has already presented at a couple of their semi-annual Coder Fairs, and has walked away with at least 1 award each time. Those acknowledgments, as well as the occasional App Review and watching his "Coder Tree" grow, have really helped to keep him motivated. He's already talking about what he might want to work on for the next Coder Fair! As a parent, I appreciate that we get detailed summaries of what he worked on each session, as well as optional homework. That helps me to know that he is making measurable progress, and not just 'playing on the computer'. Before joining The Coder School, he had attended another local coding program - but that one felt more like glorified child care. He was extremely young at the time, and since he was just one of many students, I didn't feel that his natural talent was noticed or fostered - so he ended up just playing coding games on his own. Now he has a much more structured (yet still fun and flexible) curriculum, with a teacher who notices and fosters his talent and creativity! We love The Coder School and are often recommending it to our friends whose children are interested in STEM and coding. I can't wait to see where this love of coding takes him! read more

My rising 7th grader is a new student here and we have been so impressed with everything! The school and staff are really professional and organized. We get a detailed report after each session and my son looks forward to his class each week. Really glad to have found this place! read more

My kid joined the camp during the winter break here and he loved it! So we enrolled him for 2:1 sessions. After each session, they give us feedback by email about what he learned and etc. Since coding is something I cannot teach, this is a great place to learn and I can see my kid has learned a lot already. He is so excited to go to the coder school every week. The staffs are nice there. read more