About

Since 2017, First Coding has been the lead provider of creative coding workshops, reaching more schools in the area than ever before, working with SEN teams to provide alternative provision, as well as hosting creative coding workshops and GCSE Computer Science study groups after school and at weekends.

We will introduce your children to coding through the visual programming tool Scratch, which is a gateway to developing in Python – a widely-used language. Not only will your child grow in confidence but they’ll enjoy bringing their ideas to life. Whilst your child is having fun, you can be assured that our learning programmes will support the curriculum and provide your child with skills for life.

Jez Whitworth

Jez gained qualifications in art, design and computing and loves encouraging creativity in the people he meets. With a background in software development and teaching, his IT skills have helped him create an innovative and exciting approach to deliver creative and fun lessons for all ages and abilities.

In 2017 Jez set up First Coding in order to offer comprehensive coding lessons for children aged between 7 and 16 years old in his home city of Salisbury. Covering the important concepts of programming in a fun and creative environment, he provides the building blocks for children to build on their creative ideas whilst all the time gaining confidence with computing and technology as a whole.

Tom Gauld

Tom has recently finished a bachelor’s degree within Software Engineering, and is pursuing a master’s in Music Technology at the University of Portsmouth. He has a wide range of communication skills that can adapt to any type of person, and is experienced in teaching coding skills to younger students. His hobbies mostly consist of music production, with a love for playing acoustic, electric and bass guitar, with also some experience playing the keyboard. Tom has a clear way of communicating with students, adapting to each individuals preferred learning technique, since everybody has different ways to digest information and tasks! Alongside this, his lessons are developed to allow students to express themselves creatively, with engaging material and interesting exercises.