Tech Camp

Coding and engineering camps for children aged 9 to 17

Tech Camp is a British company that runs week-long coding and engineering camps for children and teenagers aged between 9 and 17. The programme combines residential and non-residential options, and is presented as the UK's original tech camp, with more than fifteen years of activity. The company states it has taught 33,720 students worldwide and notes that 98.3% of participants would recommend the experience.

The programme is built around hands-on engineering and coding projects that campers take home, an approach the company describes as unusual in the sector. Participants can attend for one week to dive deep into a specific technical area or chain several weeks together with different courses.

Coding, engineering and gaming courses

The course offering is organised into three main families: coding, engineering and gaming. Within these, courses such as 3D Game Design, AI App Designer, Tech Creator, Drone Racing, 3D Printing 1 and 2, Car Engineering and VR Designer are taught. The company says it adds new courses every year focused on the latest technologies.

Learning is experiential, with an average ratio of one staff member for every six campers and specialist tutors. The company stresses that the projects are designed by engineers and are not offered on other similar programmes.

Run by a professional engineer

Tech Camp is run by a professional engineer. The company notes that it has run workshops for the Science Museum in London, international festivals in New York and the United Arab Emirates, and has developed custom technology for TV shows on CBBC and Channel 4.

Residential and non-residential options

Camps are offered in residential and non-residential formats. The residential option takes place in Winchester and includes services such as airport transfers, transfers from London and a specific programme for overseas campers. An Easter camp and a residential option linked to the Duke of Edinburgh Gold are also offered.

The non-residential option is available in Oxford (Abingdon), London (Fulham) and Winchester, and includes an Easter edition. The company publishes parents' guides for both options and accepts payment via registered childcare vouchers and major credit cards.

More than fifteen years of experience

The company states it has been operating for more than fifteen years and presents itself as the UK's first tech camp and the most advanced in the country, an assessment that comes from its own communications. Over that period it has expanded its course offering and maintained an approach based on real engineering and coding projects.

Location and contact

1 Minerva House Calleva Park Aldermaston RG7 8NA · Phone: +44 (0) 118 380 5678 · Email: info@techcamp.org.uk