London's Free Coding School

Learn to code with 01Founders, an innovative, flexible and completely free, peer-to-peer coding school and apprenticeship skills training provider.

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There’s never been a better time to learn how to code. If you’re adaptable, willing to learn and ready for a revolutionary learning period, apply today with no required experience or qualifications!

Next selection pool start date

January 2025

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Celebrating Positive Impact

01Founders, the coding school received the Positive Impact Award at the SME London Business Awards 2024, recognising their commitment to diverse tech education since 2021.

Why choose 01Founders?

There is a huge digital skills gap, not just in the UK, but worldwide.

Learning to code with 01Founders will give you the tools you need to enter the tech industry as a mid-level software engineer. No experience is required and in just 2 years you can graduate from the Fellowship or Apprenticeship debt-free, equipped with the technical and soft skills needed for the workplace.

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Why Choose 01 Founders?

With so many paths into technology and coding, what made these Fellows choose us over other options?

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About The Application Game

We have a unique application process, not built on qualifications or experience. Hear more on how this works.

Hear from our Fellows

From their reasons to apply, through to their ambitions – hear why our 01 Founders Fellows chose us as their preferred route into the tech industry.

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The Selection Pool Experience

21 days of intense coding designed to reprogramme your approach to learning. 01 Founders really is life changing.

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Ambitions for a 01 Founders Fellow

01 Founders Fellows are already thinking about life after the programme. Their horizons broaden as their skills develop.

Want to recruit?

We provide a professional and dedicated apprenticeship service offering companies the opportunity to recruit the next generation of diverse coding talent, upskill their existing workforce and maximise the apprenticeship levy to its full potential and capability through our Software Developer Apprenticeship Programme.

Behind the movement

Europe's leading entrepreneur community and a family of organisations that sit at the heart of UK tech, supporting entrepreneurs along their journey.

Peer-to-peer learning platform focused on widening high quality digital education to all, to address the shortage of software developers worldwide.

London’s largest further education college group, providing exceptional education and training for students, business clients and other stakeholders.

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