Our research shows that learning to code will benefit children, but not all teachers feel confident about introducing coding to the curriculum

Our research, carried out for Tablets for Schools in March, shows that Head Teachers appreciate that learning to code will equip pupils for the jobs of the future.
“We are living in a world where we are educating children for jobs that might not yet exist, so they need the skills of being able to critically analyse processes.”.
Coding and computer programming is to become a mandatory part of the curriculum in England in September, 2014. But teachers in our research expressed some doubt about how well equipped schools are to teach coding, especially Primary Schools which do not have the specialist expertise required. Findings can be read here.