Reviews

Super organisation

Michael had a great time! FunTech are very professional, organised with friendly tutors who know exactly what they are doing. He doubled his typing speed and you can't say more than that.

Touch typing made fun

FunTech has inspired my 10 year old son to start learning to touch type, stick with it and become pretty competent at it within a few months. They've been great at pushing, encouraging and rewarding him and making learning a new skill good fun.

Great head start

A great opportunity. Our son achieved A* A level in Computing, a year early. It gave him tremendous confidence and study skills to achieve as well in his other subjects, at school. It also looked so good on his cv, that he got offers from every university on his UCAS application. Our daughter achiev

A great opportunity. Our son achieved A* A level in Computing, a year early. It gave him tremendous confidence and study skills to achieve as well in his other subjects, at school. It also looked so good on his cv, that he got offers from every university on his UCAS application. Our daughter achieved A* at GCSE ICT - 2 years early, which gave her fantastic confidence and prepared her really well to for the challenges of her other GCSEs.

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One very happy parent

I can not begin to express how highly I rate FunTech. My three children have been involved with FunTech since they were 5 years old and with 2 GCSE A stars already in the bag they are now attending a range of classes from Computer Programming to GCSE maths to preparation for Common Entrance.

I can not begin to express how highly I rate FunTech.

My three children have been involved with FunTech since they were 5 years old and with 2 GCSE A stars already in the bag they are now attending a range of classes from Computer Programming to GCSE maths to preparation for Common Entrance.

Not only is the teaching first rate but my children really enjoy the lessons and as a parent I know the team will always goes the "extra mile".

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FunTech

We are so glad we discovered FunTech !! Frazer and Flora have achieved great GCSE results in a highly supportive environment. Funtech not only provides excellent teaching and results but the team really care about your child and meeting the individual needs of your child. As a parent I really appre

We are so glad we discovered FunTech !!
Frazer and Flora have achieved great GCSE results in a highly supportive environment. Funtech not only provides excellent teaching and results but the team really care about your child and meeting the individual needs of your child. As a parent I really appreciate the support, guidance and ongoing encouragement my children receive - thank-you Funtech !!

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Wow, my son achieved an ‘A’ level in Computing, A grade, before his GCSEs

Wow, my son Mike, aka Pip for reasons of his FunTech related success, studied ‘A’ level computing at the age of 13 & completed with an A grade at the age of 15! FunTech have inspired him toward what I know, as an IT professional myself, to be the best career in the world. FunTech repeatedly go

Wow, my son Mike, aka Pip for reasons of his FunTech related success, studied ‘A’ level computing at the age of 13 & completed with an A grade at the age of 15!

FunTech have inspired him toward what I know, as an IT professional myself, to be the best career in the world.

FunTech repeatedly go the extra mile. When it came to work experience time, FunTech even provided the connection which resulted in Mike attaining a placement at Microsoft.

But how did we get here?

When Mike was in year 8, age 12½ his mum saw a FunTech advert, essentially to teach children to have fun learning how to write computer games. I know myself how fun that can be, so we asked him & took our enthusiastic young man along for an assessment.

From the outset I was quite impressed that they were assessing the children, rather than just taking the money regardless of suitability.

After the assessment they wanted to talk to us, his parents & recommended he didn’t do the write a computer game course, as they felt he was too advanced for it, but recommended another course, more suitable for his abilities.

They saw potential in him that the 11+ had not.

I looked at the skill-set which they were recommending he learned & realised that I wished more of the CV’s I was seeing for people wishing to work for me professionally had those skills & when they did they were the ones I tended to call for interview.

I love programming & the opportunity to give my son that pleasure, especially given his enthusiasm for the idea was something I wasn’t going to miss.

He did the course, although he was the youngest by far more than a year. He was a great success & one thing led to another & a dilemma presented itself. His great FunTech driven success led him to the opportunity to take an ‘A’ level in Computing, to be completed before his year group had even sat their GCSE's!

FunTech had always been very clear that school work had to come first, but then the technology that FunTech teach really is fun. Indeed, school homework can sometimes be boring, but the stuff FunTech do can be light relief. I do say this as someone who himself loves programming.

My concern was that while Mike, as a result of FunTech’s input, was now academically capable of meeting the ‘A’ level challenge, he was still a youngster & was he mature enough to keep this in balance with the rigours of school-work?

Mike was keen, but I went in to speak to FunTech about my concern. Their response was professional, balanced & wise. In the end I decided that the risk of holding Mike back by not engaging FunTech here, given his enthusiasm, well – he had to be supported in his decision to do it. With hindsight I’m so glad that’s the decision I came to.

It’s interesting, when applying for 6th forms, I raised the question when everyone else was talking about predicted & hoped for GCSE grades & whether their child could achieve a 6th form place, I asked the question as to the impact of Mikes early A grade ‘A’ level in Computing, given that we were being told by RGS for one that the key is GCSE results, GCSE results & GCSE results.

The response was physical, the tutor in question physically stepped forward, shook hands & stated “well that IS very encouraging”.

The world is Mike’s oyster, due to in no small part, the footing & inspiration granted to him by FunTech.

He is currently deciding which 6th form to give his support to.

In his free time Mike has written a tool his dad, that’s me, has used professionally.

Watch this space.

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Highly Recommended

My son Mark has thoroughly enjoyed going to Funtech. He has achieved A Level Computing 2 years early. The staff's dynamic approach to teaching motivates pupils to achieve their full potential. I can highly recommend this organisation to others.

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Great Week!

Our son, William, spent a wonderful week at FunTech. There was not a bad moment throughout the entire time. He was actively engaged from start to finish. He was appropriately challenged, as well. His teachers were patient and always age appropriate. William had a fantastic time at your wond

Our son, William, spent a wonderful week at FunTech. There was not a bad moment throughout the entire time. He was actively engaged from start to finish. He was appropriately challenged, as well. His teachers were patient and always age appropriate.

William had a fantastic time at your wonderful camp. He met some fun friends and learned some awesome skills. You do a great job teaching your information to a difficult age group and I applaud you!

I look forward to enrolling him in more classes during the school term.

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Fantastic Organisation

We are so pleased to have found FunTech for our 12 year old son who has wanted to learn computer programming and game design for a long time. FunTech staff really understand what children want to learn and how to teach them in a way that inspires them. Our son loves his weekly C# programming with Ja

We are so pleased to have found FunTech for our 12 year old son who has wanted to learn computer programming and game design for a long time. FunTech staff really understand what children want to learn and how to teach them in a way that inspires them. Our son loves his weekly C# programming with Jaz, and his summer camp in Maidenhead was the highlight of his summer. We have been well advised on which courses to take and feel our son is now en-route towards the career in IT that he aspires to.

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Review from a parent

Funtech has been nothing short of transformational and life changing for my son. Through Funtech he got two A stars at A level in Computer Science and Mathematics and is now off to study Computing and Maths at Bristol University. What was particularly remarkable is Funtech discovered his aptitude fo

Funtech has been nothing short of transformational and life changing for my son. Through Funtech he got two A stars at A level in Computer Science and Mathematics and is now off to study Computing and Maths at Bristol University. What was particularly remarkable is Funtech discovered his aptitude for Maths. Originally he was just doing Computer Science and they encouraged him to start Maths, a subject his school never suggested for A level. Funtech do more than teach very well. They are genuinely passionate about their students and do everything humanly possible to inspire, interest and motivate their students. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

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Highly recommendable!!!

We took our two kids to do just one course during summer, and we end up doing two courses!. They have had a wonderful time; everything was perfectly organized up to the detail; staff made everything easy; teachers where excellent connecting with kids, my kids made nice progress in computing, they ma

We took our two kids to do just one course during summer, and we end up doing two courses!. They have had a wonderful time; everything was perfectly organized up to the detail; staff made everything easy; teachers where excellent connecting with kids, my kids made nice progress in computing, they made friends,... Now they dream to do another course next year!. Highly recommendable!!!

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Minecraft Redstone residential course

I highly recommend Funtech. They bent over backwards to help me find a course which my 12 year old dyslexic son would enjoy. And enjoy it he did..! He went off on the residential course, not knowing any other children on it and loved every minute - the computer work, all the extra activities, the ne

I highly recommend Funtech. They bent over backwards to help me find a course which my 12 year old dyslexic son would enjoy. And enjoy it he did..! He went off on the residential course, not knowing any other children on it and loved every minute - the computer work, all the extra activities, the new friends and the great tutors. Thank you.

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Excellent Mentoring, teaching & development

My son Shivam has been at Funtech for few years now. I am so pleased with the teaching, mentoring and support he's received in all the years here. Each of the teachers' he's had including the head, has taken so much interest in his development as a student and as a person. He received individual a

My son Shivam has been at Funtech for few years now. I am so pleased with the teaching, mentoring and support he's received in all the years here.
Each of the teachers' he's had including the head, has taken so much interest in his development as a student and as a person.
He received individual attention whenenver he's needed it.
I would recommend the school to everyone who's kids are interested in computers. It's an excellent school and every person who works here takes full interest in your kid's overall development.

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"Can do" Inclusiveness

My daughter has a physical disability and it is often a challenge to find mainstream commercial activities she can participate in. The Funtech team, and especially Shen, made every effort to enable my daughter to join the Funtech summer weekday course and the residential course, and I have every hop

My daughter has a physical disability and it is often a challenge to find mainstream commercial activities she can participate in. The Funtech team, and especially Shen, made every effort to enable my daughter to join the Funtech summer weekday course and the residential course, and I have every hope, with such thorough and thoughtful provision made, that it will be a rewarding and successful experience for her. Watch this space for a review of my daughter's experience on her completion of the courses...

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Lot of Fun

My 11 year old son really enjoyed the course. He was very enthusiastic to attend each day, making sure we arrived on time! He has learnt some coding skills and I hope he will take this further. Despite the school setting there has been no complaint of this being a "summer school", however I still

My 11 year old son really enjoyed the course. He was very enthusiastic to attend each day, making sure we arrived on time! He has learnt some coding skills and I hope he will take this further.
Despite the school setting there has been no complaint of this being a "summer school", however I still feel there has been educational value.
Only disappointment has been that we are told we cannot take the robots home with us at the end of the course. I suspect there will be further spending on equipment in the future.
Overall a worthwhile investment and a different experience from the traditional holiday camps.

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A fun week of coding and construction

My boys really enjoyed the week, the team make it highly interactive, keeping a great mix between the learning and the fun. The tutors made it great fun and were really happy to let the boys explore what they were interested in.

Fantastic fun for Lego fans

My two 12 year olds attended the St Albans camp and have had a fantastic time. It takes Lego to another level beyond the model building you normally do at home. Along the way they have been learning some basic programming as well as using motors and sensors to complete challenges and beat the maze.

My two 12 year olds attended the St Albans camp and have had a fantastic time. It takes Lego to another level beyond the model building you normally do at home. Along the way they have been learning some basic programming as well as using motors and sensors to complete challenges and beat the maze. The staff have been amazing, teaching but in a really fun way. Both have asked me if they can come again, and that says it all!

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Robotics Nxt Camp

My son really enjoyed his week at the camp and is already looking forward to joining more such camps in the future.
It would have been better if the robot they made was given to them to take home.

Fun and motivating course, highly recommendable

I found this camp a wonderful experience for our 12 yo this summer. Even though we were on vacation he would wake up very early every morning, so full of excitement and impatient he was to get to the workshop. In the evening he would non-stop talk about all the details of the things he had been doin

I found this camp a wonderful experience for our 12 yo this summer. Even though we were on vacation he would wake up very early every morning, so full of excitement and impatient he was to get to the workshop. In the evening he would non-stop talk about all the details of the things he had been doing and robot programming tricks. The teachers were charming and I could see how well they connected with the kids. I think this experience will be the start of a lasting interest in technology for our son. I strongly recommend the course. We will definitely plan to enroll in some other FunTech adventure!

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5 star

My daughter Tabitha really enjoyed the course and came home full of beans every day. She was very keen to tell me how much she had learned and really liked all the building and playing with new types of lego. She wants to be an engineer and this course really reinforced that ambition.

great fun

This is the first time for my kids to participate in the Tech Summer Camp Program, they were in the 3D game design, they enjoyed it and they learned great ideas they had fun and I think they would go again.

Fantastic

My son enjoyed the camp ,he loved all the time he had there ,everyone had enough knowledge to help the kids also all been kind and polite .we will come back .highly recommending to every one to try .Thanks to all .

Highly recommended

My eight year old son had a great week. He was fully engaged for five days and said the course was "awesome". He made friends on the course and the instructors certainly know how to inspire them and make it fun.

Good experience

Both children (12 & 15) really enjoyed - good experience and sense of achievement!

Very well organised

My son is learning a lot and for what I can see it is very well organised. I was impressed by the quick response of the organisers when I called in with a little concerned.

I'd come again.

I think my child enjoyed the week and has learnt the fundamentals of touch typing. I look forward to helping her practice and returning to a further class. Thanks

Useful learning

# Our daughter really had a good time for the whole week # she did enjoy waking up and going to funtech everyday # i think the price for one week of teaching looks a bit steep. It would be great value at two thirds the price and will attract multiple times the number of parents. worth considering

# Our daughter really had a good time for the whole week
# she did enjoy waking up and going to funtech everyday
# i think the price for one week of teaching looks a bit steep. It would be great value at two thirds the price and will attract multiple times the number of parents. worth considering the pricing to expand the reach of such a nice teaching network.
# Hampstead staff were very helpful and were ready to answer all the questions and helped with any booking & confirmation.
# we did have the confidence that the children will be taken care of properly for the entire time.

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Awesome

Both my boys really enjoyed the course and learnt a lot about Redstone. And now they understand logic as well!

Excellent!

This was my son's first course with Fun Tech and also with coding. He had a great time and enjoyed the course immensely. The instructors were friendly and approachable too. I have booked him onto another course next week as he loved this one!

Minecraft redstone

Samuel really enjoyed his week. His knowledge has come on leaps and bounds and has really fired his enthusiasm. I love the fact that he can bring all his hard work home and share with his friends and family. This was his second year doing the course and will definitely return !

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I was wondering if 8.30am-5pm was too long for a whole week but I have to say my son who is 8 years old totally enjoyed every minute of it and learned so much during this course. He came home every day full of new ideas he was going to try out in his minecraft world. The only disappointment was when

I was wondering if 8.30am-5pm was too long for a whole week but I have to say my son who is 8 years old totally enjoyed every minute of it and learned so much during this course. He came home every day full of new ideas he was going to try out in his minecraft world. The only disappointment was when the week came to an end, he is looking forward to next year so he can complete the next course.
I would definitely recommend this course to any child who is into computers, programming and minecraft.

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Fourth Summer @ Funtech

This will be my son’s fourth summer at Funtech and he has loved every camp, to the extent that he is doing two weeks this year. He has learned an interesting variety of skills and made good friends. The staff are brilliant and never forget that this is the students’ holiday. I can’t recommend Funt

This will be my son’s fourth summer at Funtech and he has loved every camp, to the extent that he is doing two weeks this year. He has learned an interesting variety of skills and made good friends. The staff are brilliant and never forget that this is the students’ holiday. I can’t recommend Funtech highly enough!

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My Review

Jacob has been very enthusiastic every day going to Java Code Camp. He has learnt so much and can't wait to carry on at home improving the skills hes learnt. He has especially liked the Tutors Kwaku and Yuvesh who have been very clear with instruction and been very supportive throughout the week

Jacob has been very enthusiastic every day going to Java Code Camp.
He has learnt so much and can't wait to carry on at home improving the skills hes learnt.
He has especially liked the Tutors Kwaku and Yuvesh who have been very clear with instruction and been very supportive throughout the week. He is keen to do another course next summer which we will have no hesitation signing him up for. We were a bit worried as he is only 10 if it would be at a suitable level but Jacob has managed to keep up with the rest of the class and thrive on the knowledge he has learnt. Big thank you for a great week.

Mrs Joanna Selwyn (Mother)

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Thank you tutors!

Seems to have been a very successful week!

Redstone

My son has enjoyed the week and learnt something new. Hopefully it has given him the confidence to tackle a programming course next time.

Thumbs up!

My son started off fairly sceptical, but has thoroughly enjoyed his week. He began as a complete novice but is now totally confident in setting up his own game at home, and is really enjoying exploring all the possible options.

Thank you very much :)

great week!

Joe is a patient considerate and thorough tutor and my son really enjoyed his first experience with Funtech on his first week ever. I really feel that learning Java has given Luca a deeper understanding which he can now carry forward, in order to learn and enjoy other courses. Joe always managed to

Joe is a patient considerate and thorough tutor and my son really enjoyed his first experience with Funtech on his first week ever. I really feel that learning Java has given Luca a deeper understanding which he can now carry forward, in order to learn and enjoy other courses. Joe always managed to keep his cool and explain anything which i as a parent didnt understand if i had any questions. He is polite and helpful and made sure he went through as much of what Luca learned with myself present at the end of the week, as he had time for; also on a daily basis if there was anything myself or Luca needed to know. He made us aware of the fact that Java can be challenging and found ways round teaching it effectively to Luca for his age and understanding level.
Thank you so much Joe and Funtech!

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3D Animation Course

My son was happy to participate on this course and had a 'fun' time doing his favourite activity - computing. He already knew some of the techniques but gathered a lot more knowledge along the way. I chose it for him because it seemed an educational, enjoyable and productive workshop which it proved

My son was happy to participate on this course and had a 'fun' time doing his favourite activity - computing. He already knew some of the techniques but gathered a lot more knowledge along the way. I chose it for him because it seemed an educational, enjoyable and productive workshop which it proved to be. He was excited with his 3D printed creation at the end and and I was very impressed with the dedication of the workshop team.

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another great week!

Luca thoroughly enjoyed his week with Nick and the fact that he had almost one to one teaching. Nick was very thorough with his teaching and knew how to get the best out of Luca, which i found impressive. Nick was always helpful and ready to give explanations regarding the work or any other matter

Luca thoroughly enjoyed his week with Nick and the fact that he had almost one to one teaching. Nick was very thorough with his teaching and knew how to get the best out of Luca, which i found impressive.
Nick was always helpful and ready to give explanations regarding the work or any other matter and willing and dedicated enough to stay behind longer in the day or come in very early to accomodate any pupils (including Luca) on day 4.
Luca has gained so much knowledge and experience from being taught Mods by Nick...
very valuable for Luca's next stages of development.
Thanks so much to Nick and Funtech!

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Fun and Educational

Jack loves Minecraft,and also wanted to find out more about coding, and even developing his own apps when he's older. He thoroughly enjoyed the Redstone course, which has been fun as well as educational. He also enjoyed working with the other children, and playing football during breaks. We hope to

Jack loves Minecraft,and also wanted to find out more about coding, and even developing his own apps when he's older. He thoroughly enjoyed the Redstone course, which has been fun as well as educational. He also enjoyed working with the other children, and playing football during breaks. We hope to return next summer for the Java course.

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Review

Jonathan really enjoyed his week. He has been talking about circuits and levers and switches and seems to have learned alot. I think this has certainly given him a greater interest in a deeper level and he would love to do another course.

Just Great!

Sound advice and great learning all wrapped up in fun. No moans for a week means its been amazing.

Best summer camp ever!

My 10 year-old son thoroughly enjoyed his week on this course. He was happy and excited to come here every single day and can't wait to attend another one next summer!

Redstone summer camp

my son absolutely loved it. The content was quite challenging for him but his coach was very helpful and kept me informed of the progress. Overall I am very happy and looking forward to his next summer camps with FunTECH

3D Game @StAlbans

Georgia really enjoyed her work building a game. She loved the interaction with her tutor and other kids. She would definitely return for another course probably animation or 3D modelling.

Very enjoyable week!

My son had lot of fun at this camp and learned how to use FPS Creator and make 'awesome' games using it!!
His tutor Kwaku was helpful and kind and the venue was in a nice setting....thanks so much FUNTECH !

Wonderful time for kids!

My son went on this course and has raved about it each night as to how much fun it was. Not just the building of a robot but the learning about how to program the robot and make him do what he wants. I have no doubt that he has loved all the learning that he has done.

Drone Coder

I am so jealous of my children!

Great camp

Really well done. Well organised. Great way to ignite enthusiasm about computers!
Lovely and friendly staff.
V happy we did it.