Schools 'haven't started thinking about' coding curriculum I'd say the majority of schools haven't even started thinking about it to be honest. There are 17,000 primary schools and 3,000 secondary schools [in England]. There's major concern around the primary schools and how they're getting ready for it because a lot of their teachers are generalist teachers who have to worry about a lot of different subject areas. So there's no one really with the background in primary schools to take care of it. The free online courses are specifically designed for the new curriculum, and teachers will be able to use it to learn programming themselves or as a way of teaching coding to their students, Codecademy said. CAS and Codecademy said the changes will make England "the educational envy of almost every other country in the world." Simon Peyton-Jones, the chair of CAS, said: "The UK has tens of thousands of teachers who need support and encouragement to deliver the new Computing curriculum with confidence and enthusiasm. Codecademy offers us the scalability of an online platform, and teachers can move smoothly from learning programming themselves to Codecademy to teach their students. I'm delighted to have this support.