Global edtech leader Discovery Education today announced a Basildon school pupil has won the Discovery Education 2024 Summer Coder Challenge - a popular computer programming competition for schools across the UK.

The challenge invites children to showcase their coding skills by creating a fun app or computer game using Discovery Education Coding, the award-winning resource for primary schools.

10 year old Anna from Lee Chapel Primary School in Basildon, took joint first prize in the challenge, after designing an exciting alien space race game using block coding. The judges were impressed by her entry, which they said was "engaging, interactive and great fun to play!"

Anna's prize is a Coding Robot , plus a year's free subscription to Discovery Education Coding for her school.

Anna said, "I've learnt a lot at Lee Chapel. Coding and computing have always been one of my favourite lessons and when I was chosen as the winner of this year's competition, I was so happy and overjoyed! It felt amazing to win for the school and look forward to entering next year's competition again!"

Ben Marck, Anna's teacher, said, "I am so proud of Anna's success in computing this year and to win this year's Discovery Education Summer Coding competition is a huge achievement! Her determination and willingness to learn new skills has enabled her to make leaps and bounds in computing. Coding is an essential part of the computing subject and opens the doors to many exciting career opportunities. Discovery Education has provided some really excellent resources to break the process of learning coding skills into engaging and manageable chunks which our students have thoroughly enjoying working through."

10 year old Wilf from Wansdyke Primary School in Devizes was jointly awarded first prize in the Challenge.

Michael Savitz, Discovery Education's General Manager, UK and International said: "The Discovery Education Summer Coder Challenge inspires children to have fun with computer programming while mastering this essential skill for the future. This year's entries were very impressive and I congratulate our winning students for their achievements!"

Taking coding from concept to reality, Discovery Education Coding helps children to master computer programming in a fun and accessible way, giving them the freedom to create apps and games using their imagination. Through activities like exploring outer space and the mysteries of Ancient Egypt, to deep-sea diving and racing car driving, pupils can enjoy coding while gaining a deep understanding of concepts like algorithms, sequences and variables.

Find out more about Discovery Education Coding and explore Discovery Education's award-winning digital learning services at www.discoveryeducation.co.uk.