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Edge is an independent, politically impartial foundation

Inspiring the education system to give all young people across the UK the knowledge, skills and behaviours they need to flourish in their future life and work.

The Edge Foundation believes all young people should have the opportunity to achieve their potential by Making Education Relevant

We believe in high quality professional education and training, a broad and balanced curriculum, interactive and engaging real world learning and rich relationships between education and employers.

Making education relevant for...

  • all – promoting greater equity in our society
  • the real world – making sure that learning is engaging and exciting
  • employability – ensuring that all young people are ready for work
  • communities – tailoring solutions to the different nations, regions and place around the UK
  • the future – preparing young people for our changing world and economy

Accelerating change in the education system

A relevant and engaging education empowers young people to develop the knowledge, skills and behaviour they need for success as adults, workers, citizens and leaders.

We gather evidence-based research and evaluate projects and trials on the ground. As well as lead debates in specialist forums to inspire educational delivery and influence future policies.

Inspiring the education system with a twin track approach

Track 1: Supporting best practice

In the short to medium term we are helping schools, colleges and training providers to use the existing flexibilities in the system to adopt new and engaging approaches and enhance relevance by highlighting interesting projects.

Track 2: Influencing future policies

Over the medium to long term we are helping policy makers at all levels to change the system to enable practice to become embedded, better preparing young people right across the UK for their futures.