Practice Library

Rosie Clayton gives us an overview of place-based education in the UK and wonders if Andy Burnham's Manchester view of education will translate to a national outlook.

Eighty senior education leaders from across the UK and beyond gathered in Lancaster in May for the Deeper Learning UK conference 2026.

Fylde Coast Academy Trust are fundamentally reimagining what Key Stage 4 education should look like. The result is the Compass Curriculum.

How a new work experience programme transformed student life and benefited Castleford Academy and local employers.

Surrey Square Primary School in Southwark invests in making pupils feel safe and valued. They listen to parents, who become partners.

See It Be It in Sheffield brings together educators, employers and local authorities to collaborate on high‑quality careers education.

How best can we prepare young people for a world that is changing faster than the curriculum can keep up with? Bucksburn Academy in Aberdeen is showing what success looks like.

There will soon be an edited collection of writing based on Edge debates around the principles of English vocational education.

Geoffrey Fowler explains how to support stable, scalable and systematic employer engagement in schools.

Waldorf UK Executive Director Fran Russell reflects on new research from the University of Winchester.

How digital tech is transforming education in island settings and beyond. Amazing initiatives developed in the world’s most geographically remote locations.

Edge Executive Director Olly Newton reflects on a very successful gathering of education professionals.

Edge Executive Director Olly Newton attends the two-day Island Youth Forum in the Caribbean.

When educators embody dual professionalism, they are not only experts in their subject areas but also inspirational leaders, says Sarah Bowden.

Compass is now providing students with opportunities to build vocational and life skills and boost their career prospects, regardless of their background or ability.

Our mission is to empower young people to embrace learning, unlocking both academic and vocational success.

Sustainability is at the heart of this interdisciplinary place-based curriculum inspiring young people with the local environment.

The Edge team visited Wings Aogra in January 2023 and witnessed an invaluable and creative pedagogy.

A number of schools across Bristol have developed a range of projects and interventions to help promote awareness and action in relation to the climate emergency.

SERC developed a series of eco initiatives in partnership with staff, students and the wider community. Sustainability themes are embedded across college curricula.

The Hospitality, Management Tourism and Languages faculty developed a student virtual exchange programme through its existing partnership with the Toyama National Institute of Technology in Japan.

XP School opened in Doncaster in 2014 as the first Expeditionary Learning school in the UK.

School 21 opened as an all-through Free School in 2012 with a mission to better prepare young people from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Even before Covid, the School of EEECS at Queen’s University Belfast have been making good use of online delivery and non-teacher led methods of delivery.

X11 is a VMBO (prevocational preparatory school) specialising in Media, Design and ICT for ages 12-16 years old.

Oracy – the ability to communicate effectively using spoken language – is a core whole-school approach pedagogy running through the heart of Easton Academy in Bristol.

During Edge’s study visit to the Netherlands On Edge’s study visit to the Netherlands many examples of good practice were observed across the Dutch Vocational Education and Training (VET) system.

Bristol is proud to be a UNESCO Learning City and its Learning City Partnership has a strong ambition to enable all young people to achieve their full potential in learning, life and work.

Hellerup School in Copenhagen teaches pupils aged 6-16, incorporating project-based learning with 21st Century learning design.