Practice Library

The practice library brings together a variety of practices the team at the Edge foundation have witnessed through their research, field work and international study visits across the years. Explore the good practices at schools, colleges, universities and other institutions. Contact us to learn more about the different institutions.

What is the primary purpose of vocational education - a new book

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

Walsall College: Supporting real-world learning through a creative enterprise

How a well-designed creative enterprise can serve learners, staff, your institution and the wider local community.

The IndEX platform

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

Adam Dickens 2025 - Wardolf Steiner, St Paul's Steiner School 29.9.25 - 3133

What can Waldorf Education teach us?

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

Virtual Island Summit 2025

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

Transforming student experience through authentic learning

Deeper Learning UK 2025 conference

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

Reflections from the Island Youth Forum 2025

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

Exploring the Waldorf Curriculum

The Waldorf education model uniquely prepares students for the future by integrating academic learning with real-world skills.

Enabling dual professionalism to develop the workforce of tomorrow

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

How the Compass Curriculum is Enriching Pupils’ Employability Prospects: Fylde Coast Academy Trust

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

Three Spires Trust: Reimagining Our Curriculum

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

Teacher Externships

During this webinar, we get behind the scenes to learn about the origins of the teacher externship model and its evolution in the UK.

Morecambe Bay Curriculum: Embedding Sustainability Across the Local Education Landscape

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

UTC South Durham

During this virtual visit session, UTC South Durham explores the strategies they use to engage and work with parents and carers. They focus on how this has been born from, and developed through the lens of their culture and approach to education.

Cultivating Deeper Learning – A Recipe for an Authentic Education

Wings Agora

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

Bristol Education Partnership - Tackling Climate Change through Partnerships

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.

South Eastern Regional College - Embedding Sustainability across Campus

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

South Eastern Regional College - International Student Exchange

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, Doncaster

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

School 21, London

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.

The School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS) at Queen’s University Belfast

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.

Making is Part of Learning at X11 School, Netherlands

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

Oracy at Easton CE Academy

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.

Industry Placements for Lecturers at Da Vinci College, Netherlands

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.

Collaboration and Partnership at City of Bristol College to improve young people disengaging in education

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.

Coleg Cambria a Cross-Border College

Across the globe, Innovation in HE - Quest University, Canada

Developing a Skills Compass to Assess Students’ Skills at MBO College Hilversum, Netherlands

Project-Based Learning at Hellerup School, Denmark

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