Fully Hands-on, Practical Learning sessions for schools & Colleges
Years ago, Schools and colleges used to have extensive metalworking facilities and taught a wide range of metalworking skills to their students. These days, access and experience in this area is declining and it is not uncommon for young people to have left school with little or no insight into working with metal and how it fits in our modern world.
With our extensive facilities and expert knowledge we can offer educational experiences of working with red-hot iron through practical, immersive & inspiring learning experiences. Students are provided with their own working area, each with their own forge, anvil, leg vice and variety of hand tools. They will be taught how to manage their own fire, key forging techniques and be challenged to explore the properties of red-hot iron! All while each making a practical item themselves that they can take home and Cherish forever. Sessions are limited to a maximum of 14 students at a time, with a Minimum age of 11 years old*.
If a Practical session is not desired, or suitable, we can offer bespoke visually stimulation demonstrations in our purpose build, demonstration arena. This is a covered area with 5 forges and tiered seating for up to 70 people. Click here to find out more.
*We are now fully Insured to teach children from the age of 5 years old. Please contact us to find out more.
St John’s School
36 students from the Design & Engineering department at St John’s School in Leatherhead, Surrey, attended a 2.5hr educational blacksmithing demonstration with us in December 2025. They also had a tour of our workshops and our Fire & Iron Gallery.
Downsend School
“It is a real pleasure working with such committed local businesses and we look forward to many years of association with you.” Ian Thorpe - Executive Head
“Thank you! Our students absolutely loved it yesterday. It was an incredible, stress free, fun and informative day for both the students, and staff.” - Maggie Hambledon - Head of DT
Eighteen of Downsend’s Year 10 Design Technology students embarked on a fun and informative hands-on blacksmithing session with us in early 2025.
Reed’s School
Reed's is a leading independent day and boarding school in Cobham, Surrey, for boys aged 11 to 18 with a co-educational Sixth Form.
Their Design & Technology students at both GCSE & A-Level, will be joining us in Spring 2026 to explore the properties of red-hot iron with fully hands-on blacksmithing sessions.
West Heath School
West Heath School is a Specialist Independent School catering for a diverse range of needs for boys and girls. We offer tailored one-to-one educational blacksmithing sessions, as an engaging and practical way of developing a range of skills. Forging hot iron is an elemental and fundamental process which can build confidence and offer great insight into many aspects of an educational curriculum. From maths and language to geology and art, blacksmithing really is a terrific way to illuminate the world for young enquiring minds. It has proved to be especially beneficial for those who find conventional classroom settings challenging.
Blossom House School
Blossom House is a specialist independent day school in London for pupils with speech, language and communication difficulties. We will be working with Blossom House in early 2026, delivering educational blacksmithing sessions to students on a one-to-one basis.