Graduate economy: 60% of London's working-age population has a degree Inner city schools, high levels of deprivation, not speaking English as a first language, a large majority of pupils from ethnic ...

Pupils in London do better at school than the rest of the country, but why? Sam Freedman, who served as an advisor to former British education secretary Michael Gove and now heads an education charity ...

London’s higher education institutions are individually excellent – together they help create a world-class city of knowledge, writes Jane Glanville While all play important roles individually and ...

Merryn Hutchings has previously received funding for the DCSF for a funded evaluation of City Challenge, and Ofsted funded further research on the impact of City Challenge and the London Challenge.

In December 1995, after years of very public humiliation as “the worst school in Britain,” Hackney Downs, a state boys’ school in East London, was ordered by a central government task force to close ...

London pupils outperform those in every other English region for getting good GCSEs, and experts say that a government-funded programme made a big contribution to this. “Now we’ve got the best schools ...

Whether you’re looking to boost their academic achievements or enrol them in a series of engaging clubs to support their critical thinking, these institutions seek to set your child up for success, ...

Simon Burgess receives funding from ESRC through CMPO. Pupils in London do better at school than the rest of the country, but why? Sam Freedman, a former adviser to Michael Gove and now head of an ...

London mayor Boris Johnson is calling for a city-wide body to deal strategically with education in the capital, with his office at its heart. A report for the mayor calls for "a pan-London approach" ...

Backing classroom education assistants on a picket line Friday morning, an emotional Liisa McInnis cried as she spoke of why they deserve support. “I don’t know where to begin, there is so much,” said ...