Secrets of London’s success

The launch of CfBT’s latest research, produced in partnership with Centre for London, fuelled a national debate this summer. The research, Lessons From London Schools: Investigating the success, looks at the different factors that can explain the extraordinary improvements that London’s secondary schools have experienced, and has brought together policy-makers and practitioners to consider how to replicate the success both nationally and internationally.

London schools have improved dramatically since 2000. Judged by relative performance in examinations and in Ofsted inspections, London secondary schools now outperform schools in the rest of England and achieve the highest proportion of students obtaining five “good” GCSEs, the highest percentage of schools rated “outstanding” by Ofsted, and the highest GCSE attainment for pupils from poorer backgrounds.