Southeast England doesn't overperform, only London (there's a stylus scratch in child poverty rates once stepping outside the capital, going from highest to lowest. Although the SE is also high minority it's a different ballpark -it's the minorities who've made it rich and moved to leafy exurbia). The most deprived boroughs see the biggest difference, who average a grade higher for all subjects compared to their counterparts of equivalent means outside the city. I imagine the harder the family has fallen, the more they will push their kids to get out, and are likely inspired by local success stories (whereas the social mobility for the poor has much less opportunity outside a big city, and gets instilled from one generation to the next).
Out of the Top 10 highest performing boroughs in the country, 8 are in London, evenly split between the richest and poorest.
Last edited by muppet; Oct 31, 2022 at 12:56 PM.
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