Introduction / Tim Brighouse and Leisha Fullick --;The London context / Ruth Lupton and Alice Sullivan --;Global city school systems / Anne Sofer --;The London challenge --;a personal view / Tim Brighouse --;Comprehensive schooling and social inequality in London: past, present and possible future / Sandra Leaton Gray and Geoff Whitty --;Does every London child matter? The new agenda for children in London / Janet Mokades --;The school workforce in London / Sara Bubb and Peter Earley --;Reconfiguring urban leadership: some lessons from London / Hilary Emery and Kathryn Riley --;Ethnic diversity in London schools / Jan McKenley --;'Miss, who needs the languages of immigrants?' London's multilingual schools / Dina Mehmedbegovit --;A pan-London approach to 14-19 learning: a figment of the imagination or a potential reality? / Paul Grainger, Ann Hodgson, and Ken Spours --;Adult learners in a global city / Leisha Fullick --;London: present lessons --;future possibilities / Tim Brighouse [and others].