Skills for Londoners is the first dedicated post-16 skills and adult education strategy produced by a London Mayor. It sets out the contextual skills challenges London faces, along with the priorities and actions required to make the London skills system the envy of the world and achieve the Mayor’s vision for: ‘A City for all Londoners – making sure Londoners, employers and businesses get the skills they need to succeed in a fair, inclusive society and thriving economy’ The Skills for Londoners Consultation Findings provides a high-level summary and analysis of the issues raised during the consultation of the draft strategy, from technical stakeholders, members of the public and opinion research. This allowed the Mayor to have proper regard to the consultation responses when deciding whether to approve the final version of the strategy. See below the opinion research and responses to Talk London that were considered as part of the strategy consultation.

From 1 August 2019, the Secretary of State for Education delegated responsibility for the commissioning, delivery, and management of London’s Adult Education Budget (AEB) to the Mayor of London. In early 2020, the AEB Mayoral Board agreed that AEB programme data should be published following the Department for Education’s Further Education and Skills data publication and in line with the UK Code of Practice for Official Statistics (which the Greater London Authority has signed up to on a voluntary basis). In August 2024, the AEB changed to the Adult Skills Fund (ASF). As a result, it is not possible to directly compare this year’s data with participation and enrolment to previous years under the AEB. Data for the AEB covering academic years 2019/20 – 2023/24 can be accessed here: GLA Adult Education Budget - London Datastore The GLA ASF data publication below provides information on adult (aged 19+) GLA-funded Further Education, comprising Adult Skills Core, Tailored Learning and Free Courses for Jobs (excluding apprenticeships, traineeships, advanced learner loans, the offender learning and skills service, and education and training services funded by the Education and Skills Funding Agency). Wherever in-year data is used, it presents provisional, reported to date figures. These are updated in subsequent data returns, and should not be considered the final record of provision in that time period.

Areas identified in the London Plan Consultation 2009 as having significant potential for increases in residential, employment and other uses through development of sites at higher densities with more mixed and intensive use but at a level below that which can be achieved in the Opportunity Areas. Each area is represented as a point. This data is subject to change and should be checked with the relevant Local Authority before use. Click here to visit the London Plan pages

As London looks ahead to a skills devolution deal, the capital has ambitions to create an adult skills system that is more responsive to the needs of the local economy. This work reflects on the area based review which will shape the future of the Further Education sector in London. Analysis by GLA Economics sets out what drives London’s economy, and what this means for future skills needs. In this series of papers we analyse the demand for jobs and skills to inform the Government’s area reviews of post-16 education and training, covering four London sub-regions (working papers 76-79). Thanks to London’s excellent transport links, the job opportunities available to learners are wider than a particular sub-region. The 2011 Census shows that less than half of all workers in London (48%) live in the same sub-regional area as their place of work. This calls for a broader, pan-London view (working paper 75). https://www.london.gov.uk/business-and-economy-publications/skills-londons-economy

The Greater London Authority’s responses to national government consultations relating to adult education, skills, and employment provision.