By Maureen McTaggart
The London Grid for Learning and its consortium of local authorities is one of the largest education networks in the world. But giving schools the whole gamut of digital technology services is not the complete vision, according to Brian Durrant, LGfL’s chief executive. The ultimate key for London, he says, is school leadership.

“It’s actually about us taking a step back and asking what it would take to make London the world exemplar city for the effective use of new technologies in teaching and learning,” he says. “Also what are the necessary and sufficient conditions to actually bring about the transformation of learning through ICT and a positive impact on attainment?”