Highest qualification levels obtained for working-age population by London borough (2024)
Last updated: April 2026
Next estimated update: March 2027
What does this indicator show?
This indicator shows the variation in proportions of highest qualifications held by Londoners by borough.
The classification system is the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF):
- Level 1 includes GCSE grades 3 to 1 (D to G)
- Level 2 includes GSCE grades 9 to 4 (A* to C)
- Level 3 includes A-levels
- Level 4 includes apprenticeships, degrees and above
Full details can be found here.
What does it tell us?
There is a large variation between London boroughs in terms of the proportion of the working-age population that have degree-level or above qualifications. Lambeth has the highest proportion (78%) of its working-age population with degree-level/apprenticeship or above qualifications, whilst Barking and Dagenham has the lowest (47%).
Richmond had the lowest (6%) had the lowest proportion of people with no or other qualifications (6%), while Newham had 3.6 times as many at 22%.
City of London is excluded from this chart due to small sample size suppressions in the source data. Further details can be found in the downloadable CSV file.