Tower Hamlets as a Type 1 (Time+/Place+) Scene

Abstract

Chapter 2 explores an example of a ‘time+/place+’ scene (i.e., one set in both an identifiable time period and a given location); this scene is the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which transformed its educational outcomes over the 1997–2012 period, reversing a situation of ‘dire’ school and pupil performance and instead achieving outstanding success across the piece. As well as presenting Tower Hamlets as a detailed case, also highlighted is what the case study adds to our overall understanding of what scenes are and what they facilitate.