About Us

The London Providers group is a forum where all 27 London Initial Teacher Education providers meet and discuss shared issues. By joining together we can offer a better service to schools, mentors, students and pupils. In 2002 we agreed to start a process of greater collaboration and established three working parties:

London Providers working parties:

  • Assessment - Primary & Secondary

  • Mentor Development

  • Partnership


In 2005 we established a further working party to report on Secondary Professional Studies. Materials from all these groups are in the Resources section.

In 2006 a Primary Harmonisation Group met through the year and wrote a set of web-based resources for supporting Primary Professional Studies. The result of their work can be seen here.

The original Chairs of the London Providers working parties:

  • Chair of the Primary Assessment Group: Alison Dreese
    University of East London, Essex RM8 2AS

  • Chair of the Secondary Assessment Group: Ken Robson
    Kingston University, Kingston Hill, Kingston, Surrey KT2 2LB

  • Chair of the Mentorship Group: Dilly McDermott
    Goldsmiths College, University of London, London SE14 6NW