• Greater London is officially one of the most intelligent regions in the UK, boasting some of the highest percentages of students with top GCSE grades 
• Greater Manchester is the smartest place in the UK, with the highest percentage of students with top grades
• Kent is the region where students achieve the lowest percentage of top Grades at GCSE

Greater London is one of the most intelligent places in the country, new research can reveal.

In Greater London, 14.1 percent of students achieve the top GCSE grade of 9 in the core subjects of Maths, English Literature, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics than the average for the whole of the UK (11.8 percent). In comparison, Kent – the area where students achieve the fewest top grades – has just 5.5 percent of students who achieve Grade 9s at GCSE.

The research, by international education providers Oxford Summer School, analysed new data from the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) to discover which areas in the UK achieved the highest average results for core GCSE subjects in 2021.