Editorial note: The WOW factor. When we first received and read the World War II Evacuation Project case study we simply went WOW! It was genuinely mind-blowing. Below we publish the main sections of the report. They bring to life an invaluable, ground-breaking case-study of national significance.

The case-study involved two contrasting schools, one rural in Shropshire, the other urban in Peckham, London. The Shropshire school created and developed the World War II evacuation project working closely with its Peckham school partner...