It has been no easy feat getting an organisation the size of City Lit--with 30,000 students, 4,000 courses, and nearly 1,000 teachers--to achieve an overall Grade 1 at inspection. Throw into that mix the funding upheaval and the need to demonstrate repeatedly to new ministers the value of what the college does, and one will get some idea of the journey it has been on. In this article, the author reflects on the milestones along the way and looks ahead to the college's next challenges. He says while they remain committed to staying true to their principles of providing the very best teaching and learning and the very best customer experience to a true cross-section of Londoners, it is not the end of the journey, more the end of one chapter and the start of another.