.... Following a brief explanation of forces driving moves towards teams and teamwork in schools, the article discusses the importance of building a culture conducive to teamwork; how the role of the principal,understandings of leadership and the structure of the school must all change if teams are to operate...

... of our education system in recent years, and it is the lack of it which makes the whole ethos of independent education, with its majority of AMMA and PAT members, quite different. I shall return to this when I come to the role of the staff, but first and foremost it is the pupil who counts...

... and to their respective LEAs, then the latter need to take them into account when responding to the challenges posed by the ERA, both when reorganising the service and in programmes of staff development, to ensure that account is taken of the needs and characteristics of middle‐management roles which have grown...