Sonia Blandford is deputy-head of the School of Education at Oxford Brookes University and is also the author of Managing Discipline in Schools.

• Part 1 The School as a Learning Organisation; Chapter 1 Managing Professional Development in Schools; Chapter 2 TQM and the Management of Professional Development; Chapter 3 Investors in People; Part 2 The National Context; Chapter 4 Government Policy; Chapter 5 Initial Teacher Training; Chapter 6 Practitioners; Chapter 7 Leadership; Part 3 Whole-School Development; Chapter 8 The School Development Plan; Chapter 9 Appraisal; Chapter 10 Middle Management; Chapter 11 Managing Professional Development as a Resource; Chapter 12 The Way Forward;

'This is not a book that Chris Woodhead will read.' - The Teacher'... so well written that the reader is left wanting more ... an invaluable, lucid and comprehensive guide to the key issues for teachers,' - The Teacher'... offers a clear overview of recent government policy and the bewildering number of initiatives that shape current thinking about the professional development of teachers ... to gain a fuller understanding of the theories that inform goverment policy, this book would be illuminating.' - Gill Murray, Escalate