Acknowledgements
The research team owes a considerable debt of gratitude to all the Headteachers, depute heads, teachers and local authority officers who gave up a great deal of time to assist it with the survey, interviews and focus groups. Thanks are extended to Rosaleen Maguire for the many days spent transcribing interviews, to Katie O'Donovan for her support in data entry and to Jackie Horne, Rebecca Diggle, John Gunstone, Mal Cooke and the Scottish Government. Finally, the team thanks the members of the Research Advisory Group for their investment of time and very helpful comments.