Effectiveness in professional learning and CPD -- The school/college as a research-based community -- Involving learners in research and professional learning -- Improving professional learning at whole school level -- Collaborative and team approaches to professional learning -- Improving professional learning at individual classroom level -- The secondary school as research community / Richard Parker -- The primary school with CPD at its heart / Sue Robinson -- The post-compulsory college : investigating teaching and learning / Derek Warren and Cathy Francis-Wright -- The Abu Dhabi schools and researching staff needs in a centralised system / Ayman Hefnawi, Auruna Rajah and Uwem Umana with Philip Whitehead and David Middlewood -- Conclusions and reflections.