ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with the male staff of the secondary modern school and their experience of reorganization. For some teachers, the re-organization of secondary education in Britain seemed to offer the prospect of new career opportunities and enhanced rewards. Career aspirations were fired during comprehensivization and the 'old' staff thought, on the basis of their prior teaching record, these aspirations would and could be realistically fulfilled. The 'old' staff's orientation to work is thus centred round an utter personal antipathy to the head; to teaching and to the school as defined by him; and to any kind of conception of comprehensive education. The 'old' staff found themselves in a situation where career aspirations outstripped career realities. Through the head's selective recruitment, promotion and deployment of 'good', new teachers, a 'cabal' was formed from their ranks.
