The aim of this paper is to critically examine the concept of partnership between school and university.
The authors offer a critique of partnership as it is presented in literature at a macro and meso level, and they report on a collaborative enquiry between school and university staff in a (micro-level) secondary school setting.
The project was structured around a series of workshops in the school setting to support and facilitate Learning Rounds.
Using data from this project including field notes and semi-structured interviews, they will give voice to the often unheard testimony of the teacher in their lived experiences of partnership, and make a contribution to the ongoing debate around partnerships by highlighting some of the difficulties and tensions arising from partnership in practice.