“Everyone, from the premises staff to the administration office and the teaching staff, has a vital role to play in a school†says Linda Austin, Head Teacher of Swanlea School, located in the historic Whitechapel area of London’s East End. These pictures tell the hidden story of the non-teaching staff who contribute in their own important way to the quality of life within a school. Be it the cook who arrives at 07:45 in the morning to commence cooking for the 1000+ students (68% of whom receive free school meals), or the network manager who must keep a computer network equivalent to a large company operating continuously during lesson times, or the ‘dinner ladies’ who assist and supervise behaviour during the lunch period, or the businessman who works with students to bring the commercial world alive in the classroom, or the cleaners who must cover 11,000 square metres of space each day. Each of these types of worker in their own way makes an important contribution to ‘teaching and learning’ alongside the faculty staff.