The UK Education Act 2002 furthers a sense of institutional fragmentation and scope for local enterprise. An emerging "decentralised" agenda enables schools that demonstrably meet accountability criteria to opt out of National Curriculum requirements in order to pursue individual interests, supportive technologies and new partnership arrangements. The recognition of the demands of an information/learning society will necessitate different models of teaching and learning for differentiated consumers pursuing new patterns of employment. Information and communication technology is driving change in both curriculum content and the methodologies of teaching and learning. Image analysis and its relation to media literacy will challenge and stimulate creative networks in schools and the wider learning community.