According to the DfES Standards website, the Key Stage 3 National Strategy is part of the Government's agenda for transforming secondary education. It is a whole school improvement strategy which aims to provide "a platform for professional development across the school through its emphasis on teaching and learning"; and to foster "personalised learning" involving "careful attention...to the pupils' individual learning styles, motivations and needs; rigorous target setting linked to high quality assessment; enjoyable lessons; supporting pupils by others well beyond the classroom." In this paper, the author suggests ways in which the Strategy can be developed to ensure that its stated aims are realized.