Quality Management (QM) systems have been introduced in vocational schools in various European countries over the past ten years and it has become clear that individual schools have had varying degrees of success in implementing their QM systems in full and in an appropriate manner, in accordance with the underlying QM principles, in gaining acceptance from those involved and in achieving the desired impact. Various people working on the development of the QM systems (such as education administrators, evaluators, school development advisers) have come independently to the same conclusion, namely that this situation may result from the differing cultures in the individual schools, which may or may not favour successful implementation. In the project to be proposed, the six partners will focus on the topic ‘Quality and school culture’ and deal with the question of how the culture of individual schools influences the implementation of QM systems. The following questions are pivotal:- How can one define school culture and quality culture? What terminology can be used in the project?- Are there aspects in a school or quality culture which are advantageous or disadvantageous and how do they affect QM system implementation? - Can we develop a tool to capture aspects of the school quality culture?- Can we develop supportive measures and recommendations for the successful implementation of QM systems in vocational schools on the basis of the results generated by the tool? Central to the project is the development and testing of a tool to identify school quality culture. Discussion with and feedback from other national EQAVET reference points is indispensable.