The purpose of this study was to investigate, in a sample of primary schools, the area of implementation of the curriculum at the school and classroom level. Research was not undertaken into either the intentions or the outcomes of curriculum implementation. The objectives were to collect data on characteristics of schools, teachers and classes, teacher behaviours in curriculum planning, organization of content and teaching procedures; and teacher perceptions of strength of influences on these behaviours and procedures. The main study's sample consisted of a two stage randomly selected sample of full time classroom primary teachers in the North West Education Region of New South Wales.