"I would like schools to work more closely with one another: to co-operate rather than compete; to share their skills and expertise to help pupils," he said.
"It is only by all pulling together that we can provide the best education for the children in our charge."
But Brown insisted that joint working must be backed up with cash.
"Partnerships can only work effectively if they are given the funding and not expected to add further pressure to the budgets of the schools involved," he said.
He also warned that commercial factors are damaging relationships between neighbouring schools, describing the trend as "disturbing".
"School heads are becoming more and more like business managers and marketing directors, spending their time brokering deals and selling their schools rather than focusing on children’s education," he explained.
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