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17 May 2026

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Laura McInerney

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Opinion

Can teachers really remember how many hours they’ve worked?

As a psychology A-level teacher, one of my favourite teaching topics was the fallibility of witness ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

11 Feb 2019 | Opinion
Opinion

Teaching out of specialism: does it matter to pupils?

Imagine it’s Monday morning and you are suddenly told you must take a supply lesson. Your teaching subject ...

LAURA McINERNEY

25 Nov 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

GCSE 2018 Variability Charts: Are Your Results Normal?

GCSE results are out. Each year Ofqual produces boring-sounding variability charts. It sounds dull but ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

23 Aug 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

Let’s fix school structures, then we can turn to curriculum

It’s eight years this month since Michael Gove slammed the Academies Act through the Commons and gave us ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

6 Jul 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

Without more money, the EHCP dream will become a nightmare

How much does it cost to educate a child? Schools are allocated roughly £5,000 per pupil, depending on ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

8 Jun 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

Sex education reforms: can someone in the DfE give us a straight answer?

In Blackadder: Back and forth, our eponymous antihero runs into Shakespeare after an experiment with a ...

Laura McInerney

18 May 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

Cheating at key stage 2 SATs: what does it mean for secondary schools?

What if the reason a secondary school had a poor progress rate was not due to its own teaching, but ...

Laura McInerney

20 Apr 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

Fixing the madness of the teacher transfer window

Welcome to recruitment silly season! It is the time of year when everyone wanting to move schools has to ...

Laura McInerney

13 Apr 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

When it comes to teacher pay, we’re just like monkeys

In 2012, the scientist Frans de Waal revealed how monkeys go berserk if paid unequally for a task. A ...

Laura McInerney

23 Mar 2018 | Opinion
Features

Sue Jay, Head of creative arts, Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School

Rain is lashing down outside the drama studio at the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, but inside ...

Laura McInerney

13 Mar 2018