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17 May 2026

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Laura McInerney

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Opinion

Who wants to be a millionaire? Teachers…

Are teachers hungry for money or driven by compassion for others? It sounds a simplistic choice. But an ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

27 May 2019 | Opinion
Opinion

If there was an election tomorrow, who would teachers vote for?

In a world of political turmoil, teacher votes matter. For a start, there are half a million people in the ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

17 Mar 2019 | Opinion
Opinion

How can schools reduce teacher sickness?

Hands up if you were ill over Christmas and New Year? If you stayed healthy, then well done you. About ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

13 Jan 2019 | Opinion
Opinion

How common is burnout in the teaching profession?

The title of Graham Greene’s 1960 novel A Burnt-Out Case refers to an unusual medical condition: lepers ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

22 Oct 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

What if it’s behaviour, not workload, that makes teachers leave?

Everyone knows the statistic: one in three teachers leaves in their first five years on the job. But what ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

24 Sep 2018 | Opinion
Exam results

GCSE Results 2018: The 7 most interesting things we have learned

GCSE results are out and it is a complicated set of results. From a Schools Week perspective, the most ...

Laura McInerney

23 Aug 2018
Opinion

Politicians, like pupils, need high expectations

Schools are the most hopeful places in the world. Over the past week I hope you’ve had a chance to see at ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

20 Jul 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

Can Damian Hinds do the maths on teacher pay?

Over the past few weeks, the education secretary Damian Hinds has been trying to solve a complicated maths ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

13 Jul 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

Ofsted requires improvement – but how do we get there?

Ofsted’s name is mud this week. Amanda Spielman’s speech at last week’s Festival of Education went down ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

29 Jun 2018 | Opinion
Opinion

Graduate recruiters are clamouring for more talented women – and schools should be afraid

Gender pay rules are making corporations jittery, and rightly so. As Schools Week recently revealed, ...

LAURA MCINERNEY

26 Jun 2018 | Opinion