Laura McInerney
@missmc.bsky.social
Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)
SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)
I think about this quote almost daily at the moment. To me, it explains a lot of Labour’s weirdnesses.
February 17, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I think about this quote almost daily at the moment. To me, it explains a lot of Labour’s weirdnesses.
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have we considered just applying the rules for newspapers, TV, every random with a website, to social media companies?
February 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
have we considered just applying the rules for newspapers, TV, every random with a website, to social media companies?
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This means that even if Palestine Action ad not won on Human Rights Act/ECHR grounds, Palestine Action would have won on another ground.
No doubt this will be missed by a lot of media reporting of this judgment, but even if HRA repealed etc, Palestine Action would have *still won*.
No doubt this will be missed by a lot of media reporting of this judgment, but even if HRA repealed etc, Palestine Action would have *still won*.
February 13, 2026 at 10:29 AM
This means that even if Palestine Action ad not won on Human Rights Act/ECHR grounds, Palestine Action would have won on another ground.
No doubt this will be missed by a lot of media reporting of this judgment, but even if HRA repealed etc, Palestine Action would have *still won*.
No doubt this will be missed by a lot of media reporting of this judgment, but even if HRA repealed etc, Palestine Action would have *still won*.
Anyone else got the problem that you’ve switched off Liquid Glass via accessibility options, to reduce all the mad whizziness, and now a load of other apps don’t work properly? Slack is particularly problematic.
February 12, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Anyone else got the problem that you’ve switched off Liquid Glass via accessibility options, to reduce all the mad whizziness, and now a load of other apps don’t work properly? Slack is particularly problematic.
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The art of politics is not to do what people think. If it was, there literally wouldn’t be any politics. The art of politics is to convert public opinion in the direction of your policies. Not so subordinate your policies to opinion.
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The art of politics is not to do what people think. If it was, there literally wouldn’t be any politics. The art of politics is to convert public opinion in the direction of your policies. Not so subordinate your policies to opinion.
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It's the theme for their whole season not just this competition.
February 9, 2026 at 10:21 PM
It's the theme for their whole season not just this competition.
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I heard the announcers say that they were given the theme.
February 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I heard the announcers say that they were given the theme.
Were the Olympic skaters all given ‘90s pop’ as a theme for dances or is it a super coincidence that they’ve all picked it?!
February 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Were the Olympic skaters all given ‘90s pop’ as a theme for dances or is it a super coincidence that they’ve all picked it?!
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Major news on SEND funding this evening…
All the details here ⬇️⬇️
All the details here ⬇️⬇️
Breaking: The government has pledged write off 90 per cent of councils’ historic SEND deficits – estimated to be worth £5 billion
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-to-write-off-90-of-councils-send-deficits/
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-to-write-off-90-of-councils-send-deficits/
Government to write of 90% of councils' SEND deficits
Local authorities will get a grant to cover all but 10% of deficits accrued by the end of 2025-26
schoolsweek.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Major news on SEND funding this evening…
All the details here ⬇️⬇️
All the details here ⬇️⬇️
Wes is strong. But he’s not magical. Unless he’s going to say the health department is going to do more to support schools with kids’ health needs (which, imo, they should), I can’t see he’s going to help the situation.
“Starmer tells Streeting to help lead SEND reforms as rebellion looms. Savvy move or handing a rival a poisoned chalice? What do you think?
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Keir Starmer tells Wes Streeting to help lead Send reforms as rebellion looms
Health secretary is drafted in to sell special needs overhaul after warnings that eight in ten councils face bankruptcy over projected £14 billion Send deficits
www.thetimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Wes is strong. But he’s not magical. Unless he’s going to say the health department is going to do more to support schools with kids’ health needs (which, imo, they should), I can’t see he’s going to help the situation.
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Who are your best midlife role models?
February 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Who are your best midlife role models?
Simply because it was cheap, I did a conversion Law Degree last year.
Have written here about what it was like, how AI did and didn’t help, and why the experience felt like playing 1990s football manager games.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/doing-...
Have written here about what it was like, how AI did and didn’t help, and why the experience felt like playing 1990s football manager games.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/doing-...
Doing A Law Degree at 42 (and with AI)
I’ve always found the law terrifying. Boring.
www.linkedin.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Simply because it was cheap, I did a conversion Law Degree last year.
Have written here about what it was like, how AI did and didn’t help, and why the experience felt like playing 1990s football manager games.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/doing-...
Have written here about what it was like, how AI did and didn’t help, and why the experience felt like playing 1990s football manager games.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/doing-...
This whole debate prompted a re-read of @stulock.bsky.social’s superb blog, ‘Kevin’
mrlock.wordpress.com/2018/07/14/k...
There are consequences to reducing consequences. And we do need to recognise them.
mrlock.wordpress.com/2018/07/14/k...
There are consequences to reducing consequences. And we do need to recognise them.
I find it wild that if you’re verbally abusive to a police officer or a nurse you can be prosecuted, but we are saying that when it happens to teachers it’s not even appropriate to send a child home.
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This whole debate prompted a re-read of @stulock.bsky.social’s superb blog, ‘Kevin’
mrlock.wordpress.com/2018/07/14/k...
There are consequences to reducing consequences. And we do need to recognise them.
mrlock.wordpress.com/2018/07/14/k...
There are consequences to reducing consequences. And we do need to recognise them.
I’ve been over it a few times and I’m still unclear what the DfE was aiming for with today’s statement/warning/rant that there will be future guidance on internal suspensions.
This part of the guidance also doesn’t make sense.
Do they think kids in isolation are literally left on their own in a cupboard?
Do they think kids in isolation are literally left on their own in a cupboard?
January 29, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I’ve been over it a few times and I’m still unclear what the DfE was aiming for with today’s statement/warning/rant that there will be future guidance on internal suspensions.
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Instead of asking "who should pay for someone's degree?", we should ask: Does it make sense for someone earning £55k to have a marginal tax rate of 51%? What will that do to savings, to productivity, to life prospects, to their chances of buying a home or having children or starting a business?
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Instead of asking "who should pay for someone's degree?", we should ask: Does it make sense for someone earning £55k to have a marginal tax rate of 51%? What will that do to savings, to productivity, to life prospects, to their chances of buying a home or having children or starting a business?
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When you consider that the population is up by 15-20% over that period these numbers are quite amazing.
‘At 499, the number of homicides - murder & manslaughter - is the lowest for 43 years.
Calendar year 1983: 482 crimes are logged as "currently recorded" as homicide.
For offences "initially recorded" as homicide, you have to go back to 1977 for a figure below 499 (484).
From ONS’
Calendar year 1983: 482 crimes are logged as "currently recorded" as homicide.
For offences "initially recorded" as homicide, you have to go back to 1977 for a figure below 499 (484).
From ONS’
January 29, 2026 at 11:29 AM
When you consider that the population is up by 15-20% over that period these numbers are quite amazing.
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Down to the last nine of the original hundred copies of first edition of A Year in Willerby.
If you want one, order now. Expect to sell out this week. Order today we'll send out tomorrow.
Thanks To everyone who's supported us. It's already exceeded all expectations.
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
If you want one, order now. Expect to sell out this week. Order today we'll send out tomorrow.
Thanks To everyone who's supported us. It's already exceeded all expectations.
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
January 27, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Down to the last nine of the original hundred copies of first edition of A Year in Willerby.
If you want one, order now. Expect to sell out this week. Order today we'll send out tomorrow.
Thanks To everyone who's supported us. It's already exceeded all expectations.
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
If you want one, order now. Expect to sell out this week. Order today we'll send out tomorrow.
Thanks To everyone who's supported us. It's already exceeded all expectations.
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
Guess this would explain why it’s currently down for being “too busy” 😆
📱💷 Did you know?
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👉 Download the HMRC app here: www.gov.uk/guidance/dow... 
#SelfAssessment #UK #Tax
You can pay your Self Assessment tax bill directly through the official HMRC app! It’s quick, secure and easy… plus you can check how much you owe and set payment reminders all in one place. ✅
👉 Download the HMRC app here: www.gov.uk/guidance/dow... 
#SelfAssessment #UK #Tax
Download the HMRC app
How to download and access the HMRC app on a mobile device to get information about your tax, National Insurance and benefits.
www.gov.uk
January 27, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Guess this would explain why it’s currently down for being “too busy” 😆
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More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
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My clue to Apple jumping the shark is that, in the new update, if you go into the accessibility button, there’s something you press to (in essence) turn off the new design. If your design isn’t accessible… what was the point?
January 23, 2026 at 9:27 AM
My clue to Apple jumping the shark is that, in the new update, if you go into the accessibility button, there’s something you press to (in essence) turn off the new design. If your design isn’t accessible… what was the point?
Pick up artists are back - and now they get millions of follows?
😒 Women need this like a hole in the head.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
😒 Women need this like a hole in the head.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Women filmed in secret for TikTok content - then harassed online
So-called manfluencers wearing smart glasses approach women and then post videos to TikTok.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Pick up artists are back - and now they get millions of follows?
😒 Women need this like a hole in the head.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
😒 Women need this like a hole in the head.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Can say with all honesty, there isn’t a single piece of art I’d prefer to look at over gazing at someone’s - literally anyone’s - bookshelf.
- There are vastly more interesting things to put on bookshelves than books (2)
I'm not suggesting you should have no books at home -- just that giving over your living-room walls to books is meh. A fun object, a picture or a piece of art is better to display than some novels you read six years ago.
I'm not suggesting you should have no books at home -- just that giving over your living-room walls to books is meh. A fun object, a picture or a piece of art is better to display than some novels you read six years ago.
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Can say with all honesty, there isn’t a single piece of art I’d prefer to look at over gazing at someone’s - literally anyone’s - bookshelf.
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Just what people really think about digital, once it’s safe to say it out loud. It’s the subtext of every #digital #Edtech conversation you’ve been in this year. So yeah its a later spot but hoping you'll all attend. ♥️🙏 #Bett2026
uk.bettshow.com/bett-uk-2026...
uk.bettshow.com/bett-uk-2026...
Mapping your school’s digital ecosystem: EdTech lessons from 200+ Educators
uk.bettshow.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Just what people really think about digital, once it’s safe to say it out loud. It’s the subtext of every #digital #Edtech conversation you’ve been in this year. So yeah its a later spot but hoping you'll all attend. ♥️🙏 #Bett2026
uk.bettshow.com/bett-uk-2026...
uk.bettshow.com/bett-uk-2026...
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So my talk at #Bett2026 is 15:45 at #TechInAction tomorrow, and you should come. You’ll hear things most people only hear in corridors.
I’m sharing the first look at new research built from anonymous insights from educators across the country. No attribution. No spin...
I’m sharing the first look at new research built from anonymous insights from educators across the country. No attribution. No spin...
January 22, 2026 at 9:56 PM
So my talk at #Bett2026 is 15:45 at #TechInAction tomorrow, and you should come. You’ll hear things most people only hear in corridors.
I’m sharing the first look at new research built from anonymous insights from educators across the country. No attribution. No spin...
I’m sharing the first look at new research built from anonymous insights from educators across the country. No attribution. No spin...
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Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.