Podcast appearances and mentions of laura mcinerney

This week, we're looking at The Schools Bill. The bill, which has the full title of The Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-25, covers children's social care and education. The aim of the bill, as stated on the House of Commons Library website, is to “improve the safeguarding of children and to raise educational standards”. We're going to be focusing on the schools components. To look at this, IFS Director Paul Johnson is joined by Laura McInerney and Luke Sibieta. Laura was the founding editor of Schools Week and now co-runs Teacher Tapp, a regular online survey of teachers. Luke is a Research Fellow at The IFS specialising in Education. Become a member: https://ifs.org.uk/individual-membershipFind out more: https://ifs.org.uk/podcasts-explainers-and-calculators/podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode I chat with Laura McInerney, founder of Teacher Tapp, to learn about her journey from teaching into journalism and entrepreneurship.You will learn:That tenacity is an important traitWhy data points are useful in your business and how to find out moreResources:Book a 1:1 Business Coaching Power Hour with me: https://calendly.com/claire-riley-ebc/business-coaching-hourJoin Education Business Club: https://www.educationbusinessclub.co.uk/join-education-business-clubApply for Education Business Mentoring: https://www.educationbusinessclub.co.uk/mentoringJoin the Education Business Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/educationbusinessclubEducation Business Newsletter: https://www.educationbusinessclub.co.uk/newsletterMy website: https://www.educationbusinessclub.co.ukFind me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clairerileyentrepreneur/https://www.facebook.com/education.business.clubFind me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clairerileyteacherentrepreneurhttps://www.instagram.com/educationbusinessclubFind me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-riley-entrepreneurThe Teachers' Podcast: https://podfollow.com/the-teachers-podcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After the first King's Speech under a Labour government for 15 years, a host of policy experts joins Alain Tolhurst to look at what the first 100 days of a Keir Starmer administration will look like, after the new Prime Minister said his plan for government would "take the brakes off Britain" and put the country on the "path of national renewal". Joining the pod are Harry Quilter-Pinner, interim exec director at think tank IPPR, Ryan Wain, executive director for politics at the Tony Blair Institute, Laura McInerney, education journalist and co-founder of the app Teacher Tapp, Ben Zaranko, senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and Freddie Poser, executive director at housing campaign group PricedOut. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot

Schools expert, and Teacher Tapp co-founder, Laura McInerney, joins Sam Freedman and Ayesha Hazarika to speak about Labour's commitment to recruit extra teachers by removing the VAT exemption on private schools - as well as the party's other plans on education.With election fever setting in, The Power Test is not being knocked off course. With just six weeks until a new government will be in place, Sam and Ayesha look in detail about what Labour is offering and whether its plan adds up.Joined by McInerney, the team look at Labour's pledge to recruit 6,500 extra teachers, a review of the national curriculum, the role of Ofsted, special needs education, and culture war arguments in schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where did the trend for tough discipline in schools come from? It's led to a big argument online about how strict is too strict. Education journalist Laura McInerney explains the origins of the trend.

The wonderful Laura McInerney, founder of Teacher Tapp joins us to explain how research helps to develop policy, perceptions and products. We discuss the development of the app over time and Andy realises that he is getting old.

Schools are dealing with their own rising costs, but they are also coping with the impact of the cost-of-living on their pupils and their families. One primary school tells us how they're facing up to the challenge. Can they thrive in tricky economic times? Felicity Hannah spends a day at school with Sally Herbert, Principal at Oasis Academy Harpur Mount, primary school in Manchester. She meets staff, parents and pupils to hear how the cost of living is impacting on their children's education. The Programme also talks to education expert Laura McInErney, co-founder of Teacher Tapp, to ask what does the future look like for schools. Series Producer Smita Patel Editor Clare Fordham Studio mixed by Rod Farquhar

Laura McInerney is a former teacher, Schools Week editor and Guardian education columnist. In 2017 she co-founded Teacher Tapp, the daily survey of more than 10,000 teachers. She once took the education secretary to court - and won.Teacher Tapp asks three questions every day, helping to build a real picture of school life. The results provide the data teachers need to see the wood for the trees and drive positive change from the ground up.Laura sits down with Liam to discuss:00:00 Intro00:29 What is Teacher Tapp?04:01 Why is sharing information so important?05:55 What does Teacher Tapp tell us about working in school?06:09 Supporting your colleagues and support from leaders07:39 Pregnancies and bereavements08:20 Lieu days, gym memberships and free tea and coffee10:35 Who are the happiest teachers?11:27 Only 63% of leaders think they will still be there in 3 years…11:53 Who has the hardest job in school and who are the most unhappy?12:53 Why are they unhappy?16:19 What do we know about burnout and compassion fatigue?17:32 Is school life different in authority-maintained schools, academies and independent schools?22:45 What do teachers spend their time doing?25:55 How can we save teachers time?27:04 How is technology used in the classroom?29:19 What does the data tell us about the thoughts of students and teachers on the subject of identifying as LBGTQ+?31:31 There are some small inexpensive things you can do as a leader which make a difference35:37 What is the best day for a staff meeting?37:36 When should we have our INSET days?38:23 Why do we need Teacher Tapp?40:45 How can people get in touch with Teacher Tapp?Follow Laura:X: https://twitter.com/miss_mcinerneyLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauramcinerney1/Follow Teacher Tapp:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teachertapp/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TeacherTapp/X: https://twitter.com/TeacherTappLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teachertappFollow White Rose Education:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whiteroseeducation/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/whiteroseedu/X: https://twitter.com/WhiteRoseEdTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@whiteroseeducationYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_N77kci_H7QM41tMs2ph7wLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/white-rose-education/Website: http://whiteroseeducation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some school buildings in England have been forced to close or do urgent repairs because they're built with a potentially crumbling material, reinforced autoclave aerated concrete, known as RAAC. Lightweight and cheap, RAAC was widely used during the post-war building boom of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. But it has a limited shelf-life, which experts have been aware of for the last 30 years. And poor maintenance of buildings has added to the risks of sudden and catastrophic collapse.But are schools just the tip of the iceberg? David Aaronovitch asks how widespread is the risk – and what structural solutions are available for schools, hospitals and other buildings that contain RAAC? David Aaronovitch talks to: Prof Phil Purnell, Professor of Materials and Structures, University of Leeds; Laura McInerney, education journalist, public speaker and co-founder of Teacher Tapp; Adrian Tagg, Associate Professor in Building Surveying at Reading University and a current practising chartered buildings surveyor; Sergio Cavalaro, Professor of Infrastructure Systems at the School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University.Production: Ben Carter, Kirsteen Knight, Sally Abrahams Production Co-ordinator: Sophie Hill and Debbie Richford Sound: Graham Puddifoot Editor: Richard Vadon(Correction: In this programme we said that 100 schools in the UK had closed due to issues with RAAC. This is incorrect. Although RAAC has been identified in more than 100 schools, most of them have remained open)

On Sunday 10th September, our first three episodes featuring inspirational educators will be available to watch and listen to on all major platforms. Join an inspiring conversation with Professor Nira Chamberlain, Forbes' Excellent Mathematician of the Year as he dispels everyday myths, get a front-row seat to the future of educational journalism and tech with Laura McInerney, the CEO and Co-Founder of Teacher Tapp, and Unlock the potential of students with SEMH and ADHD as Jamie Gilbert, an educator with 1.1 million followers, shares his trailblazing methods.Subscribe now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The results are in! On the day that students receive their exam results, we also find out that the BBC's Amol Rajan is the new host of University Challenge. Adam is joined by the iconic voice of the game show, Roger Tilling, to talk about outgoing presenter Jeremy Paxman's legacy. We talk A-Levels, T-Levels and Btecs with Laura McInerney, co-founder of the Teacher Tapp survey app and Simon Beale, history and politics teacher at Vyners School in Uxbridge. And the Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, is facing a backlash after a video of her partying was shared on social media. Saska Saarikosi, editor of Finland's largest subscription newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, takes us through the story. Today's episode was produced by Tim Walklate with Alix Pickles and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

For this episode, Tom and Emma chat all things data, community, and policy with educator, leader, and entrepreneur Laura McInerney. To start they discuss Laura's journey from early Teach First pioneer, to her position as editor for Schools Week, to her current position as co-founder of Teacher Tapp, an application that polls teachers on their thoughts concerning discourse in education. In each of her positions, Laura has had a solitary mission: to collect information and put it in the hands of those who need it most. With their community-oriented surveys, Teacher Tapp has collected data from 2018 to 2022 to put in the hands of decision-makers from policy writers to the educators themselves. A major topic in this discussion concerned the demographics of educators using Teacher Tapp and how Laura and her team use their intimate knowledge of the education sector to best represent the data they collect. To learn more about Teacher Tapp and its mission here: https://teachertapp.co.uk/ About the participants: Laura McInerney is an educator, journalist, public speaker, and co-founder of Teacher Tapp. A lifelong educator and advocate, you can find her numerous articles, interviews, and speaking events on her website: https://lauramcinerney.com/ Follow Laura on Twitter @miss_mcinerney Tom Sherrington has worked in schools as a teacher and leader for 30 years and is now a consultant specializing in teacher development and curriculum & assessment planning. His books include Teaching WalkThrus, Rosenshine's Principles in Action, and The Learning Rainforest Fieldbook. He regularly contributes to conferences and CPD sessions locally and nationally and is busy working in schools and colleges across the UK and around the world. Follow Tom on Twitter @teacherhead Emma Turner joined Discovery Schools Academy Trust as the Research and CPD lead after 20 years in primary teaching. She is the founder of ‘NewEd – Joyful CPD for early-career teachers', a not-for-profit approach to CPD to encourage positivity amongst the profession and help to retain teachers in post. Turner is the author of Be More Toddler: A Leadership Education From Our Little Learners, Let's Talk About Flex: Flipping the flexible working narrative for education, and Simplicitus: The Interconnected Primary Curriculum & Effective Subject Leadership Follow Emma on Twitter @emma_turner75 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mindthegap-edu/message

ResearchEd Berkshire organised by Nick Hart & Karen Wespieser. What an event this was and Morethanajob have tried to capture the very best moments and highlights from each of the individual speakers. On part 2 you can hear: Clive Hill; Ameena Gamiet; Dr Jo Taylor; Laura McInerney & Professor Becky Allen; Niki Kaiser & Vic Goddard Enjoy!!

What can we learn from EdTech? Laura McInerney is an education journalist, public speaker, author, former teacher, and co-founder of the Edtech company Teacher Tapp. In this episode we discuss the similarities and differences between journalism, educational technology, and teaching, what integrity means, and the secret to delivering challenging messages. @miss_mcinerney @GreenshawTrust Music: www.bensound.com

We're into a new stage of our podcast. It's episode #101. And we're joined by change-maker and schools expert, Laura McInerney, to chat teaching, tutoring, magic wands and schools.Laura, alongside Professor Becky Allen, founded Teacher Tapp in 2017 as a culmination of a lifetime of interest in gathering information and delivering it to those who need it in as accessible a format as possible.The app collects data from over 7,500 teachers in the UK every day, in an average of just 50 seconds, through a set of 3 short questions about teaching, education and the school environment.We started with two main questions:What do teachers want right now?What do teachers need right now?and if you're involved in education, those are two of the most important questions you need to hear today.Next steps:Check out teachertapp.co.uk and tell one teacher you know about the appRead Laura's 2014 article in The Guardian about her battle against the Department for Education around school secrecyPick up a copy of Laura's 2019 book The Leadership Factor: The 7 Characteristics of Exceptional LeadersJoin The Qualified Tutor Podcast Group in the Qualified Tutor Community and meet fellow listeners like you!️⭐️ Enjoy the podcast? Give us a 5-star review!Visit speakpipe.com/QualifiedTutorPodcast to have your voice heard by answering the questions we asked Laura this week, and to ask her any questions you may have about tutoring, teaching, schools, window blinds or otherwise ...Qualified Tutor is a tutor-training organisation, with a suite of high-quality, industry-first programmes. The Level 3 Qualification for Tutors (qualifiedtutor.org/training/level-3-qualification-for-tutors/) consists of 8 weeks of online learning, interactive live sessions with peers and expert facilitation at every step of the way, and will set you apart in a crowded space.Our CPD-Accredited Tutor Training (qualifiedtutor.org/training/online-tutor-training-seminar/) is a 4-week course in teaching and learning, and comes with a Certificate of Completion and a teaching qualification that many tutors will never have had the chance to obtain. Be the first to take the next step in tutoring.

In this episode we speak to the inspirational Laura McInerney, founder of Teacher Tapp, former editor of Schools Week and columnist for The Guardian. The focus of this episode is to gain a broader understanding of how teachers and educationalists can make a wider difference to education through taking calculated risks and being brave. As a former teacher, Laura knows only too well the pressures within the classroom and talks with honesty and integrity about how she has looked to push herself to make a bigger contribution to the education sector and the impact of this. This interview shows us that there is no one right path and that if we can just look at life and careers through a different lens, there are a whole range of opportunities out there for us...as long as we are brave!

Join Tes exam experts Grainne Hallahan and Catherine Lough alongside expert voices from the sector including Geoff Barton of ASCL, Alison Peacock of the Chartered College of Teaching, Laura McInerney of Teacher Tapp and AQA's Colin Hughes.

Listen to Jane talking to Laura McInerney, Aurora Reid and Sarah Ledger about education,  comedy, cocktails, holidays and education secretaries.

Hello again listeners! Hello everyone and welcome back to The Edtech Podcast. Our mission is to improve the dialogue between ed and tech for better innovation and impact and it's great to be back. What's in this episode? This week we've got Thomas Moule, author of Cracking Social Mobility: how AI and other innovations can help to level the playing field, in conversation with TeacherTapp Co-Founder, Laura McInerney. In this episode, he talks about how technology can help to make education more equitable. For example, Intelligent Tutoring Systems enabling all students to enjoy the benefits of private tuition and AI along with other innovations making teachers more productive and effective, hence improving educational standards equitably across the board. I loved editing this episode and listening to the various pushbacks and qualifications on both sides as the guests navigate contextual admissions, careers advice, and evading technological determinism. I hope you enjoy too. Don't forget to drop your comments @podcastedtech on twitter or during our clubhouse session. Guests:  Thomas Moule, author of Cracking Social Mobility: how AI and other innovations can help to level the playing field. Thomas works at Jisc as Product Lead at the National Centre for AI in Tertiary Education and previously led operations at The Institute for Ethical AI in Education, and worked for a leading EdTech company. He started his career as a science teacher, completing the Teach First Programme in Yorkshire. You can find Thomas at @tommoule8 on twitter. Of the biggest myth or foe in education or technology that he would like to see corrected, Thomas writes of the idea that “social mobility is a divisive agenda, which merely aims to airlift the talented few out of poverty whilst neglecting the needs of the many. This characterisation is not only inaccurate, it is dangerous. Talent and potential are distributed equally and abundantly throughout society. The problem is that opportunity is not. Proponents of social mobility simply want this to be put right.” Laura McInerney, Co-founder of Teacher Tapp, an app that surveys 8000 teachers every day. "No one was more shocked by my GCSE results than my mum, who seemed to think that teachers telling her I was very clever was just them being polite! Going to a bog-standard comprehensive school (that's now closed) and then to an adult education centre (a weird FE hybrid thing) and then to Oxford does make me think that schools can come in many forms and it call all be okay!"

(***englisches Interview***) Laura McInerney war sechs Jahre lang Lehrerin an einer Sekundarschule in London. Heute ist sie Journalistin für die britische Zeitung „The Guardian“ und Mitgründerin der Umfrage-Apps „Teacher Tapp“ und „Parent Ping“. Im Podcast „School must go on“ spricht sie über die Funktionsweise der beiden Apps, die Auswirkungen der Sparmaßnahmen der Regierung im Bildungsbereich und darüber, welche Rolle Schulautonomie und Datenschutz in Großbritannien spielen. – Das Teilen von Informationen ist etwas Gutes – Die App auf dem Handy der Lehrkräfte bzw. der Eltern pingt einmal am Tag und dann erscheinen Fragen, die beantwortet werden können. Nach der Teilnahme an der Umfrage kann man die Ergebnisse einsehen. „Wenn du eine Lehrkraft bist, bist du meistens nur in deinem eigenen Klassenzimmer und bekommst nicht zu sehen, was in den Klassenzimmern anderer Leute passiert“, so die Journalistin. Die Apps geben jedem die Möglichkeit, zu verstehen, was bei den Kollegen oder bei anderen Eltern passiert. „Wir benutzen diese Einblicke zum Informieren von Regierungen, politischen Entscheidungsträgern und Technologieunternehmen, damit sie ihr Produkt verbessern können“, erklärt Laura McInerney. In England habe das Statistikamt „Teacher Tapp“ bspw. benutzt, um einen Blick auf die Arbeitsstunden der Lehrer zu werfen, und um herauszufinden, wie gut Bildung im Homeschooling funktioniert. „Wir konnten sehr genaue Statistiken erstellen, was wirklich fantastisch ist“, schwärmt die ehemalige Lehrerin. „Wenn man einmal das Gefühl überwunden hat, dass das Teilen von Informationen unangenehm ist und sich bewusst macht, dass es sogar positiv ist, sie zu teilen, werden gute Dinge passieren.“ – Kürzungen des Schulbudgets und deren Folgen – 2018 habe es über „Teacher Tapp“ die ersten Befragungen zu Laptops und digitalen Geräten an Schulen gegeben: „Wir haben gesehen, dass sie allmählich weniger benutzt werden“, so Laura McInerney. Der Grund dafür sei gewesen, dass es seit 2010 Sparmaßnahmen durch die Regierung gegeben habe, die auch zur Kürzung des Schulbudgets geführt haben. Die zehn Jahre davor sei viel Technik an die Schulen gebracht worden, sodass die gesamte Soft- und Hardware mittlerweile veraltet ist und Lizenzen nach und nach ausgelaufen sind, ohne dass sie erneuert wurden. „Als die Pandemie kam, waren wir sehr schlecht ausgestattet. Die meisten Schulen hatten vielleicht ein paar Laptops, aber es war insgesamt nichts, worin die Leute investiert haben“, resümiert die Mitgründerin. Es habe jedoch eine Entwicklung stattgefunden, sodass der Unterricht zu Hause im Vergleich zu den ersten Schulschließungen letztes Jahr deutlich besser funktioniert. – Schulautonomie und Datenschutz – In Großbritannien entscheiden die Schulen viel selbst und es gibt wenig Vorgaben durch die Bildungspolitik. Es gebe zwar sogenannte „academy trusts“, die ein Zusammenschluss verschiedener Schulen sind und somit auch gemeinsam Entscheidungen treffen, diese seien jedoch sehr selten, sagt McInerney. „Wir haben 24.000 Schulen, die alle ihr eigenes Ding machen, ohne einen strategischen Fokus und das im Kontext von Budgets, die seit etwa einem Jahrzehnt gekürzt werden“, so Laura McInerney. Anbieter und Anwendungen wie Microsoft Teams und Google Classrooms hätten sich daher mit der Zeit an den Schulen durchgesetzt. „Wir haben kulturell bezüglich der Daten nicht die gleichen Bedenken wie in anderen Ländern. Wir haben auch nicht die gleichen Bedenken bezüglich des Arbeitens mit großen Konzernen“, erklärt die Journalistin. Dazu komme, dass man es in Großbritannien gewohnt sei, mit amerikanischen Produkten zu arbeiten und ebenso ein Englisch sprechendes Land sei. „Deshalb haben sich gewisse Anbieter wirklich guter Lernplattformen durchgesetzt.“ Zudem spricht Laura McInerney über ihre Arbeit als Journalistin, Lernmanagementsysteme und Schule während der Schulschließungen.

#TeacherHugRadio @Edufuturists @TeacherHugRadio The Edufuturists launch show for TeacherHugRadio.com which aired on 31st January. In this special episode about the exam fiasco of the last 10 months we are joined by Lord Jim Knight, Laura McInerney, David Price OBE and Dr. Debra Kidd. After 10 months of dithering and delay in England on many political issues, one important decision that teachers up and down the country won't have missed is that surrounding exams. A Levels, vocational qualifications, GCSE's and SATS. They've all been affected by lockdowns, the government and mutant algorithms. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is adamant that exams are the best and "fairest" way that students can show what they have learned. Is this true? Winston Churchill once said that "democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time". Are we in danger of lazily appplying this logic to exams, in that exams aren't perfect but it's the best we have? Many of us want to avoid just teaching to an exam, however year 11 engagement in online learning dropped last year when exams were scrapped. Implying that many students think they are just being taught to pass an exam. Leadership tables based on exam results dominate our education system and pressure to achieve certain grades causes many teachers to leave the profession every year. All this when many companies are now saying that exam results are not what they primarily consider when hiring employees. So our question today is: Has a year of exam fiascos revealed that when it comes to end point assessment, the tail is wagging the dog? And if so, are there better solutions? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edufuturistspodcast/message

Mishal Husain speaks to Lord David Blunkett, former education secretary, as well as Steve Chalke, Head of the Oasis Academy chain, and Laura McInerney, education journalist and co-founder of the daily survey app, Teacher Tapp about how schools can safely reopen at the earliest opportunity.

We are joined by the brilliant Laura McInerney, a former teacher and editor of Schools Week, who has spent over 12 years on the frontline of education policy and interviewed over 60 top education names — from Dylan Wiliam to Carol Dweck to Amanda Spielman. Laura has keynoted at events such as The Education Festival, the Headteachers Roundtable Summit and the BETT show and since 2013, has been a columnist for The Guardian. She has written for other publications including The Observer, the New Statesman, The TES, and Prospect. Laura is the author of two books - The Leadership Factor, co-authored with our good friend, Drew Povey from Educating Manchester - and The Six Predictable Failures of Free Schools (And How To Avoid Them). She is also the co-founder of Teacher Tapp - an app that was created to give teachers a voice. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/edufuturistspodcast/message

Co-founder of Teacher Tapp and Education Journalist for The Guardian Laura McInerney is an education journalist, former teacher, and co-founder of Teacher Tapp – the app that uncovers teachers’ secret lives. She regularly appears on TV and radio as an authority on schools, including BBC News, Today on Radio 4, Sky News, and Newsnight. Laura taught for six years in challenging secondary schools before being taken to court by Michael Gove for asking a difficult question about free schools (and yes – she won the answer eventually, and did so while wearing a dazzling sunshine-yellow jacket!). After this, Laura became a journalist, writing a monthly column in The Guardian and editing Schools Week, where her team won national awards for their hard-hitting scoops. Here, Laura profiled over 50 names in education, including Dylan Wiliam, Carol Dweck and David Blunkett. As co-founder of Teacher Tapp, the daily teacher survey app, she is on the pulse of teachers’ deepest wants, needs and thoughts. Laura is known for being blunt, bold, but fair. She holds to account politicians across the spectrum and is widely respected across the sector. Join us for this exclusive one-to-one interview, where Genna Ash – editor of Education Technology – speaks to Laura about her transition from teacher to edtech trailblazer, touching on her life and experience of the sector, and uncovering the meaning of that gorgeous yellow jacket in Laura’s quest to shine a light on the truth…

“Those lessons, like speaking with parents when you need to get on the front foot, how you set up your governance. How were you supposed to know that if you are an academy trust leader… and no-one was sharing learnings about what had failed?” This week we speak to Sir David Carter, Executive Director of System Leadership at Ambition Institute and Laura McInerney, Co-founder of Teacher Tapp about their new book Leading academy trusts: why some fail but most don’t. We discuss why things might go wrong in trusts and who gets to learn from those failures, but also how those running trusts can avoid some of those pitfalls too. We examine how a trust needs to demonstrate clearly to parents, pupils and staff how they will benefit from selecting, attending or being employed by their organisation.  We talk about being a CEO and the many challenges of the role but also the rewards of doing the job well. We consider how CEOs and boards, but also regional and national schools commissioners, might be able to tell if trusts are likely to be successful. David and Laura also gaze into the future to think about what kinds of innovation or consolidation might happen in the sector over the next 5 years. " The difference between being a head, executive head and a CEO is still not that well understood... being a CEO is not just being a head on speed, it’s a very different job"

This week we are joined by Laura McInerney, Co-founder of Teacher Tapp, former editor of Schools Week and Guardian Education columnist, for our termly Teacher Tapp Key Voices.We delve into what recent Teacher Tapp results tell us about teachers’ deepest motivations for working in schools. Laura also shares what she has been learning from Tappers about attitudes to flexible working and how that might affect teacher supply at a system level. We also chat about how the character you played in your school nativity might have impacted your career trajectory and whether it is okay to have a non-alcoholic beer in the staff room.

How do you use surveys powerfully to build your business? Laura McInerney is an investigative journalist and co-founder of the daily survey platform, Teacher Tapp. A formidable blogger, she was taken to court by the UK education secretary for asking to see documents that exposed government incompetence – three years later she walked away with the information, and became a columnist for The Guardian newspaper and editor of the investigative paper Schools Week. She now runs Teacher Tapp, a daily survey platform co-founded with Profes-sor Becky Allen, which is the largest daily survey of teachers. Laura is a regular public speaker and broadcaster, often appearing on BBC and Sky News, and co-author of the book ‘The Leadership Factor'. Join us to find out more about how to survey effectively and to hear some expert tips on how to blog formidably!

How do you use surveys powerfully to build your business? Laura McInerney is an investigative journalist and co-founder of the daily survey platform, Teacher Tapp. A formidable blogger, she was taken to court by the UK education secretary for asking to see documents that exposed government incompetence – three years later she walked away with the information, and became a columnist for The Guardian newspaper and editor of the investigative paper Schools Week. She now runs Teacher Tapp, a daily survey platform co-founded with Profes-sor Becky Allen, which is the largest daily survey of teachers. Laura is a regular public speaker and broadcaster, often appearing on BBC and Sky News, and co-author of the book ‘The Leadership Factor'. Join us to find out more about how to survey effectively and to hear some expert tips on how to blog formidably!

This week in Classroom 101, we speak to Laura McInerney, the co-founder of Teacher Tapp, and former editor of Schools Week.Laura discusses firstly how she was taken to court by the Department for Education over a Freedom of Information Request.Having defended herself and eventually won the case, Laura talks openly about what she learned through the process.Laura also shares:the three things she'd banish from education, including open-plan classroomsher favourite teacher growing up, and the skilful way she married boundaries with carethe thinking behind Teacher Tapp, and how its co-founders first met in the most unlikely circumstancethe intriguing reason why Laura likes to wear yellow!You can connect with Laura here, and learn more about Teacher Tapp here.If you enjoy this episode, please follow/subscribe, comment and share.

We speak to Laura McInerney, Co-founder of Teacher Tapp, former editor of Schools Week and Guardian Education columnist about her polling app and the top concerns of teachers todayAlso, in the news this week: a leaked document has revealed potential Tory plans for schools, legal challenges over changes to the teacher pension scheme and more...

Season 1 is officially wrapped and we’re so overwhelmed by the wonderful feedback the show has received. Listen here as Laura and Ndidi share highlights and audience reactions to the season.     A special thank you to everyone that has taken the time to engage, tweet, rate and review us. We’ve seen all your comments and we’re excited that you love the show as much as we love making it.  Socials: Laura McInerney Ndidi Okezie Go With Me On This Credits: “Go With Me On This..." is a Storythings production   Series producer is Sarah Myles   Executive producer is Hugh Garry   Supported by Pearson UK Schools   Presented by Ndidi Okezie and Laura McInerney

The final episode of our pilot series is on the difficult and often taboo topic of Knife Crime. In this emotional episode, Ndidi argues that ’Schools cannot be expected to solve knife crime', whilst Laura passionately seeks to convince her otherwise. This episode throws up a few surprises for both Ndidi and Laura as they try to change each other’s minds. Which side of their fiery debate will you come down on? This episode is not to be missed. Listen and then tell us what you think on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.    Our guest experts, helping Laura change Ndidi’s mind are multi-award winning entrepreneur and founder of The Safety Box, Nathaniel Peat, and Kiran Gill, CEO of The Difference, a charity that trains specialists leaders to reduce school exclusions. Socials: Nathaniel Peat Kiran Gill Laura McInerney Ndidi Okezie Go With Me On This Credits: “Go With Me On This..." is a Storythings production   Series producer is Sarah Myles   Executive producer is Hugh Garry   Supported by Pearson UK Schools   Presented by Ndidi Okezie and Laura McInerney  

In this episode it’s Laura’s turn to take the stand and defend what some see as unthinkable. In this heated conversation Laura believes that there are other ways to prepare children for the world of work than careers education, and that there are better ways to use the school's time. It’s a tough task, but Laura can be very persuasive, so will she be able to convince Ndidi and this episode’s guest to go with her on this? And will she be able to convince you? Listen to the episode and tell us on Twitter.       This week’s guest experts are Tristram Hooley, Chief Research Officer at the Institute of Student Employers, and Carl Fazackerley, Head of Sixth Form and Aspirations at the Ark Woolworth Academy.    Social: Tristram Hooley  Carl Fazackerley    Ndidi Okezie  Laura McInerney  Go With Me On This      Credits: “Go With Me On This..." is a Storythings production   Series producer is Sarah Myles   Executive producer is Hugh Garry   Supported by Pearson UK Schools   Presented by Ndidi Okezie and Laura McInerney

In this episode, Ndidi argues that the mainstream media are the biggest influence on the brand of teaching. Is Ndidi’s ‘brand’ of debate going to swing Laura and guests around to her way of thinking? And will she be able to convince you? Listen to the episode and tell us on Twitter.    This week’s guest experts are Lord Jim Knight, Chief Education Adviser at Tes, member of Lords and founder of Xrapid, and Hannah Wilson, Executive Head Teacher of Aureus High School and Aureus Primary School, co-founder of WomenEd, and co-author of the book 10% Braver.    Social: Lord Jim Knight Hannah Wilson   Ndidi Okezie Laura McInerney Go With Me On This   Credits: “Go With Me On This..." is a Storythings production  Series producer is Sarah Myles  Executive producer is Hugh Garry  Supported by Pearson UK Schools  Presented by Ndidi Okezie and Laura McInerney

In this episode, Laura argues that parents should leave the educating of their child to the school. Is she going to be able to sway Ndidi and guests around to her way of thinking? Will she be able to convince you?    This week’s guest experts are Mark Lehain, Head of Parents and Teachers for Excellence, and Sonia Meggie, award winning diversity consultant and founder of Inspirational YOU.    Social: Sonia Meggie Mark Lehain Ndidi Okezie Laura McInerney Go With Me On This   Credits: “Go With Me On This..." is a Storythings production  Series producer is Sarah Myles  Executive producer is Hugh Garry  Supported by Pearson UK Schools  Presented by Ndidi Okezie and Laura McInerney

Hosts Ndidi Okezie and Laura McInerney discuss and debate different views about Education, in an effort to shed new insights on the topics and issues that surround our education system today. Each episode, Ndidi or Laura will have 30 minutes to convince the other that an idea about education is not as crazy as it may first appear. They’ll make a case for their view and invite you the listeners and our special guest experts to …”Go With Me On This…”

What's in this episode? Hello listeners! We hope you enjoyed last weeks episode, the first of our new Education 4.0 series, co-curated with our friends at Jisc. We’ll be back next month with the next episode of the series. You can follow the conversation using #Edu4_0.  This week’s episode is the first in a few episodes where we start to dig into some contemporary educational research and how that might inform teaching and learning decisions, leadership, and product design.  What else? A big thanks to Canvas by Instructure for sponsoring this week’s episode. We rely on support like this to keep us writing, editing, and publishing so thanks again! Enjoy! People Sophie Bailey is the Founder and Presenter of The Edtech Podcast | Twitter: @podcastedtech Laura Mcinerney, Education Journalist and Co-founder of TeacherTapp | Twitter: @miss_mcinerney ‏ Becky Allen, Education Researcher, Chief Analyst and Co-founder of TeacherTapp | Twitter: @profbeckallen Show Notes and References   Check out https://theedtechpodcast.com/edtechpodcast for the full show notes and references. Plus, news, events and other bits and bobs.  Tell us your story We'd love to hear your thoughts. Record a quick free voicemail via speakpipe for inclusion in the next episode. Or you can post your thoughts or follow-on links via twitter @podcastedtech or via The Edtech Podcast Facebook page or Instagram.

Tara Elie spoke to Laura McInerney this week. Laura is a former teacher and education journalist who currently writes a regular column for The Guardian and for the weekly newspaper Schools Week. Laura begins by explaining what Teacher Tapp is. This data-focussed phone app encourages teachers to take a few seconds per day to share their … Continue reading Laura McInerney Encourages Teachers to Tapp Here! PP219 →

Earlier this year, Edge Director James Bowen joined a panel at the inaugural Edtech Podcast festival in London to discuss the vital issue of teacher workload. In this month's podcast you will get to hear that debate in full. As you will hear, James is joined on the panel by journalist and founder of Teacher Tapp, Laura McInerney; Ross Morrison McGill, better known to some by his Twitter handle, Teacher Toolkit; and also Rory McGrath, Deputy Head for the New Wave Federation.

Richard Freeman's special guest this week is Laura McInerney On Laura's website, she recounts in depth and with humor her early years growing up in Cheshire, the long shifts at McDonalds and the government trying to shut down her college whilst she was in the middle of her A Levels. It was her forthright campaigning that kept it open - very much a sign of things to come. Despite many odds, Laura was accepted to study at Oxford, and then as a graduate joined an on-the-job teacher training programme, finding her calling as a secondary school teacher in London. In 2008, she won the TeachFirst award for Outstanding Teaching. After six years in the classroom, Laura's sharp rise as one the most informed, well-respected and sometimes controversial commentators on education - and now an EdTech entrepreneur - has been rapid. As well as a stint as Editor of the investigative newspaper Schools Week, Laura has been a columnist for many national broadsheet papers and is regularly featured on BBC Radio, LBC and Sky News. She has written books on the failures of Free Schools and runs an online database about every UK education secretary in history. In 2017, Laura launched TeacherTapp, a new research tool that gives a new voice for teachers, collecting real-time data with which better decisions might be made on working conditions, policy and training. We spoke in autumn 2018 about her decisions, motivations and mission for education and what we need to do to ensure our schools are fit for purpose. --- Useful links: Laura's website https://www.lauramcinerney.com/ Laura's on Twitter https://twitter.com/miss_mcinerney Teacher Tapp http://teachertapp.co.uk/ School's Week https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ RSA: The Ideal School Exhibition report https://www.thersa.org/discover/publications-and-articles/reports/the-ideal-school-exhibition RSA Big Education Conversation: Life-Readiness https://www.thersa.org/events/fellowship-events/2018/11/rsa-innovative-education-network-promoting-life-readiness --- You can find links to everything we spoke about in the notes to this podcast and on our website. Check out our vast vault of interviews with change-makers in business, culture and education at www.alwayspossible.co.uk/podcast and if you like them please subscribe, write a review, tell your friends - and contact us via social media if you have an idea for a future guest. The Possibility Club is powered by always possible - and we run transformational workshops for small and medium businesses who want to make better decisions or unlock some practical thinking around a noisy or seemingly unsolvable problem. These are fun, serious, practical and slightly mind-blowing workshops that will guarantee will get your ideas moving again. What's more, for every workshop you book, we will donate an expert business mentoring session to a charity or social enterprise of your choice. Amazing. Find out more at https://www.alwayspossible.co.uk/how-we-do-it/workshops-and-events/ Richard Freeman was the interviewer, for always possible, and this podcast is produced and edited by CJ Thorpe-Tracey for Lo Fi Arts.

This episode was recorded at The Edtech Podcast Festival.  What's in this episode?   We are back podcast fans! A bit of a gap in the schedule due to festival distractions, travelling and being asleep. Now, a whole raft of new content for your ears - YAY!  This episode couldn't be more timely, whilst CERN throw out an associate for being silly about women in Physics, and whilst a woman in Physics wins the Physics Nobel Prize, Dr Jess Wade takes to the stage to tell us all about the history of polymaths and why we should all be more polymathematical. So throw off the STEM/ARTS armoury and embrace one another!  Also - find out who won our pitch competition and an edtech podcast mug from Vista Print. :)  People Sophie Bailey is the Founder and Presenter of The Edtech Podcast | Twitter: @podcastedtech Neelam Parmar, Director of E-Learning, Ashford School| Twitter: @neelamaparmar1 Winner of the Pitch competition - listen in to find out who Runner up of the Pitch competition - listen in to find out who Laura McInerney, Educational Journalist and Co-Founder, TeacherTapp | Twitter: @Miss_Mcinerney Dr Jess Wade, Physics Post-Doc at Imperial College London, @jesswade Show Notes and References   Checkout https://theedtechpodcast.com/edtechpodcast for the full show notes. Tell us your story We'd love to hear your thoughts. Record a quick free voicemail via speakpipe for inclusion in the next episode. Or you can post your thoughts or follow-on links via twitter @podcastedtech or via The Edtech Podcast Facebook page or Instagram.

Helen and Stephen discuss the row over Jeremy Corbyn's attendance at a 2014 wreath-laying event in Tunis and what it tells us about the current internal state of the Labour Party.Then, for this week's "anything but Brexit section", they are joined by schools expert Laura McInerney (@miss_mcinerney) to talk about the UK's teacher shortage and why excluded pupils tend to be overlooked by policymakers.Send us your questions for future episodes via Twitter @ns_podcasts, @stephenkb, @helenlewis or join us on Facebook for a live Q&A.Further reading:—Stephen on the wreath row—Kate McCann on Corbyn's attitude to the media—Helen on Corbyn in the Observer See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 105 - Tiernan (@tiernandouieb) interviews schools expert Laura McInerney (@miss_mcinerney) about the current state of education in England. Plus Brexit Fallout, a quick look at one year since Grenfell and some special excerpts from Randy McJab's new novel about David Davis's days in the SAS.Donate to the Patreon at www.patreon.com/parpolbroBuy me a coffee at https://ko-fi.com/parpolbroFollow us on Twitter @parpolbro, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParPolBro/ and the new fancy webpage at http://www.partlypoliticalbroadcast.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's GCSE results week and so we are celebrating(!) with an episode of Politics on FUBAR about the British education system. The New Statesman's Jonn Elledge chats to the Editor of Schools Week, Laura McInerney, about the change in GCSE grades. He welcomes a panel to the studio to discuss exam results, tuition fees and further education. Finally, Jonn learns more about sex and relationship education provisions with Justin Hancock from BishUK.

It’s GCSE results week and so we are celebrating(!) with an episode of Politics on FUBAR about the British education system. The New Statesman’s Jonn Elledge chats to the Editor of Schools Week, Laura McInerney, about the change in GCSE grades. He welcomes a panel to the studio to discuss exam results, tuition fees and further education. Finally, Jonn learns more about sex and relationship education provisions with Justin Hancock from BishUK.

This week, Helen and Stephen take a break from Brexit coverage to interview two special guests. Laura McInerney, editor of Schools Week, joins to talk about academisation and her FOI battle with the Department of Education. Then Ian Leslie discusses the New York primaries, and George Eaton is back with the latest from Westminster. You also ask us: what are the prospects for a Lib-Dem revival? (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush, Laura McInerney, Ian Leslie, George Eaton) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.