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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 15h

That’s because he’s saying parents are coming without more specific concerns - which is something I’ve heard from a range of people. The concern mainly is: “they’re trying but are behind others”.

Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 15h

I find the kindle app on phone *much* better.

Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 22h

To me the piece was trying to show that sometimes underachievement *is* conflated with SEND in an unhelpful way. In my view, it can be quite a complex thing to pull apart - both from an evidence base and emotionally (for all parties).

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

This is why I won’t update my car. I hate all the screens.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

Basically, is it better for kids to vaguely know a lot or strongly know a little? It’s an interesting question!

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

… So, with maths particularly, if there was a way to pick the most important bits, and just do those, a student may get a 4/5 whereas when doing more they get a 3 because no time to consolidate. So a half at 5 may be more valuable than full at 3.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

Not really. Via TT we find science and history do, at GCSE, quite strongly. The other subjects are more bothered by what’s included. But that’s also a broad curriculum conversation not one about grade 1-3. On that point teachers often say if they could go slower, grades would get higher…

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

Also: are you allowed to just set any object on fire in the street?!? I

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

So they wanted to stop the idea of modules being used to game but instead to keep a route with less content but more depth, which makes sense to me.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

The plan was very much *not* modular. They wanted to avoid that. What they wanted was less content in more time, but still with assessment at the end.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

Can you explain this a bit more:
“Not safe or fair to expect CYP to conform to neurotypical norms”

Are you saying there should be no norms? And if not, what norms should there be?

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Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 1d

A National Education Union stunt where primary school pupils handed out leaflets at the Labour Party conference drew criticism last week – but what does the law say?

Schools Week investigates…

Kids’ school dinner protest leaves a bad taste

NEU stunt involving primary pupils handing out leaflets on free school meals draws criticism

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 1d

Originally a main purpose of new GCSEs and the shift to 1-9 was that there would be half GCSE available, so you could do half content, nail it, get a high grade in that and then do other half at ks5. It later seemed to slip everyone’s mind.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 2d

New post.
Has additional become the point?
bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/h...

Screenshot of text from the linked essay.

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 2d

New post.
Has additional become the point?
bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/h...

Has additional become the point?

Saying the SEND system is in crisis is no great reveal; it is proving ruinously expensive while failing to deliver either improved experiences or outcomes. One consequence of its long-term failure …

bennewmark.wordpress.com

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 2d

I got married at a Greenday themed wedding in Vegas and came down the aisle to Minority 😆

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 2d

Warning was 25 years old this month! At the time I found it a bit disappointing, but it’s now one of my favourites.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 2d

I often sit in policy conversations where people say “as a society we don’t value (x group)” but really it’s usually that labour markets don’t value x group. Grasping *that* nettle, however, seems beyond possibility in our current formulation of society.

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 2d

I think that’s what Ben is talking about?

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 2d

1. Church on Sunday. Green Day.
2. Son of a Preacher Man. Dusty Springfield.
3. Forgiven. Alanis Morisette.
4. All My Trials. Cerys Matthews.
5. Pray. Take That.
#FridayFive

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 2d

Ages since a Schools Week first paragraph raised my eyebrows quite so high! 😮

Full story: schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-trus...

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 2d

Tbf, I would imagine Morrisons, like most large employers, work pretty hard on adjustments. Both because legally they have to, but also supermarkets have a long history of working with organisations like Mencap to support people with learning disabilities into work.

Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 2d

Superbly clear-eyed piece on the forces pushing some parents to insist on additional SEND support for their child.

Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 2d

New post.
Has additional become the point?
bennewmark.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/h...

Has additional become the point?

Saying the SEND system is in crisis is no great reveal; it is proving ruinously expensive while failing to deliver either improved experiences or outcomes. One consequence of its long-term failure …

bennewmark.wordpress.com

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Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 2d

They set the fourth season of You in a university in England and appeared not to speak to any English people about, for example, how our universities actually worked.

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Cerys Turner @cerysturner.bsky.social · 3d

Just 6% of Sendcos feel able to complete their tasks during weekly working hours, according to @teachertapp.bsky.social

As the daughter of a Sendco I can attest to this - a core childhood memory to regularly see my mum working v. late into the night!

www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Only 6 per cent of Sendcos can complete their tasks in work hours

The government’s SEND reforms must ensure that special educational needs coordinators get better support, say experts, as exclusive data reveals their ‘unsustainable’ workload

magazine-cms.tes.com

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