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Ensuring that every eligible pupil receives a free school meal would make them more alert in the classroom, says teacher Gordon Cairns

The ‘unspoken rivalry’ between straight-from-schoolers and career-changers is ramping up, says Gordon Cairns

Blaming a full moon for pupils’ bad behaviour only serves to obscure how teachers might be falling short, says Gordon Cairns

The Rees-Mogg slouch was a bad look, but teachers should not pay too much heed to students who loll about, says Gordon Cairns

Gordon Cairns, a teacher of English, is delighted to see his subject holding up in Scotland – unlike in England

SQA results day: Too much focus on exam results ‘skews’ people’s view of what happens in schools, says Gordon Cairns