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Teachers’ holidays can be blighted by stomach-churning anxiety about returning to school, writes Gordon Cairns

​​​​​​​Outdoor learning is essential and no ‘jolly’, says forest school teacher Gordon Cairns

Mandatory drug and alcohol testing for teachers shows the hypocrisy of our political masters, writes Gordon Cairns

​​​​​​​Let’s start homework clubs for parents, says secondary teacher Gordon Cairns

The row over languages availability reveals the false assumptions made about pupils in poorer areas, says Gordon Cairns

Teachers and pupils deserve better than the ‘practical jokes’ perpetrated by some school leavers, says Gordon Cairns