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As Robert Burns’ birthday is celebrated today, English teacher Jamie Thom says his poetry ‘a wonderful thing to give young people’

While Curriculum for Excellence should be lauded for its emphasis on holistic education and its willingness to trust teachers’ professional judgement, there is still a way to go before it can truly live up to its name, argues Jamie Thom

Lesson observations can be nerve-wracking – but they needn’t be, says Jamie Thom. It just takes a shift in mindset

Anxiety is a common issue for teachers – here Jamie Thom, who suffered burnout, offers the benefit of his experience

Is moving to a restorative approach to behaviour management in schools worth the effort, asks Jamie Thom

Teacher development can often feel like a box-ticking exercise, and, at worst, a waste of time. But Jamie Thom has a radical idea for fixing it...