Teacher traumas

Your article about the stress of teaching, in which you report eight out of 10 teachers have considered quitting, struck a strong chord.

Our charity, Education Support Partnership, offers mental health and wellbeing support for education staff. I would urge teachers to get in touch as soon as they feel under strain. Our free and confidential helpline is available around the clock. Call 08000 562 561. Julian Stanley, CEO at Education Support Partnership

Donald Trump is using highly inflammatory rhetoric on both Russia and Syria. But I think we should be very wary about getting involved without being certain that chemical weapons were used by Assad’s forces and not others with their own agenda.

It’s only relatively recently that the Chilcot report concluded that we went to war in Iraq under false pretences – let’s not make the same mistake in Syria. Diane Silva, Lytham St Annes, Lancs