My twins learned to read

abled him to read his first book, Lassie, managing a page a day, when he was 15.

But, notwithstanding that progress, one day he left 10 minutes into an exam, having only written his name, never to return.

“It’s not the school’s fault. I don’t blame the teachers – I blame the system,” says Stirling-born Logan.

“Why should kids feel like that? You need to find the star in them and celebrate it.

“If a teacher does that

“Why should kids feel like that? You need to find the star in them and celebrate it”

they have done their job. If they have done that and he’s good at maths or science, they’ve done an even better job.

“But don’t let 20% of the kids leave thinking they’re rubbish.”

The former Strictly Come Dancing contestant, who had trials for Dundee United and Hearts as a schoolboy but chose rugby, believes the physical literacy programme he undertook aged 29 improved his game in his final playing years.

And more importantly, the “ashamed” little boy with no self-esteem whose stomach was forever tied in knots is long gone.

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SUPPORT: Kenny Logan with wife Gabby, who prompted him to seek help with his dyslexia