For the next year, I attended a private prep school.
Here, CP wasn’t common but it was quite an event when it did occur.
Only the headmaster used to beat the kids (only boys, never the girls), and he used a long-handled wooden spoon known as ‘the basting spoon’.
I can recall several instances when a boy incurred his wrath, resulting in his roaring: “I shall bring up the basting spoon!”
You could have heard a pin drop as he galloped down the stairs to his study, while every child held their breath.
Two boys were disciplined for throwing a ball of paper at each other, one boy was brought from another class by his form mistress for being cheeky to her, while a third was punished for gabbling and shouting out nonsensical answers.