I attended a selective all girls grammar school in the early 1960’s where corporal punnishment was a regular but controlled part of school life.
The cane was administered only by the senior mistress (now called Deputy Head) and I had utmost respect for her – she was an excellent Maths teacher and hockey coach. However we all feared the call to report to the Senior Mistresses study after morning assembly. In years 1 to 4 the maximium was 3 stokes, year 5 and 6th form always six. It was the most humilating and painful experience to have to bend over a chair in her study wearing just a blouse and regulation brown knickers. I was caned on 4 occasions, each time for the serious offence of being caught or seen smoking. Most girls were certainly not stupid enough to be caned more than once or possibly twice but I was considered a rebel. I can’t think of anything I have experienced that was more painful (that includes childbirth!). Still the punishment itself was soon over and I have not had a cigarette since my 18th birthday so I suppose it worked.