The number of recorded canings in approved schools in England and Wales in 1966 was 3006. This was out of an approved school population of around 8,500. This meant on average slightly more than one caning for every three children detained, during that 12 month period.
The annual number of recorded approved school canings had plummeted to only 739 by 1970. This was largely due the controversy generated by the Court Lees affair and the ensuing government decision to scrap altogether the approved school system as it had existed since 1933.