I live in the UK, specifically in England. When I was at school (late 1940s through’ to 1960) corporal punishment was pretty general in most primary schools, for both boys and girls.
Some primary schools did use the cane, but mine didn’t.
The most severe corporal punishment sanction there was the slipper, which was actually a flexible rubber-soled sports shoe applied from one to several times on the clothed bottom with the recipient in a bent-over posture.
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