For the deviant male teacher, once slippering of girls was allowed within the classroom, the sky was always going to be the limit. You don’t even have to rely on first-hand records (though so many exist). JUST THINK ABOUT IT. Forgotten homework. Lateness. Talking. Any minor infraction, and in hundreds of schools across England and Wales, you can order the young lady to bend over for a few whacks of the slipper (plimsoll, pump, whatever). No damaged fingers. No marks that the victim is going to want to show her parents.
Now, for the deviant teacher with self-control (the thousands that never got a sniff of court, for everyone that did) the key to staying safe was easy.
-Beat more boys than girls.
-Do not take any female victim past her limits.
-Keep an eye on the attitudes of the education district, and the head.
-Try not to be the most abusive teacher in the school.
-let other teachers be more severe, for that is what people notice and remember.
-Never go beyond lifting skirts
-Try to identify ‘dangerous’ parents early