I don’t know what it is about Birmingham and me, but I do keep coming in possession of punishment records from that LEA.
(It just keeps reminding me of the Sex Pistols song “Bodies”, which starts ”
She was a girl from Birmingham
I really liked that album, my parents did not
Here is a Birmingham school punishment book spaning 19 years from 1932 – 1951. I do not (yet) know the school, but it seemed a regular co-ed school. There are exactly 50 entries, and 50 unique pupil names, meaning I had no recidivism analysis to do, as it was nil. The pupil names have been redacted (and replaced with “boy” or “girl”) to keep my presentation in line with Birmingham’s privacy policies regarding student records, which says that pupil names cannot be released until 100 years have elapsed.
All incidents are caning, and on hands only. Punishment ranged from 1 to a maximum of 4 strokes, with 2 being by far the most common.