I follow his logic under subsection one: but equally, this is brought into question by Jenny’s point. However, there is a further issue. As I understand it a headmaster ‘authority’ qua pupils exists solely as he is the named functionary charged with the proper conduct of the school. In the case of a state school through and only through his employment as a servant of the local authority. The premises of the school are local authority premises, albeit held temporarily as it were in the trust of the governing body.
Should unlawful incidents of school CP be taken to the Courts22
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The Cane and the Double Standard33
Align these policies to those of individual schools where many of the headmasters came from a generation that certainly...
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Mrs Hamilton17
“James, listen carefully to my instructions. I will lift you to your feet, and you will place your hands...
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After the Cane Mutiny22
Which brings us to what sanctions. Well, here you may be surprised. I believe it is possible to run...
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School Corporal Punishment History16
Xavier College, Kew, Victoria, Australia. I attended this school from 1989-1992 (having attended one of its two junior schools,...
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Receiving Corporal Punishment as an Adult out of Curiosity49
He had me bend over an old padded bench loosely securing my wrists and ankles. He did not take...
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Memories of Corporal Punishment20
Parliament decided to prohibit CP in state schools only because (once they had persuaded themselves, wrongly in my view,...
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Suspect Teacher who Meted out C.P in the 1950s22
Big classes and no assistance means you can’t let things slip, you must be in complete charge, and you...
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Corporal Punishment & Slipper Sizes20
I would say most of the extensive use the PE masters put the slipper too certainly to let the...