His illness obviously contributed to his illogical decision-making and the increase in canings, along with the well-documented mood swings. In another report that I cannot locate at the moment, it stated that he lost the support of his staff. The pupil that was at the centre of this row was an Indian boy.
And thinking about it, what kind of rash decision was it when Mr Ing caned the entire 5th & 6th form after assembly because both forms were laughing at first formers singing a hymn on the stage
Heavy caning complaints have been amassed over the previous decade. And caning two entire forms certainly meets my standard of abuse ( how many innocent did the perverted man punish? ) But on reading your contributions of the time, such as this you appeared to hold Steve from SE5’s research abilities in rather higher esteem than no