Thirteen schools in Northern Ireland have so far been examined. Of these: 10 schools contained reports of corporal punishment3...
Twenty-seven Welsh schools were examined. The results were: 17 schools with reported corporal punishment9 schools without reports The material...
Historical recollections are rarely written with the precision of official documents. A former pupil may say simply that he...
A school might begin as a secondary modern, later become comprehensive, merge with another institution, or eventually reopen under...
The question of reliability inevitably arises. One useful form of verification is what might be called peer confirmation. If...
Comparisons have inevitably been made with the now-defunct Friends Reunited website. That service produced an extraordinary quantity of reminiscence...
Another question raised during the research concerns whether men and women describe school punishment differently. One former teacher reportedly...
Scotland deserves separate treatment. For a considerable period, the school belt or tawse was widely used in many Scottish...
The next regional analysis covered: County DurhamNorthumberlandTyne and Wear Thirty-four schools were examined. Of these: 28 produced reports of...
One striking feature of the North-East material is the variety of implements remembered by former pupils. Apart from canes,...
One particularly useful piece of contemporary evidence concerns Linskill High School in North Shields. The Newcastle Evening Chronicle reported...
An even more intriguing North-East episode concerns the disturbances at Heaton Comprehensive School in Newcastle in January 1976. They...