Do English boarding schools still use corporal punishment?
Corporal punishment [the cane etc] is forbidden by law here in UK. Schools here in UK, state schools, and private boarding schools, are forbidden by law, UK and EU, to use the cane on any pupil in their care. Stop worrying – your friend must be thinking of Tom Brown’s School Days or something like that or something from Charles Dickens. We’ve moved on. THE LAW School corporal punishment, UK, Nov 2001 – CORPUN ARCHIVE uks00111A ban imposed in all UK state schools in 1986 was extended to private schools in 1998. ยท Children are protected by law from corporal punishment, … http://www.corpun.com/uks00111.htm Hitting a child here in UK is a serious offence. It is classified as assault and is punishable in law. FEAR NOT – UK IS FAR MORE CIVILIZED THAN YOU BEEN LEAD TO BELIEVE. WE EVEN HAVE DANCING. St.George’s Day – Covent Garden – London http://www.youtube.com
