Did you get corporal punishment at school?

Poll - Total Votes: 36

There was CP at my school and I got it

There was CP at my school but I never got it

There was no CP at my school

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It's been banned in Britain for many years but getting the slipper or (worse) the cane was a part of school when I was there.
Wondered just how many people got it or still get it at school?

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chikki · 70-79, M

in the uk it was banned in State schools in 1986 and private schools in 2000

Oldmanjimbo · 90-99, M

@chikki it was 1998 in English private schools, although a little later in Scottish and Northern Irish schools. Fortunately I retired from teaching long before it’s abolition.

chikki · 70-79, M

sorry but you are wrong. The law was passed in 1998 but did not become law until Ist January 2000 due to a House of Lords amendment

Oldmanjimbo · 90-99, M

@chikki I've double checked and we're both wrong! Section 131 of the Schools Standards and Frameworks Act 1998 was passed on 24 July 1998 and brought into force on 1 September 1999 (if you want to check see the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (Commencement No 7 and Saving and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (SI 1999/2323))!

chikki · 70-79, M

@Oldmanjimbo sorry...i stand corrected. I thought it did not come into force until the new year, but it must have started at the start of the new school year. I know where i was deputy and had to administer cp we did end it at the start of the school year in 1999. I did not think it started until the New Year......sorry....I stand corrected but the maIN POINT IS THAT IT WENT ON MUCH LATER THAN SOME PEOPLE THINK and about 13 years after it was abolished in State schools