Are there still schools that advocate it?

I know there are some schools that do still use corporal punishment. But even those seem to be very reluctant about it. As a last resort, opt out possible and so on. Is it just what they write publicly in the student and parent handbooks or is it their real policy about it? Are there still schools like many decades back that positively use corporal punishments as a primary tool for classroom discipline?

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MartinII · 70-79, M

I the UK it’s illegal. I suppose it’s possible that a few, eg religious, schools use it covertly.

My own school in England in the 1960s, unlike many at that time, used cp (the cane, nothing else) fairly rarely. But “as a last resort” would have been misleading. Rather, it was for crimes deemed especially heinous. For instance, it was unlikely that you would be caned for misbehaving in class, unless you did so very frequently. But if you were caught with a cigarette in your mouth, just once, you would be beaten, for certain.

MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F

@MartinII It's been illegal here in England in state schools since well before i was born, and was banned in private schools in 1998.

MartinII · 70-79, M

@MaryJo1996 Yes that’s right. Also now illegal even in homes in Scotland and Wales, though not easy to see how that can be enforced.

MaryJo1996 · 26-30, F

@MartinII Indeed. No one knows what happens behind closed doors.