when was corporal punishment banned in uk schools
School corporal punishment In state-run schools, and in private schools where at least part of the funding came from government, corporal punishment was outlawed by the British Parliament in 1986.[137] In other private schools, it was banned in 1998 (England and Wales), 2000 (Scotland) and 2003 (Northern Ireland).[138] Schools had to keep a record of punishments inflicted,[139] and there are occasional press reports of examples of these "punishment books" having survived.[140][141]