More from That Report

As we continued our perusal of the report into Pudding Norton College (another picture of which is shown), the next section after sport dealt with the history department, which is housed in the shed depicted. I'd say that the photo was obtained at great personal danger, but the mob of villagers who took pictures of the site was so large that no-one could interfere.

Anyway, to the report. The Inspector charged with looking into History noted that behaviour was 'cowed.' The teacher assured the Inspector that the birch on the desk was for purposes of historical illustration, but the way that younger pupils avoided it suggested that such illustration went a bit far.

The organisation of Year Nine boys into a gang of pickpockets al lá Oliver Twist was praised, until it discovered that they were actually being sent into Norwich and Thetford to rob unfortunate suckers. The use of more mature year nine girls in the Badger Game was also deplored.

As concerned discipline in the department, the use of the rack on most repeat offenders was deplored, and serious questions were asked about the boy who is gibbeted in one of the classrooms, as his decaying carcasse was considered a health hazard.