2015. Greek philosophy, Eastern philosophy, Vedic dancing, Shakespeare, Renaissance art, meditation, mindfulness, Latin, Greek, Sanskrit language, calligraphy, and Vedic maths are taught in some of these schools from a very early age, in addition to the regular curriculum. There is also a strong emphasis on sport through team games, music and arts. Children are taught the virtues of politeness, courtesy, truthfulness and honesty. Historical child abuse allegations St. James & St Vedast Schools In the early 1980s the St James and St Vedast children schools founded and run by the SES received complaints from parents and were subject to a critical series of articles" in the London Evening Standard, focusing on the School's harsh discipline regime and its links to the School of Economic Science, which the journalists described as a "cult". In 2004, an internet message board was set up on which former St. James and St Vedast pupils shared recollections including many complaints of mistreatment, unreasonable punishment and assault. The St James Schools Inquiry In 2005, following complaints on the internet message board from former pupils, the Governors of the St James Schools initiated a private inquiry, chaired by British QC, James Townsend, into the allegations. The investigation found that during the 1975 to 1985 time period, children had been "criminally assaulted" while attending the schools. The chairman of the inquiry described cases where boys were “punched in the face or in the stomach, cuffed violently about the head, had blackboard rubbers thrown at them causing injury in some cases, had cricket balls thrown at them violently when they were not looking at the thrower and were struck with the end of a gym rope. Other students were kicked, struck from behind, slapped about the face, thrown across a classroom”. The report stated “Whatever the provocation nothing could justify this mistreatment. It was clearly unreasonable and criminal”. In response to the report the school stated the teachers named in the report “will receive disciplinary warnings”, but that “there is no plan to remove them from the schools”. The teachers no longer work at St James. Inquiry press & media coverage The Inquiry report was publicised by a Channel 4 television news special report on 15 March 2006 and in national and local newspapers. The Channel 4 social affairs correspondent, Victoria Macdonald, interviewed former St. James pupils and the then-headmaster, David Boddy, who said this was the first time