<P> 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 . In other private schools , it was banned in 1998 ( England and Wales ) , 2000 ( Scotland ) and 2003 ( Northern Ireland ) . Schools had to keep a record of punishments inflicted , and there are occasional press reports of examples of these `` punishment books '' having survived . </P>
<P> 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 . In other private schools , it was banned in 1998 ( England and Wales ) , 2000 ( Scotland ) and 2003 ( Northern Ireland ) . Schools had to keep a record of punishments inflicted , and there are occasional press reports of examples of these `` punishment books '' having survived . </P>
when was corporal punishment banned in uk schools
when was corporal punishment banned in uk schools
1986 1998 2000 2003
1986 1998 2000 2003