Approved School Report
Story (?) from Blushes 1 with a visual appearance by Alan Bell himself I believe. The following letter, addressed to the department of the Home Office responsible for Approved and Industrial Schools, formed part of a report submitted by the then Chief Inspector of Approved Schools in Warwickshire, which as an insight into the conditions obtaining in such establishments is illuminating; as an exposition of the kind of double-think with which the administrators of approved schools — or one of them at least — approached the matter of corporal punishment, it is, to say the least, revealing. For anyone interested in verifying the authenticity of the document, it may be found under the reference: HO 45/14545 at the Public Record Office. Kenilworth Training School Model Rules Chief Inspector of Reformatories (C.P. in girls under 16) Minutes In May last there was a serious revolt on the part of the girls at this Reformatory