Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment (STOPP)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0366 STO
Held at	: Institute of Education   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/sites/ioe ›
Full title	: Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment (STOPP)
Date(s)	: c1968-1989
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 108 boxes; 1 poster; 1 bundle
Name of creator(s)	: Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Founded in 1968, the Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment (STOPP) was a pressure group which campaigned for the abolition of corporal punishment in schools and other institutions in the United Kingdom. It lobbied government officials, parliament, the churches, local education authorities, teachers' organisations and other bodies, wrote constantly to the press and published surveys and reports. It also investigated individual cases and supported families taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights. After corporal punishment was abolished in all state-supported education in the UK in 1986, the Society wound up its affairs. The Children's Legal Centre carried on its remaining casework and the residue of its funds were transferred to the group End Physical Punishment of Children (EPOCH).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment, [1968-1989], including press cuttings, letters to the press, press releases, publications, case files, administrative, policy and subject files.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Conditions governing access:

Restricted Access. Certain records are closed for 50 years from 1992. Only individuals who have permission from EPOCH to examine them for research purposes and who have undertaken not to use this material in any way which could lead to the identification of individuals or institutions will be permitted access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.

Finding aids:

Unlisted.

Collection level description available on-line at the Institute of Education website

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited [by EPOCH] in 1992.

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Created 11/24/1999, modified 12/6/2000