Had : the tragedy of Crookham Court School / Ian Mucklejohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mucklejohn, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child sexual abuse--England--Berkshire.

Child sexual abuse.

Boarding schools--England--Berkshire.

Boarding schools.

England--Berkshire.

Physical Description:

xiii, 249 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books Ltd, 2016.

Summary:

In 1969 Ian Mucklejohn went as a supply teacher to Crookham Court School, a private boys' school in Berkshire, where he kept a diary of its eccentricities and odd characters. But it became clear that these peculiarities disguised a sinister undercurrent. Years later, he helped to expose one of the biggest scandals in modern British education, as evidence emerged of the sexual abuse by teachers of dozens of boys at Crookham Court. He describes here how easily children's lives were devastated - without the knowledge of any of the parents, most of the teachers, and in the absence of any intervention from authority. The book includes testimonials from abusers and their victims, as well as source material stretching back over thirty years. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Parents, children, and the one who ended it all 5

3 Carelessness 19

4 Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it 39

5 The art of buying loyalty 48

6 The tormented and the tormentors 66

7 The impotence of "the authorities" 72

8 Telling-and hiding-the truth 88

9 Gideon's story 94

10 Tipping points 105

11 That's Life! 108

12 The Standish trial 121

13 Tougher than the wars I've fought in 146

14 Abusive language and behaviour become the norm 151

15 Keeping a secret 160

16 Google will find you out 165

17 Abuse comes close to home 186

18 The Cavendish-Coulson trial 195

19 Two new boys 202

20 Shandv at the pub 207

21 It was everywhere 217

22 Douglas's story 223

23 Douglas's victims' stories 238.

ISBN:

9781782204008

1782204008

OCLC:

952160463