Vee’s bad behaviour has truly crossed the line, and the Headmaster isn’t going to stand for it any longer. This isn’t one of those soft, wimpy ‘six over the trousers and a rap on the knuckles for luck’ schools, either – in this establishment, naughty boys are given exactly what they deserve.

This is an intensely humiliating detention scene, with plenty of opportunities to see Vee’s embarrassment and remorse as he’s sent to the corner, made to strip naked and told to thank the Headmaster for every punishing stroke. By the time he’s kneeling over a chair to write his lines, his expos...

Vee’s bad behaviour has truly crossed the line, and the Headmaster isn’t going to stand for it any longer. This isn’t one of those soft, wimpy ‘six over the trousers and a rap on the knuckles for luck’ schools, either – in this establishment, naughty boys are given exactly what they deserve.

This is an intensely humiliating detention scene, with plenty of opportunities to see Vee’s embarrassment and remorse as he’s sent to the corner, made to strip naked and told to thank the Headmaster for every punishing stroke. By the time he’s kneeling over a chair to write his lines, his exposed bottom is as red as his sorry face.