Evidence was heard from Merchiston assistant masters Maria Victoria Prini-Garcia and “Robert (QZL)”, and the read-in evidence of Merchiston assistant master “Nicola (DFX)”—AKA “Laura (RCQ)” in the SCAI’s final report—and headmaster David Spawforth.
Headmasters: David Spawforth (1981-1998)
Born 1938. Died January 2025, aged 87. Headmaster of Merchiston Castle School from 1981-1998.
“My predecessor, David Spawforth, abolished corporal punishment and fagging in the school. There were other independent schools still using corporal punishment when it was abolished at Merchiston but David Spawforth had abolished it before it was statutory.”—Andrew Hunter, SCAI Witness Statement (17 November 2020).
Site Fact Check: There was corporal punishment at least as late as 1985.
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