by P. Greenham
Maggie in the Sixth Form
Rathenhall College had a reputation for upholding old-fashioned values, and had a very high achievement rate both academically and on the sporting field. Its headmaster, David Cooper, ran the school with a good balance of pastoral care and firm discipline. Usually, if a pupil had fallen foul of the rules, a stern lecture from the headmaster was all that was required. However, on rare occasions when there had been a repeat offence, he was a strong believer in the cane as a final resort. He was not a great believer in detentions and had never found the need to exclude a pupil, and suspensions were very rare indeed.
There were a number of offences that merited an immediate caning which included truancy, stealing, and bullying. For truancy and stealing, the pupil could expect a severe caning in the privacy of the headmaster's study. Bullying, however, would result in the pupil concerned being caned in front of their year group at a special assembly. There was no distinction between boys and girls, and every parent was made aware before they sent their son or daughter to the school of the policy regarding corporal punishment, and that in all cases David Cooper would carry out the punishment, regardless of the sex of the pupil. A standard caning would be carried out with the pupil's trousers or skirt removed and was always six-of-the-best with one of four canes, depending on age. For canings in the privacy of the study, the pupil would be required to bend right across the desk with only their pants as protection; special assembly canings would have the pupil bending over a gym vaulting horse.
Maggie Chapman was in the upper sixth and was one of David Cooper's problem pupils who was no stranger to a lecture from the headmaster. In the last two years, she had been caned twice for being rude to two of her teachers, and here she was again in front of the headmaster with the same charge. There were two teachers that annoyed her: Mr Jackson, the head of History, and Mr Wilson, the head of Maths - and Maggie sometimes could not help herself in talking back when being told to behave. It was this attitude that the headmaster found so offensive, and he felt he had no alternative but to again administer a short sharp shock, and decided on this occasion to use his special cane that was reserved for sixth formers who were repeat offenders. The special cane was four inches longer than the standard 36-inch sixth form cane, and since being headmaster, he had used it only once before.
He told Maggie of his decision to once again cane her and said that he would have to go and get the special cane from the school stores, instructing her to remove her pleated skirt and tights and get into position across his desk for when he returned.
Maggie was a very attractive girl, quite developed for her age and would easily have passed for a young woman in her early twenties. She had a little secret that the headmaster was going to discover when he returned, as she had purposely come to school without any knickers, thinking she might get the cane. As she stripped off her skirt and tights, she was completely naked from the waist down, and she then got into position right across his large desk with her legs straight out behind her and her fingers stretched out and holding the far side as she waited in great anticipation.
The vision she gave David Cooper when he returned with the longer cane was extraordinary, with her bare bottom on full show. The headmaster was shocked and told her to stand up before asking her what this was all about and why she was not wearing any pants. Her excuse was that they were all in the wash. Mr Cooper considered his options - he could either proceed and cane her bare bottom or delay the punishment until the next day.
With Maggie now standing and facing him with her frontal nudity on full show, the headmaster told her that he would delay the caning for 24 hours so that she could present herself correctly attired. Maggie had left her knickers off for a reason, and this was not going to plan so she responded that she would prefer him to simply cane her as she was, adding that she did not want it hanging over her for a full day, hoping that he would accept her argument.
As he could not be accused of making her bare her bottom, Mr Cooper made a snap decision to proceed and cane this brazen hussy as she was, and he told her to get back into position. As he walked round behind her, he had to admit that the sight was not unappealing, as Maggie possessed a very nice bottom. At the last minute he decided to change canes and use the standard sixth form three-foot cane as he thought the longer cane given to her bare bottom might be too much.
However, he was determined that she was going to receive a severe thrashing - and tapped her bottom a few times before taking the cane slowly back and delivering an almighty whack to the centre of Maggie's round bottom. To the headmaster's surprise, Maggie took the stroke in silence without moving an inch. Thirty seconds later he delivered a similarly severe stroke lower down on Maggie's bottom to again get no reaction. Maggie was a tough nut, and although the first two strokes had been unbelievably painful, she had no intention of showing it.
The third stroke was placed between the first two, and again despite the severity, still did not get any response from Maggie, who simply lay across the desk in silence taking her caning. Mr Cooper decided to revert to the cane he originally planned to use for the last three strokes. Taking the longer cane slowly back, he gave Maggie the fourth stroke slightly higher, and for the first time got a response as she involuntarily cried out. Maggie was unaware that he had changed canes, and the longer version had certainly made a difference as she struggled to absorb the tremendous pain burning across her bottom. She had found the first three very painful, but the fourth was on a different level. She held onto the desk as the headmaster prepared to give her the fifth with the longer cane which he delivered into the gap below the mark of the fourth stroke, again getting a response as she let out a gasp.
They both knew there was only one more to come, and Mr Cooper stood back to admire his handiwork with five parallel red stripes across Maggie's delectable bottom. He had to admit that if he had caned her across her pants he would have simply delivered a sound caning that she well deserved; but caning her across her bare bottom had changed things, and he was thoroughly enjoying himself at her expense. He waited for well over a minute before giving her the sixth and final stroke very close to the centre of her bottom in one of the few gaps. It was a beauty and resulted in a long and meaningful gasp from Maggie, who thought she could handle the cane but now wasn't so sure.
She was told to remain in position for a couple of minutes and not to rub her bottom. Eventually Mr Cooper returned to his desk, sat down, and told her to stand. Once again she provided him the view of her wispy trimmed triangle at the junction of legs, which she made no attempt to cover. Mr Cooper lectured her about her continuing rudeness to members of his staff before reluctantly telling her to replace her tights and skirt.
In truth, Maggie had a love-hate relationship with the cane - finding it to be a very painful experience but also something that excited her, and she knew that as the pain died down she would experience some pleasure as she had from her two previous canings. She had left her knickers off on purpose to add to the excitement and naughtiness, and she hoped he had liked seeing her bottom in the flesh. She did have to admit that the last three strokes had been unbelievably painful, although she was unaware that he had changed canes. At this stage, Mr Cooper had no idea that she had left her knickers off on purpose, just thinking that she was a stupid girl.
As the days passed, Maggie knew she had only one more term and started to think about engineering another caning. She knew that to take the next step up, she would have to be accused of bullying, and one day quite out the blue she picked a fight with a girl five years her junior which ended up with the younger girl's lunch being thrown on the floor. All of this had been spotted by another teacher who was appalled at Maggie's behaviour and told her that he was going to report her and that she should see the headmaster at the end of the day.
Maggie knew what she had done and the consequences she would face, and was both terrified and excited about what could happen.
Sure enough, as she stood in front of Mr Cooper again just after 4pm, she was told that everyone knew what happens to bullies and that she would be dealt with in front of the whole sixth form the following morning after assembly. The headmaster added, as an afterthought, that she should ensure she was correctly attired - and they both knew what he meant.
Maggie couldn't believe what she had done and knew that she would be the first sixth former to be publicly caned - a thought that was both very exciting and dreadful.
The following morning Maggie put on some normal knickers under her skirt and sat quietly having breakfast, thinking about what lay ahead. At the last minute before she left for school, she went back to her bedroom and changed her knickers for a very skimpy high-cut pair. Putting her fuller knickers in her school bag, she set off for school and her destiny.
There was a quiet hush in assembly that morning, as everyone knew that the small vaulting horse that had been placed on the school stage was there for a reason. Assembly went all too fast for Maggie as she listened to the headmaster asking all sixth formers to remain behind as he dismissed the rest of the school.
David Cooper then stood and went to his lectern to address the 120 members of the lower and upper sixth form. He had a prepared speech.
"Today we have a very unusual matter to deal with, and in my time as Headmaster of this school this is the first time I have had to deal with a bully. Miss Chapman has a dreadful disciplinary record over the last three years, but even I was astounded when she was reported to me for despicable behaviour to a pupil five years her junior. This was nothing short of bullying and will be dealt with in the most severe way possible. It is important that Miss Chapman is made an example of, and as such I have decided that the correct punishment is a caning in front of the entire sixth form and the teaching staff. Miss Chapman will receive eight strokes of the cane, and I am sure that none of you will ever be tempted to commit anything similar once you have witnessed what is about to take place. Miss Chapman, please come forward."
Maggie knew that this was it as she left her seat in the front row and joined Mr Cooper on the stage.
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