Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

... and in this environment the abusers got away with the foul things they did. Hence I think, the continued anathema for the SMT of Poulton, Sillett, Cairncross, Rae, and so on. To this day I am undecided as to whether to value the education I received over and above the seven years of exposure to ...

... was over when I was there in the 1950s. I'm aghast to find that it seems to have lingered on. Is this under the deadly triumvirate of Poulton, Cairncross and Sillett by any chance?

... at Christ Hospital was enabled not only by the perpetrators who committed it, but by the environment in which it occurred“ Poulton (and Sillett, Cairncross, et al) were that environment, such that the school cut him loose in the words above.

Did anyone hear back from the C of age re Cairncross?

... posted about his horrendous experiences on the Corporal Punishment thread on this forum some years ago. And he recently posted on the Elizabeth Cairncross thread that she had liked eight of his tweets! I think his name is Duncan and he suffered terribly at the school.He is now a community pastor ...

... today, I remember him as a reasonable guy and have nothing against him. A side note that the deputy heads at the time were Sillett and Cairncross. Bullying was also something that was usually ignored at SMT level - it depended entirely on the response of your houseparents. Yep - that ...

... today, I remember him as a reasonable guy and have nothing against him. A side note that the deputy heads at the time were Sillett and Cairncross. Bullying was also something that was usually ignored at SMT level - it depended entirely on the response of your houseparents.

surely Google, social media and news searches are standard nowadays? I would be extremely careful about what is disclosed by such searches. Reason to make further enquiries but to rely on them, no. Just as newspaper correspondents are likely to have actual or innocent biases so those writing stuff ...

I'm not a recruitment professional but surely Google, social media and news searches are standard nowadays? Google Cairncross and you get a lot of reports about the recent trials. There shouldn't be any fear of libel because an employer has no obligation to state the reasons why ...

It is impossible to implement a process that is flawless. But it really isn't difficult to make a decent effort and at least have a policy. Most companies would add a web search for information about the individual including news articles and social media profiles and posts to this list. It really ...

It really isn't difficult to implement a process. Indeed. When I think of some of the interview and hiring processes I've been through, I really don't understand why some places still appear to be so lax, especially when some care more deeply about appearances and institutional reputation than comp...

Thank you for your response Anthony.

It is impossible to implement a process that is flawless. But it really isn't difficult to make a decent effort and at least have a policy. For example, on the public Web you can find as an example, the checklist the NHS advises trusts to consider for non exec board members: "We must be able to...

I do rather wonder what due diligence is available to authorities such as these over and above the standard DBS check to which I assume everyone is subjected if they are going to work with or in close proximity to children. I believe that this can contain material which was deemed insufficient for a...

If there is any particular failing that has become apparent to me, it is that bodies responsible for appointing people to governance roles appear in some cases to undertake little or no due diligence. Certainly in the case of the Dean of Salisbury Cathedral and the Bishop of Bristol, in neither case...