// It is illegal for teachers, nursery workers and child care workers to smack another person’s child. If a person is employed privately by a parent, such as a babysitter or nanny, the parent may give permission for that person to smack their child as long as it is reasonable and does not amount to an offence. //
https://childlawadvice.org.uk/information-pages/the-law-on-smacking-children/
// A legal loophole has meant that while teachers have been banned from administering corporal punishment in state schools since 1987, and in private schools since 1993, teachers in religious schools have been free to do so.
The law has permitted smacking in educational establishments that teach children for less than 12.5 hours a week. Teachers in these settings have the same status as someone who is standing in for a parent and can plead the defence of "reasonable punishment". //
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/mar/30/smacking-pupils-teachers
// There are other legal constraints on the use of physical punishment. Since 1986 Parliament has increasingly restricted the use of corporal punishment. It was prohibited in all maintained schools in 1987 and in full time independent schools in 1999. Its use was ended in children’s homes in 2001, local authority foster care in 2002 and early years provision in 2007. The Education and Skills Act 2008 amended the Education Act 1996 so that the ban on corporal punishment is extended to certain part-time independent educational institutions. However, this provision has not yet been implemented. //
Source: Physical punishment: improving consistency and protection
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/4150748.pdf
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