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St James Independent Schools, London ................................................................................................. ▲ Top
The St James Independent Schools	Website of the St James Schools Click here
The Townend Inquiry	Website of the inquiry including the governors’ and schools’ response Click here
CHANNEL 4 News report	Channel 4 News feature on St James Schools and the SES. Social Affairs correspondent Victoria Macdonald interviews former pupils who were abused as well as the current headteacher and a representative from the SES.(2006)
Press coverage of the inquiry	Web links to newspaper coverage of the Townend Inquiry posted on other pages of this site. Click here
Nicholas Debenham & corporal punishment links	Video clips of Mr Debenham on BBC 'Newsnight' - reporter Mark Mardell visits St James (c.1996)     Newspaper report and interview with Debenham “allegations of excessive caning” at St James were “being investigated by Government Schools Inspectors” (24 October 1989) Click here   "Love must come first but caning works, says head" in the Daily Telegraph (30 October 1996) Click here   "Caring headteacher who believes beating can be good for his boys" in The Independent newspaper. (30 October 1996) Click here   "Few still cling to discredited stick" in the Times newspaper (30 October 1996) Click here   CORPUN: Website devoted to the study of corporal punishment Over 2,000 pages of factual documentation and resources on corporal punishment around the world. Click here
The Independent Education Association Ltd	Web link to IEA on the UK Charity Commission website. The IEA are the proprietors of the St James Independent Schools, UK registered charity number 270156 Click here
The 7th Form	Website of the official St James and St Vedast former pupils association. The 7th Form is a division of the Independent Education Association Ltd Click here
Discussion forum on St James & St Vedast schools	Lively internet forum and discussion board. ‘Experiences of St James / St Vedast” thread - mainly postings of former pupils about their time at the schools Click here
Press archive	Web archive of media, press and publications at www.ses-resources.info including the London Evening Standard articles from 1983.Click here
The ‘Secret Cult” (Peter Hounam & Andrew Hogg)	Book published in 1985  detailing their investigation into the School of Economic Science (SES): Chapter on St James and St Vedast Click here
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St James ‘sister’ schools	The locations of the St James sister schools in the UK and around the world (from the website of the Erasmus School in Melbourne)  Click here
Plato children’s school – mistreatment of pupils	Link to translation of Dutch newspaper reports about mistreatment of pupils at the school. Click here
The School of Economic Science (SES / SoES) in the UK....................................................................... ▲ Top
SES	Website of the School of Economic Science Click here
SES branches in the UK	Link to locations of SES branches across the UK and  their websites Click here
SES-resources.info	Web archive of media, press and publications about  the School of Economic Science (SES) and related organisations worldwide Click here
Advaita Vedanta	Online encyclopedia link on Advaita Vedanta – one of the sources of the SES ‘philosophy’ Click here
Vasudevananda Saraswati	Web links relating to Vasudevananda Saraswati, successor to Shri Santana Saraswati the original “guru” for the SES who died in 1997. Click here
SES related organisations.......................................................................................................................... ▲ Top
The Education Renaissance Trust (ERT)	Website of the Education Renaissance Trust. The ERT promote the SES approach to children’s education around the world. UK registered charity number 1062479/0.Click here Web link to ERT on the UK Charity Commission website. Click here
The Lucca Leadership Trust	Website of the Trust.  The Trusts’ board members are largely from the SES including the Chair, David Boddy. The aim of the Trust is to “teach young people between the ages of 16-28 from all nations of the world, how to lead positive transformation for the benefit of their societies. UK registered charity number 1100685. Click here
The Jyotirnidhi Nyasa Trust	The trust supports the work of Vasudevananda Saraswati, successor to Shri Shantananda Saraswati the original “guru” for the SES who died in 1997. UK Registered charity number 1075831. Web link to the Trust on the UK Charity Commission website. Click here
SES ‘sister’ organisations around the world........................................................................................... ▲ Top
SES around the world	The names, locations and web addresses of SES ‘sister’ organizations in 16 countries around the world (from the SES website) Click here
Belgian parliament report on cults 1987	Section in English on the Belgium SES Click here
Melbourne SES	Discussion thread on “why are they dead” forum about the Melbourne adult School Click here
Education and other related links............................................................................................................. ▲ Top
The UK Department for Education and Skills	DfES website link Click here
Independent Schools Council (ISC)	Website of ISC which represent the interests of the independent education sector and schools. ISC is responsible for the induction and recruitment of teaching staff. Click here
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)	Website of ISI which operates on behalf of Ofsted and is responsible for improving the quality and standards of education and childcare in independent educational establishments. Click here
Ofsted	Website of Ofsted the responsible for the inspection and regulation of schools and other educational and care establishments in the UK. Click here
UK Charity Commission	Website of the official regulator and registrar for charities in England and Wales.Click here
Cult links....................................................................................................................................................... ▲ Top
Cult Information Centre	Website of the Cult Information Centre, London Click here
FAIR	Website of Family Action Information & Resource, UK Click here
Freedom of Mind Resource Center	Website of the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, USA. Click here
Child welfare links....................................................................................................................................... ▲ Top
NSPCC	Website of the NSPCC, the UK's leading charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. It has statutory powers that enable it to take action to safeguard children at risk of abuse. Click here
Office of the Children’s Commissioner, England	Website of the new UK Children’s Commissioner’ – whose function is to “promote awareness of views, needs, rights and interests of children and young people, so as to raise their profile and improve their lives and well-being”. Click here

 

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