Address: Crockenhill Road, St Mary Cray, Orpington, Kent BR5 4ES was a Community Special School that closed in 01.09.1997. It took boys from across London.
5 former pupils from Shawcroft school have come forward to Islington Survivors Network. They were sent by Islington Council but also Hackney, Southwark and Lambeth between the 70s and 80s.
ISN sent a report on 101 on 11.04.18 at 11.21. Ref ED7NG3YD2N.
| About the Incident |
| Description |
| I coordinate a community interest company Islington Survivors Network. Survivors of abuse at Shawcroft Boarding school in Orpington Kent (St Mary Cray) have come forward to me. They were sent by Islington council but also by Hackney and other authorities which are outside our remit as a charity. The offences were during the 70s and 80s and include sexual and very extreme physical abuse. Two of the survivors were sent by Islington and I have spoken to one from Hackney but they know others. Please advise as to the way forward |
| Address type |
| Other address |
| Location of the Incident 1 |
| Address Line 1 |
| Shawcroft School |
| Address Line 2 |
| Crockenhill Rd |
| City |
| St Mary Cray |
| County |
| Kent |
| Location Description |
| Shawcroft School Crockenhill Road, St Mary Cray, Kent |
| Date of the Incident 1 |
| From |
| 01/09/1978 |
| To |
| 01/09/1987 |
A report was then sent to Operation Winter Key on 23.04.2018 and was referred to Kent. Survivors later told ISN that there was to be no further investigation of their allegations relating to Shawcroft school because Operation Winter Key’s focus was sexual crime and they were told that as physical punishment was allowed in schools at that time there was no possibility of a criminal prosecution.
ISN replied to Winter Key on 11.07.18 to ask that the schoolmasters accused by the survivors should be reported to the LADO in their respective authorities to enable an assessment of risk to children currently. ISN had already notified the Islington LADO on 16.4.18 but had not had any feedback. On 13.07.18 the Winter Key officer replied that the allegations of crime had been recorded and sent to the relevant police child protection team to investigate and she did not know if referrals had been made to the LADOs. She sent the names of two metropolitan officers now dealing with this.
The allegations referred to extreme physical violence by staff to the boys using implements such as baseball bats and pieces of wood. There were also allegations of sexualised behaviour towards some boys.
Islington Survivors Network 