BBC News
By Rianna Croxford
image captionSt James preparatory and senior girls school is now based in Hammersmith and Fulham
Nearly £1m in compensation has been paid to dozens of former students at two London private schools following historical allegations of abuse.
An inquiry previously found pupils at St James in South Kensington and St Vedast in Hampstead had been subjected to criminal levels of violence over two decades from the 1970s.
Former students have told the BBC they were severely beaten.
St James school said it apologised unreservedly to those who suffered .
The BBC has been told 45 former students who attended the schools between 1975 and 1992 have so far received payments of up to £30,000 each.