The Schoolgirl was a British 28-page weekly story paper aimed at girls, subsequently reduced to 24 pages. Launched on 21 February 1922, it was published by . The first series ended on 13 March 1923, but the title was revived on 3 August 1929 and continued until 18 May 1940, when paper rationing during the Second World War resulted in its merger with Girls Crystal.

Most stories centred around the girls and staff of Cliff House School, a fictional establishment in Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, on a cliff top overlooking the sea. Cliff House was the sister school of Greyfriars

Greyfriars School

Greyfriars School is a fictional English public school used as a setting in the long running series of stories by the writer Charles Hamilton, who wrote under the pen-name Frank Richards. Although the stories are focused on the Remove , whose most famous pupil was Billy Bunter, other characters...

, where Billy Bunter

Billy Bunter

William George Bunter , is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton using the pen name Frank Richards...

 was educated, and had its own equivalent, his sister Bessie Bunter

Bessie Bunter

Elizabeth Gertrude Bunter, better known as Bessie Bunter, is a fictional character created by Charles Hamilton, who also created her more famous brother Billy Bunter.-History:...

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