Transcriptions of anonymised comments collected as part of the English Girls' Boarding School part of the Boarding Schools Research Unit.

The comments have been classed into the following categories: Arrival Best friendship Co-ed ideas Discipline Elders’ views on juniors Family relationships Group behaviour Hopes for the future Inner feelings Juniors’ views on elders Laws, rules and regulations Middle girls’ views Neighbourhood (the outer world) Organisation (human relations, day v. boarding, the system’s aims and ideals, the facility’s provisions) Pastoral care Rituals and traditions Staff and adults Top people (the life of senior girls) Underlife (mischief, corruption) Worship and religion Xpression (personal and group feelings, room for expression, restrictions)