Jane Gardiner
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Re:Help! - 2008/06/12 14:33
Gosh - loads
The Chalet School has four heads - Madge Bettany, Mlle LePattre (variable spelling, Miss Annersley and Miss Wilson - and there are over 50 novels.
~What Katy Did at School (Coolidge) has Miss Florence and the rather unpleasant Miss Nipson and the benefit of being set in 19th century America
Antonia Forest's Marlowe Novels have a school element with a very interesting Head mistress who is the aunt of a pupil (You might try Ann Piling's Big Pink which explores a similar relationship) - Autumn Term, Cricket Term, Attic Term and The End of Term. These can be a bit tricky to find but have been republished by Girls Gone By if you can't get them from a library.
Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables) also becomes a head teacher in Anne of Windy Willows having started off as a pupil in 'Green Gables) - a north american setting again.
I'd go with the Forest books if you're pushed for time - they are the most interesting school stories I've ever read (and I've read a lot) and show clearly the difference between a pupil and a teacher's experiences of school. Do contact Girls Gone By as well - they are real experts on School stories!
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