| Illustrator | T. E. Laidler |
|---|---|
| Staff writers | John Wheway |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Amalgamated Press |
| First issue | (1st series) 21 February 1922 (2nd series) 3 August 1929 |
| Final issue | (1st series) 13 March 1923 (2nd series) 18 May 1940 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Schoolgirl was a British weekly story paper aimed at girls. Published by Amalgamated Press (AP), The Schoolgirl ran in two series, the first from 1922 to 1923, and the second (essentially continuing a sister publication) from 1929 to 1940.
Most stories in The Schoolgirl centred on the girls and staff of Cliff House School, a fictional establishment in Kent, on a clifftop overlooking the sea. Cliff House was the sister school of Greyfriars, where Billy Bunter was educated, and had its own equivalent, his sister Bessie Bunter.[1]
The Cliff House School was introduced in the Amalgamated Press boys' story paper The Magnet in 1909. Bessie Bunter and Cliff House School stories had been a regular feature of the first girls' story paper, The School Friend, beginning in 1919 and continuing through 1929.[2]