reform school

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The actor stars alongside Tracey Ullman and Emily Watson in a film that follows the weary employees and difficult students of an English reform school.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Among them is Steve, the headteacher of a reform school in 1996, battling the emotions and behaviour of the teenage boys living there as well as his own personal demons.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

Olsen: There’s a whole other element to the story where we’re meeting one of the boys as an adult having survived the reform school.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

Keep in mind I had worked in a reform school for girls!

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2024

Hazel grew up—did four years in grammar school, four years in reform school, and didn’t learn anything in either place.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck