The Schoolgirl
| 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.
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.