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

Hundreds of boys, many with troubled backgrounds, were sent to the reform school on the border of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire by local authorities across England.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 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

He said that reform school had the wrong reputation; he talked about what the word “reform” meant—to change and become better.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey