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
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
