Forced to demonstrate scholastic achievement, the Headmas­ter decides to enter Chiselbury in a radio school quiz programme. To ensure a win, masters are dressed as boys and the answers are relayed up to the cricket scoreboard.

A sexy Latin mistress from Paris on a temporary Anglo-French teachers’ exchange, has boys and masters alike fluttering around her ‘like a lot of old bees round a young honey’. Jim decides this can’t go on, and chooses one lucky member of staff to spend the evening with Mam’selle.

A distinguished visitor, Prince Gopal of Jakari, turns out to be an 11 year old boy wishing to continue his education at Chiselbury. Chaos breaks out when the VIP student does a bunk just as Mr. Burgess of the Foreign Office is due to visit.

When Lady Uppingham withdraws from the book prize-giv­ing ceremony, Jim has to manage with only 17 dust jackets and one spicy confiscated novel, Piccadilly Gun Moll.