Nutbourne is an all-boys school and content to stay that way, but after the wartime evacuation of an all-girls school, St. Swithins, the two educational establishments must find a way to co-exist. A power struggle between Nutbourne's headmaster Wetherby Pond (Sim) and St Swithins' headmistress Muriel Whitchurch (Rutherford) inevitably ensues, leading to much mayhem.