As part of the experience, the participants are expected to board at a traditional school house, abiding by strict discipline, adopting to 1950s/1960s diet and following a strict uniform dress code, the only difference being the absence of caning as it was made illegal in all public schools in Britain in 1986, and in all private schools in England and Wales in 1998. Throughout the series, a number of students have either been expelled for misconduct, or have chosen to leave the school voluntarily.