I’m still pretty certain, though, that there wasn’t very much of the more serious misbehaviour — fighting, stealing, vandalism — amongst the girls. I do remember one time when a girl was punished for something (I can’t remember what) and the headmistress made a big point of telling us in assembly one morning, so it must have been pretty rare.
Perhaps it’s true that girls were let off minor misdemeanors more than boys. I don’t imagine the teacher I’ve mentioned would have punished a girl for, say, talking in class, as he would have punished a boy, though he might have taken her to the headmistress for something more serious. Maybe that’s why I remember the one occasion when a girl actually was slippered in class for talking (by a female teacher), simply because it was so unusual. (Of course that’s not the reason it sticks in my memory, is it? )