Phyllis Calvert as Christine Garland

Jack Hawkins as Dick Searle

Terence Morgan as Harry Garland

Godfrey Tearle as Mr Garland senior

Mandy Miller as Mandy Garland

Marjorie Fielding as Mrs Garland senior

Nancy Price as Jane Ellis

Edward Chapman as Ackland

Patricia Plunkett as Miss Crocker

Eleanor Summerfield as Lily Tabor

Colin Gordon as Woollard (Junior)

Dorothy Alison as Miss Stockton

Julian Amyes as Jimmy Tabor

Gabrielle Brune as The Secretary

John Cazabon as Davey

Gwen Bacon as Mrs Paul

W.E. Holloway as Woollard (senior)

Phyllis Morris as Mrs Tucker

Gabrielle Blunt as Miss Larner

Jean Shepherd as Mrs Jackson

Jane Asher as Nina

Marlene Maddox as Leonie

Michael Mallinson as Pupil

Doreen Taylor as Pupil

Doreen Gallagher as Pupil

Michael Davis as Pupil

Colin Wilkinson as Pupil

Joan Peters as Pupil

Michael Kelly as Lorry Driver (uncredited)

Ernie Rice as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Ewan Roberts as Audiologist (uncredited)

William Simons as Boy with Ball (uncredited)

Philip Stainton as Chairman of the Board of Governors (uncredited)