Beeton School (ビートン校) is a fictional coeducational boarding school in which the NHK puppetry Sherlock Holmes is set. It is named after Beeton's Christmas Annual and Eton College.^[1]

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The school setting is the first case in the screening history of the Series of Sherlock Holmes. The school attracts Japanese high school students, who are the show's target audience. The show is not merely a simple detective drama; each episode is a platform that attempts to teach logical thinking, justice, and courage.^[2]

The school is located in the suburbs of London and has four student houses: Archer, Baker, Cooper, and Dealer. The houses surround a children's playground,^[3] located on a hilltop behind the school. A cave appears in some episodes of the series and is an important setting in some of the cases.^[4] The natural setting around the school is influenced by the scenery of the Cotswolds. The school's corridor is modeled after the corridor of an abbey in the region. The window of the nurse's office, and the wall of the school, are modeled after the stained glass of 221B Baker Street, and St Pancras railway station building, respectively. This is done in order to create an atmosphere imitating the 19th century in Britain.^[5]

A wall newspaper is hanging up on the wall, facing the corridor. The newspaper advertises Watson's name, since he constantly chronicles Holmes' deductions.^[6]

The school is divided into four houses, each of which has two stories.^[7] The names and colors of the houses are as below.

Archer

Dark red

Baker

Dark blue

Cooper

Green

Dealer

Gray

The set of the dormitory is similar to a doll house. Everything that happens in it can be seen at once. Though the first floor is located further inside than the ground floor, the gap is covered by painting. The gap is used by puppeteers.^[8][9] Usually two pupils share the same dorm, but some pupils in Dealer house are from wealthy families and are given their own dorm with a canopy bed. ^[7] Those students are also permitted to dine in their own dorms.^[10] Even though the character Sherman wears the uniform of Baker, she lives in an animal shed in the school.^[11]

The male pupils' uniform is a jacket and a midi-skirt, a kind of kilt. Female pupils wear a jacket and a full-length skirt.^[12] The colour of the uniform is based on that of each house. An emblem, embroidered with the name of each house, is attached on the left chest of jacket.^[7] Watson, however, wears the pale brown uniform of his former school in Australia.^[12]

The Committee of Life Guidance is a school committee that gives pupils life guidance. Gordon Lestrade is a member of the committee. He often sees Holmes, because Holmes always hastens to scenes where trouble occurs in the school. Though Grimesby Roylott, who gives pupils life guidance, hates Holmes, Lestrade recognizes Holmes' faculty of reasoning. Holmes trusts Lestrade as well.^[16] Many teachers dislike Holmes, who makes poor marks, takes naps during the class, and pries into the troubles and affairs at the school.^[17] Holmes is especially disliked by Grimesby Roylott, who is severe with not only Holmes, but also his companions. Deputy Headmaster Moriarty also does not think very well of Holmes. ^[18]