[1] With the success of Amalgamated Press (AP)'s boys' story papers like The Magnet and The Gem, the publisher was seeking to expand into new markets.

Regular characters in the Cliff House stories included Billy Bunter's sister, Bessie Bunter, and Majorie Hazeldene, both having been introduced in The Magnet; and new characters Barbara "Babs" Redfern, Clara Trevlyn, Mabs Lynn, Phyllis Howell, Pand Philippa Derwent.

[2] Despite the female audience, Eves primarily used male writers, such as Charles Hamilton, whom he was familiar with from the boys' papers.

[3] Hamilton created and introduced most of School Friend's main characters; he wrote issues 1–4, 9, and 11, before he was pulled back to write full time at The Magnet.

"[2] Cliff House lost its cover feature status in the publication's second series, 1925 to 1929;[2] School Friend's 1929 cancellation led to the relaunched girls' story paper, The Schoolgirl, which again featured Cliff House stories.