| Annette | B. | One of the students. |
| Gary | B. | The student who has an unbelievable appetite. |
| Jenny | B. | One of Kathy's classmates. |
| Moira | B. | Kathy's dorm mate. |
| Peter | B. | One of the students. |
| Judy | Bridgewater | A musical artist. |
| Amanda | C. | Kathy's former classmate. |
| Christopher | C. | One of the monitors. |
| Gordon | C. | The student of Hailsham who lives at the Cottage. |
| Jenny | C. | Rob D's girlfriend. |
| Patricia | C. | Kathy's schoolmate. |
| Sussana | C. | The sales monitoring agent. |
| Sylvie | C. | The student who gets caught by Miss Emily. |
| Mr. | Christopher | The guardian that Annette likes. |
| Reggie | D. | One of the students. |
| Rob | D. | Jenny C's boyfriend. |
| Sharon | D. | Harry's ex-girlfriend. |
| Cynthia | E. | Kathy's art classmate. |
| Miss | Eileen | The guardian that Kathy disliked. |
| Miss | Emily | The head guardian. |
| Mr. | Frank | The spelling teacher. |
| Mr. | George | The poetry teacher. |
| Miss | Geraldine | The art teacher. Kathy's favorite teacher. |
| Arthur | H. | One of Tommy's enemies. |
| Kathy | H. | The long-time carer. Protagonist. |
| Alexander | J. | One of Tommy's friends. |
| Peter | J. | One of Miss Lucy's students. |
| Mr. | Jack | The teacher who caught Jenny and Rob having sex. |
| Miss | Jody | One of the teachers. |
| James | Joyce | An Irish novelist. |
| Marge | K. | The student that Kathy punished. |
| Miss | Lucy | The most sporting of the guardians at Hailsham. Aka: Lucy Wainright. |
| James | Morningdale | The scientist. |
| Peter | N. | One of Tommy's friends. |
| Mr. | Robert | One of the guardians. |
| Mr. | Roger | Kathy's teacher. |
| Bramble | | One of Ruth's horses. |
| Charley | | A student who lives in the cottage. |
| Chrissie | | A veteran who lives in the cottage. |
| Christy | | The girl who's good in Poetry. |
| Fiona | | One of the veterans. |
| George | | The big Nigerian man. |
| Graham | | One of Kathy's classmates. |
| Hannah | | One of Kathy's classmates. |
| Hughie | | The student with whom Kathy has a one-night stand. |
| Keffers | | The caretaker of the Cottage. |
| Laura | | One of Kathy's friends. |
| Lenny | | Kathy's ex-boyfriend. |
| Madame | | A Hailsham benefactor. Aka: Marie-Claude. |
| Martin | | A carer in Norfolk. Chrissie and Rodney's friend. |
| Matilda | | Kathy's friend. |
| Midge | | Ruth's classmate. |
| Rodney | | Chrissie's boyfriend. A veteran. Aka: Rod. |
| Roy | | One of the students. |
| Ruth | | The donor that Kathy H chose. Kathy's childhood friend. |
| Ruth's possible | | Ruth's alleged clone. The woman who works at an open-plan office in Norfolk. |
| Steve | | The boy in the cottage who has a porn collection. |
| Thunder | | Ruth's horse. |
| Tommy | | Kathy's childhood friend. |
| Trisha | | The nurse. Aka: Crow Face. |
