Having taken up residence as principal of St Agatha's Academy for Young Ladies, the elegant and perverse Miss Constance de Comynge is determined to make her establishment the envy of all others. The most beautiful and lascivious of her students join the select 'swish' club where they learn the art of administering and receiving a variety of invigorating punishments. Their passion for discipline soon finds favour with a number of gentlemen in the locale.