After Trunchbull's hasty exit, the school's future looks brighter, but it pans out differently in the two versions. In the book, Miss Honey gets a letter from a lawyer telling her that her inheritance is safe, including her father's money and house, while the deputy headmaster, a man named Mr. Trilby, takes over as (a much more benevolent) headmaster. In the movie musical, Mr. Trilby doesn't exist at all, and Miss Honey is more active in taking control of the school away from Trunchbull. Miss Honey ends up being the new headmistress, applying her kinder teaching approach to the whole school (this is also how the 1996 movie ended.)