Everyone is different so some might be better off in single sex schools but others would be better in co-ed. I would have hated to be in a single sex school.

They have a great benefit as boys are generally given more slack to be disruptive and there is a train of thought on different learning styles for girls and boys. Can still be fraught with mean girls and there is a gap with socialising with boys.

My daughter is seven and I’m already appalled at what boys are saying to her in the classroom and playground. I’m not sure going single sex is a solution, though.

Girls probably perform better academically. I’m not sure that they escape low self esteem tho. Girls don’t like their bodies, their hair, their clothes etc. That doesn’t stop in an all girl school. And when it comes to relationships with boys, they may be disadvantaged with little social communication with them

It has been well researched that girls do better all round in single sex schools. However, boys are better co-ed.

We never had the option of going to an all girl school but I don’t think it really makes a difference. It’s the school and the teachers that make the difference. If the teachers and headmaster/headmistress do their job then all children will be rewarded

Mixed children is a better option in my opinion.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 13 Jan 2020 , 9:03 am

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  I think so too and I doubt if it’s true that girls are more confident in single sex schools.

We never had an option like that near us so co ed it was

I think co-ed school are better but I think its not for everyone

i personally prefer a co-ed – thats like the most natural thing .. character building it is.

Interesting read my daughter is going into year 4 at a coed school, I have to decide what to dofr high school

I don’t have the option to send my daughter to an all girl’s school as there is none close but I don’t think I would even if the opportunity was there. It’s an interesting theory though.

I’m not fussed on if the school is single sex or co-ed, I choose what is closest and more practical for my family. There are advantages to both schools

When there was Girls Technical High Schools and Boys Technical High Schools were in adjoining the boys used to congregate at the back of the Girls Technical High Schools if it backed onto a back street. They might have done better academically but not life skills

I’m a high school teacher currently working at a single sex all girls school. Definitely agree with the researchers, the school I’m currently working for has a 30 something year old female principle who is someone who has achieved a lot in life and still succeeding. I do believe it is the environment that cultivates the level of confidence and success in our girls and boys. Our principle is all about supporting and empowering and she’s old enough to have authority but young enough to be relate able and like an older sister. The female teachers at schools also play a primary role in teaching our girls to be confident leaders

My daughter went to a co-ed primary school but about to attend a girls school. Hopefully she adapts well.

I personally think co ed schools are better, I think it prepares both boys and girls to be more equipped and comfortable dealing with other genders.

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  • • Ellen replied
    • 10 Jan 2020 , 9:19 am

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  I agree.

I went to an all girls school…
I think cause I went to one I don’t have a co ed to compare but would like to send my daughter if I could

Personally I wouldn’t like to send my kids to a single sex school. But we could learn from the differences and place a significant focus on challenging gender stereotypes.

We will be sending our little one to a public school purely for convienience of location and cost