Single-Sex or co-ed Public Schools

Do you want your son or daughter to be educated with the opposite sex? Or is the question not important to you?

At the primary stage, you may think it does not matter much, although the independent sector - unlike the state sector - still has junior schools which cater for boys or girls only.

At the secondary stage, however, you may feel that your son or daughter would make more progress without the distraction of the opposite sex. On the other hand, you may believe it is more natural if boys and girls are educated together throughout.

In many areas of the country, the independent sector offers the only real single-sex choice for parents who want it. There are more girls' schools in the independent sector than in the entire state sector in England.

Powerful arguments are advanced in favour of both single-sex and co-educational schools. You must make up your mind on the basis of what will suit your child.

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