Did you go to single sex or mixed school?

[Posey]

And did you like it, or do you wish it had been the opposite?

I went to a mixed school and really liked it. Glad I didn't go to single sex school.

[bloss]

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[ghosty]

I went to a co-ed school. I think I would probably have done much better academically in a single sex school though (mind you, still went to Uni etc).
IME the kids who came to Uni from single sex schools had a bit of adjusting to do ...
DH went to single sex school and was very quiet with girls apparently ...

I would not necessarily consider it for DS and DD if we were in the UK (as single sex state schools are non existent) but in NZ and Australia I might think about it....

[SueW]

Single sex 11-16 but mixed the rest of the time. Spent approx 2 hours a day on the school bus which was mixed and the boys on there were our crowd who we hung out with for years. Nice balance, I think.

[IdrisTheDragon]

Mixed comprehensive. I possibly would have been happier in a girls school but was fine where I was.

[saadia]

mixed - would have preferred girls school - felt very intimidated in Physics class where I was one of only four girls.

[Hallgerda]

Single sex from 12 to 18. The middle school I attended between 10 and 12 had the worst possible arrangement - mixed but the sexes used opposite sides of corridors and classrooms and separate playgrounds.

I wasn't happy at school, but I don't think the fact it was a girls' school was the reason for my unhappiness.

[hulababy]

I went to a mixed comp. It was fine. I think I would have thrived better at single sex though, as I was very quiet and quickly overshadowed by the louder boys. I mixed with boys outside of school - had no choice! - but still think girls only would have been better for me, at least pre sixth form.

[GoingQuietlyMad]

Mixed comp but would have loved girls only. It was very uncool for a girl to do well in exams, but boys were all fighting to be the best. Behaviour/discipline was a problem, but not as bad as it seems to be these days.

Mixed sixth form on the other hand was great.

[HowTheFillyjonkStoleChristmas]

all girls grammar

sometimes

[lazycow]

Single sex and liked it that way, though at 6th form we mixed with a boys school which was good

[NomDePlume]

Mixed state comprehensive and I'm glad I went to a mixed school.

DH went to a single sex private and was equally happy with it.

[silverbirch]

girls grammar school then mixed sixth form
college (our area introduced comprehensive
schools in the middle of my secondary
education). I think I got the best of both worlds.

[UnquietDad]

All boys' school, and didn't really like it. No idea how to talk to girls until I was a student.

[intergalacticwalrus]

I went to an all girls grammar. I hated it. I went to school with the most precious, bitchy girls imaginable.

We got to mix with the boys school next door in 6th form though, whcih was much better. They were much more down to earth and didn;t have their heads stuck up their arses

[tarantula]

Single sex primary (but mixed infant classes)
Single sex secondary but mixed for some Leaving cert classes. We used to walk to the boys school for physics and they came to ours for biology.

All a bit odd really.

Liked being single sex. Found it quite difficult in mixed classes as the boys always tried to dominate.

[OzJo]

I went to mixed comp, found it fine, generally the single sex schools where I lived were the v. expensive private ones, most of the girls I met that went there were really stuck up & bitchy, though of course you get that at any school. I'm in Australia and our catchment area (non private) schools are single sex after primary school, which I find really odd....it's good to read all these posts from people that went to single sex schools that really enjoyed it...I just know how bitchy girls can be.

[girlinfrance]

I went to all girls schools from 11 to 18, and found the academic side of it great. You are right to worry about the bitchiness though OzJo, it was quite something at around age 13 and I hated that aspect.

My sister, who went to a mixed school, always had a far easier relationship with boys than I ever did. For me and my peers, all boys were potential boyfriends and we were all very giggly and competitive around boys. For my sister, boys were just friends.

On balance I think I'd like my kids to go to mixed schools.

[TheDivineLiliLaTigresse]

I always went to mixed schools
but I think I would have benefited from single sex education tbh (not a hot thing in Frnace though!)
I found girls spent most of their time trying to get boyfriends at my schools.....there was a lot of pressure to be cool and have boyfriends
found it boring....

[3xamum]

All girls! It had its benefits and I wasn't into boys at a scarily young age but I soon made up for it once I left - lol

[lucycat]

single sex from 11-18 - it was ok.

It's interesting to hear how many of you co-edders think you would have preferred to go to a single sex school - where are you going to/do you send your dd's? In our authority they resisted co-ed for years but eventually gave in to parental pressure, perhaps they should have asked the pupils instead?

[CountessDracula]

Single from 5 to 15 then mixed 6th form

I liked both really