My son goes into y6 next year, and we need to think more seriously about secondary schools. He will be a full boarder (military family).
I have a daughter too and she's going to a coed boarding school (2 years older than him). My first instinct was to get them at same school as it makes life easier logistically.
He's decided he wants to apply for a boys school as his best friend is likely going there. He's certainly academically capable enough to get in. But I'm not convinced by single sex education. What are the advantages of it? Some of the other parents at the children's (CO-Ed) prep school think boys do better in a "more competitive" boys only environment. My son is certainly spurred on by competition. But is that true, that boys schools focus more on competition?
Does anyone have a boy who loved the idea of no yucky girls at age 10 and is bitterly regretting it once they turned 14/15? Suspect this could happen
Also, is single sex any kind of preparation for the real world?
My husband and I both coed boarded, so no experience of single sex ourselves
Any thoughts welcome
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peonypower · 18/07/2019 10:10
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