Pros and cons of single gender education

[Keepcalmanddrinktea]

I really need some advice on this, we are on the move for a job relocation, my DH and I both work full time and will have no other choice than an send DD, 5 in December, to an independent girl school. School is lovely and will definitely care for her needs (she is bright but very shy); school has very high results for y6 with most girls landing a place in the local grammar school.....also only for girls.....my DH is not worried at all, only sees the educational side, which tbh I cannot fault, but DD is an only child and despite we have few friends with boys only one is her age.
She loves still boy things (Thomas the tank engine, octonauts, Spider-Man...) and I am really scared she will suffer of not having contact with boys at all over all her education (well provided she will go to the grammar school)

What do you think? AIBU to think she will miss out on something?
Thanx

I am sorry you were bullied at school ppolly and I appreciate your last sentence too and honestly.

At this stage we do not have much of a choice but I am more relaxed now after hearing so many positive comments. I appreciate some people would be horrified and may not be for everyone but the school is great under so many aspect and being a single-sex one is such a minor......will defo look into activities where there are boys.

FrozenAteMyDaughter I think my daughter will also befriend those who are not only pink and princess etc. This morning she went to nursery in leggings and top (again) no way I could make wear a dress...top has dipdap on the front, bought by her daddy as she loves it, no frills only one clip in the hair, at the weekend we were at a "snowwhite" princess party, all girls dressed up as Disney princesses, we went as Elsa (because her favourite colour is blue) and after 20' dress was off and she was there happily playing showing off her Thomas teh tank engine vest (she loves Thomas).....she is not girly girly but she really likes playing with her girl friends
She seems to be comfortable with her choices....but definitely gets bored with the princess only style, I read to her in Italian and we are currently reading two stories at night, spider man and rapunzel!

Thank you for sharing your personal stories, I am more relieved now.

In fairness to the single sex school I attended, it was excellent in many ways. The science teaching in particular was superb.

I'd rather my dd went to a single sex school than co ed if I had the choice.

And she is very 'tomboyish'.

At 5 she had friends who were boys but now further on in primary the friendship groups are very sex segregated.

The boys take up all the playground space playing football so the girls just sit round the edges.