Single sex schooling from age 4+ ?

[JessicaWhistles]

We are considering primary school options for our son who will start school Sept 19. One school we like (an independent school) is all boys from 4 through to 13. Does anyone have any good or bad experiences of single sex schooling from such an early age? I went to a co-ed school so struggling to imagine what it's really like.

One if my children is going into year 6 at a boys only school, he's been there since reception.
Personally I think single sex is great for boys, ot allows them to explore things that would usually maybe deemed too feminine - DS2 does gymnastics, cookery, street dance.

Boys school sometimes can have less focus on academics in the very early years (especially outside London). A reduced focus on academia, combined with "boy centric" teaching methods (shorter lessons, more sport, time outside etc really suited both if my children. Both have done very well academically so far.

I'm less keen on it for girls though in KS2/1 and I wish DD had better access to the rounded education that my boys have had.

It's pretty common in the private sector and I don't think it's an issue, thought the received wisdom is that maybe better for girls to be single sex than boys. Doubt there's much evidence for that. Try to make sure anything outside school is co-ed - eg my daughter is at an all girls school, so I sent her to cubs instead of brownies.

I went to an all girls school from 4-18. It hasn’t affected me in a negative way but I know of several who I think would’ve benefited from a co-ed education. I think the PP comment of ensuring outside school activities are co-ed is an excellent one and it helped me a lot. That said, I would put my children into a single sex school if I could afford it and I really enjoyed it myself so it certainly wasn’t a negative experience.

I loved school and being without boys especially in senior school was not a bad thing! We got a lot done without being distracted and had lots of fun.