Boys/ Girls ratio very high

[YasmineBW]

I've registered my daughter to go to an independent school that recently went from an all boys to a co ed and have just been told by the school that her reception class is looking like it will be 3 girls/12 boys... I feel like that's a very big imbalance and she may suffer somehow.

Does anyone have any experience of this?

My eldest is currently one of three boys in his class and was one of two in his infant school. They crack on, it's not a big deal in the way we might think it would be.

We have this(now y2 but been this way since reception),and it really isn’t a big deal. If anything I think it has been a positive as there is less gender segregation than I see in other classes x- mydd routinely chooses a couple of boys as playmates. Not all the boys want to play together, and there is a nice dynamic between the girls and boys that are not keen on football and would rather build something together.

My child is in the opposite scenario 10 girls and 3 boys. It makes a huge difference. The girls are mainly very "girly" there's a lot of Elsa, unicorns etc, and my ds is into football and cars. The 3 boys tend to play by themselves. If one of them falls out with another boy it is quite a big deal to them.

Study wise they just get on but in the playground and regarding friendships it makes a big difference.

As your school has just turned co-ed you would probably expect more girls to join each year though.

Sounds completely normal for a school which has only just started accepting girls. These things take time to filter through. I'm not sure why you expected it to be any different to be honest?

I'm sure it'll pick up in time.

It will take several years for the classes to have a proper balance of girls and boys. Most girl parents I know don’t send their girls to recently turned coed schools. We have couple of secondary schools turning coed (or recently turned coed) in our area and we won’t be considering them for our daughter. I guess that’s why you have low number of girls joining in reception as well.

I think the ratio does make a difference. Also, in a recently turned coed school, it will take some time for the school culture to change as well.