Top coeducational state secondaries - South London

[LDNmeetsSurrey]

Hi all

Trying to plan ahead for the next house move. With a DS and a DD, and thinking of logistics, keen to have them both attend the same school.

So - from your perspective, what are the top coeducational secondary schools in south London? *
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Finding a league table for this seems quite rare, so welcome others personal experiences.

If the area is affordable (most likely zone 6...) then we potentially might be able to stretch to private due to the lower house prices than say somewhere like Kingston or Dulwich (areas we like).

Thanks

Sacred Heart in Camberwell. Outstanding Ofsteds, excellent exam results, great Sixth Form which sends its pupils to Oxbridge/Russell Group, lots of funding for extra-curricular activities.
Extremely strict (boot-camp-like, even), termly testing to rank the whole year group and classes shuffled accordingly. Harsh, but gets results.

Graveney in Tooting. Some of its places are allocated by highest scores in the Wandsworth test, rest by distance, so you have to live pretty close. Bolingbroke (between the Commons) is newer, but probably worth a look - feeder school system for admissions though

Dulwich? More expensive and Kingsdale is (literally) a lottery, but there's also the Charter School.

Dunraven is meant to be quite good.

Charter School in North Dulwich was the only school in South Lindon to appear in the top 100 Uk state schools for 2022. I did a study on high performing state schools as part of my education degree and this was on my list of schools. I have also done extensive studies on the benefits of same-sex education for girls. If it's a possibility I'd definitely look at same sex education for your DS but boys actually benefit overall more from a co-ed school. Hope this helps

Fascinating, so is the conclusion boys benefit from coed whereas girls single sex educational settings?

Oh yeah, that’s well established.

Saying that, I think a school that does well and that you like is the most important thing.

@LDNmeetsSurrey

Also read that boys perform better in coed

I'm also interested in this.
I've been looking at the Haberdashers Academy in Borough although it's quite new.

Yes, there is significant evidence of this. You could aim to position yourself in the sweet spot between New Cross and Brockley to access Prendergast for your DD and Haberdashers Hatcham for DS.

Yes :)
Overall both sexes benefit from single-sex schooling in terms of academics.
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Girls benefit hugely in terms of confidence, self-esteem, leadership, careers in STEM etc. The majority of women in powerful roles were educated at same sex schools.

Boys can actually have issues with socialisation with the opposite sex, lower self esteem, higher anxiety etc. They can also exhibit higher levels of aggression in single-sex environments. Studies have shown higher levels of divorce and relationship dissatisfaction amongst men who were educated in same sex schools.

In short: Girls flourish in the absence of boys
Boys need girls to flourish

the study was entitled ‘Same sex education increases academic attainment, but only girls reap the full emotional and social benefits’