Whether Attending an All Girls School Benefits the Girls Attending or Not

Whether Attending an All Girls School Benefits the Girls Attending or Not There is a debate as to whether attending an all girls school is

beneficial to the girls attending these single sex schools. As a

pupil at one such school I am in the position to express an opinion on

what I think are the main advantages of attending such a school.

As someone who enjoys sports I am glad I chose a girls school because

there is much more focus on girls sports, whereas in a mixed school

there is more focus generally on male sports such as rugby.

At a girls school I know that I would be able to focus on my work in

class more diligently because I would find myself less distracted by

the members of my class as they are of the same gender as me.

I chose a girls school because I feel as a boarder that it is more

understanding of girls problems that they may face in adolescence. The

school will have always dealt with teenage girls and therefore be more

knowledgeable in the pastoral care aspect of school life. As many

mixed schools have begun letting girls into the schools relatively

recently and as a result may lack the ability to care for girls with

the same degree of success.

I researched this topic. I entered the criteria ‘a girls school over a

mixed school’ and entered appropriate websites. I realised that for

girls, being in a mixed school has severe disadvantages. In contrast

to the advantages the opposite sex enjoy if they are in mixed school.

In a co-ed classroom teachers are far more likely to firstly direct

more questions to males and secondly the questions directed to the