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Girls-only private schools 'outperforming' co-eds

Posted on 15th September 2008

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Independent schools that have remained girls-only are topping the league tables when it comes to A grades, new figures suggest.

Based on the Department for Children, Schools and Families statistics, the Girls' School Association (GSA) has released research indicating that the fairer sex are gaining better grades in single-sex schools than their co-educational counterparts.

While 48.9 per cent of A-level results were an A grade at co-ed private schools, this leaped to 56.7 per cent at female-only institutions.

And even more noticeably, at GCSE, top grades were achieved by 68.5 per cent of those at single-sex schools, compared to 54 per cent at others.

This is indicative of the fact that girls schools "have a brilliant track record in helping pupils attain", suggested GSA president Vicky Tuck.

And these figures come despite the declining popularity of single-sex education in recent years, as a number of schools opt to become co-educational.

This includes Wimbledon's King's College School, which recently announced that it is considering opening its sixth-form up to girls as early as 2010, the Financial Times reported.
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