Is there a case (again) for single sex schools?

Ours went to singles sex senior schools after being at mixed juniors. All three schools are on the same campus so there was quite a lot of mixing - especially in the Sixth form.

My DD who has just arrived has said she believes that we made the right decision to send them to single sex schools as it gave them a boy free space without competition for male attention,with two brothers she and her sister were confident with boys.

My children all attended single sex schools, we felt the girls had a better chance that way. I have spoken to many mums who have found the important exam years are oftan clouded by the advent of boyfriends and competition between girls to be the perfect image. I am of an age where we had separate entrance doors from the playground in the village school separated cloakrooms and tables at lunch. Now I feel old!

I attended an all girls school and loved it. We mixed with the boys travelling to and from school as we knew them from primary school and I enjoyed it. My niece has also chosen to send her daughter to an all girls school and she is doing really well, as are all of her many girl friends. Perhaps where you are in the UK makes a difference for example leafy Cheshire or the highlands of Scotland versus inner cities. I certainly believe that everyone should be safe whilst at school. It can't help with your education if you feel you have to watch your back. However I might also add that my own school insisted on having long skirts that hit the back of your knees when kneeling and that my great niece has to wear a similar length kilt. When I see some uniform " skirts" I do a double take. Old fashioned maybe but I feel its the right way to dress.

I have moved around a lot so I attended both a girls school and a mixed school.
I definitely felt more comfortable and did better at the girls school.

One of our daughters spent a year in a single sex school, she mixed with boys through her sport, so we weren’t worried about her not being able to relate to boys.

We chose the school with great care, I thought it was perfect, and felt quite envious of her, their academic standards were very high, and they had a huge range of extra curricular activities.

She hated it, I could see from the first day she wasn’t going to like it, certainly not the schools fault, but she just never seemed to fit.

Moved her to a co educational prep school the next year, and she loved it from day one.

This isn’t a criticism of single sex schools, but I guess they don’t suit everyone.

My own children went to single sex schools (one of each) and grew up to be successful, happy, well adjusted individuals. My daughter was adamant that she would only go to a girls school because ‘boys messed about’. We chose a boys school for our son as we thought he needed a bit more discipline and fewer distractions. They both had mixed gender friendship groups. My GC are all at single sex schools. When my GS asked how he would meet girls I pointed out that there was a girls’ school next door to his and he has two sisters.
I was at a single sex girls’ school and we were not supposed to talk to the boys from the local grammar school when we were in uniform! I achieved high grades in my exams, went onto have an academic career, and always had a boyfriend. It’s interesting that most private schools (at least in my area) are single sex. Perhaps they know a thing or two?