Advantages of Co-education

A co-educational environment is a true and healthy reflection of the real world. At Hall School Wimbledon, boys and girls learn together, eat together and play together from their very first day in Reception, and continue to do so throughout their time at the school.

It is our experience that co-education provides a realistic way of preparing young people to take their places naturally in the wider community of men and women. It allows both male and female perspectives to be explored in discussions and debates, which is a very important learning experience and, in academic terms, our examination results imply that neither gender is disadvantaged by the other at Hall School Wimbledon. In fact,  co-educational environment encourages healthy competition.

An added benefit is that children from the same family can attend the same school – brothers and sisters can see each other at break time and parents only need to make one school run.

What others say…

“Co-education creates a feeling of comradeship.” – Plato, Ancient Greek Philosopher

“A strong reason for co-education is that separating children for a number of years means they will not be mixing and learning about each other.” – Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.

“There isn’t any clinching evidence that one [single sex or co-education] is better than the other – it is more a matter of preference.” – Professor Alan Smithers, Director of Education and Employment Research at the University of Buckingham (quoted in The Times, 25 January 2011).

“Half a century of research has so far revealed no striking or consistent advantages for single-sex education.” – HMC Study, 2006

“Factors that have the biggest impact on learning include quality of teaching, feedback, thinking skills and home encouragement, but not separation by gender.” – Professor John Hattie in his analysis of 180,000 studies involving 50 million pupils worldwide.