Pupils in girls’ schools in England outperform girls with similar records and backgrounds in mixed schools, analysis says
FFT said the difference for girls’ schools was equivalent to a tenth of a grade improvement in each subject at GCSE.FFT said the difference for girls’ schools was equivalent to a tenth of a grade improvement in each subject at GCSE.Girls who attend all-girls schools get better exam results than girls with similar records and backgrounds at mixed schools – and outdo boys at all-boys schools – according to research.
Thomson said the “very slight difference” for girls’ schools was equivalent to a tenth of a grade improvement in each subject at GCSE., a non-selective all-girls school in London, said: “My hunch as to why girls perform better in single-sex schools is that being all-girls facilitates a culture of achievement and a sorority in which girls celebrate and enable each other’s achievements and can feel proud of doing well academically without inhibition.
“Careful independent learning habits like making mind-maps, practising essays, making flash cards, working through practice papers, are demonstrably effective for GCSE success. If boys in an all-boys environment aren’t seeing the learning habits which lead to success, they can’t copy them,” Pugh said.
The FFT analysis found that the superior academic performance of England’s 352 state single-sex schools could largely be explained by the high proportion of selective grammar schools, including 54 out of 147 boys’ schools.
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