Why do private girls’ schools outrank boys when it comes to the HSC? | jordsbaker
Sydney’s most affluent suburbs are home to some of its oldest schools, which have been educating the sons or the daughters of the families who can afford them for generations.
Others say boys’ schools still focus on producing all-rounders, while the girls’ schools’ have a stronger emphasis on academic results to prepare their students for a greater challenge in the workforce. There were 12 non-selective girls’ schools ahead of the highest-ranked non-selective boy’s school, Knox Grammar. In the top 10, which were mostly selective schools, there were four co-ed, three boys’ and three girls’ schools., that boys and girls achieve similarly only at the very top and bottom of the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank scale, and girls dominate the rest.
Sport is not mandatory at most girls’ schools; at boys’ schools, it is. Teachers at boys’ schools are often called upon to coach teams. “[Boys’ schools need to] move very quickly to keeping boys’ sports alive through old boys and professional coaches, and get teachers to focus on teaching and learning,” he said.
Timothy Wright, the former principal of Shore, said when he led a co-ed school, about two-thirds of the top students were girls. “With those students receiving the same teaching and the same context, I would have said that showed some of those maturity differences.”
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