Is attending an all girls school is beneficial to the girls?

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There is a debate as to whether attending an all girls school is beneficial to the girls attending these single sex schools. As a pupil at one such school I am in the position to express an opinion on what I think are the main advantages of attending such a school.

As someone who enjoys sports I am glad I chose a girls school because there is much more focus on girls sports, whereas in a mixed school there is more focus generally on male sports such as rugby.

At a girls school I know that I would be able to focus on my work in class more diligently because I would find myself less distracted by the members of my class as they are of the same gender as me.

I chose a girls school because I feel as a boarder that it is more understanding of girls problems that they may face in adolescence. The school will have always dealt with teenage girls and therefore be more knowledgeable in the pastoral care aspect of school life. As many mixed schools have begun letting girls into the schools relatively recently and as a result may lack the ability to care for girls with the same degree of success.
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I researched this topic. I entered the criteria 'a girls school over a mixed school' and entered appropriate websites. I realised that for girls, being in a mixed school has severe disadvantages. In contrast to the advantages the opposite sex enjoy if they are in mixed school. In a co-ed classroom teachers are far more likely to firstly direct more questions to males and secondly the questions directed to the females in the room are more likely to be less challenging than those asked to their male counter parts. It has been found that in general teachers give ...

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