[Niamh.]

I think all boys and all girls schools can be a good idea, there's less distractions and sometimes girls/boys could feel too self conscious to participate fully in the class if the opposite sex are there. personally I think mixed primary and single sex secondary is a good idea.

I hate the fact that most of the schools here are Catholic, I would have liked to send my kids to non denominational schools but there wasn't any near us

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I think all boys and all girls schools can be a good idea, there's less distractions and sometimes girls/boys could feel too self conscious to participate fully in the class if the opposite sex are there. personally I think mixed primary and single sex secondary is a good idea.

I had the fact that most of the schools here are Catholic, I would have liked to send my kids to non denominational schools but there wasn't any near us

Yes...that's what I had....I didn't have any problems with it

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Yes...that's what I had....I didn't have any problems with it

I actually had it the other way around but I think I would have done better in a single sex secondary.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I actually had it the other way around but I think I would have done better in a single sex secondary.

Tbh...it wasn't a problem at all....I socialised with boys outside of school enough and I have two older brothers so there were always lots of boys around our house.

[Mystic Mock]

I don't think they should exist because your just causing a divide between a certain group of people and everybody else.

[MTVN]

I was considering going to an all boys school for a bit but I'm glad I didn't, I don't think it's a good idea to be restricted to just mainly socialising with one sex

[Tom4784]

I believe Religion and Education should always be kept seperate, not all faith schools are as stereotypical as we're led to believe but I think education should be balanced and neutral which are two things you won't fully get at a faith based school. I personally wouldn't send any future children I may have to one.

[Shaun]

I went to an all-boys secondary school... it wasn't a problem it makes no difference, really.

[King Gizzard]

The way I see all boy/girl schools, there's no distraction to your education right at the time when boys get interested in girls, and vice versa.

Classes can then also be boy/girls specific and utilise the best ways of teaching for either

[Harry!]

Religion and Life Issues (PC alert!) was made compulsory in my school which was not a religious school of any kind. Athough my school was a "Language College" which of course emphasised on multicultralism. I now study Relgious Studies at college (I am one of two students from my school who study it - at least at my college ). I am interested in religious points of view and the moral side of it though I decare myself of no faith.

There are of course many benefits of having same sex schools, I know the Girls' school in my city has attracted a large number of Muslim students - this may help them feel less worried about male attention and teenage boys looking at the students "provocatively". And of course an all boys' school prevents this and at time of prayer there would not be no worry about the male/female divide which is a core rule of worship.

But our Boys' school in our city often has the lowest GCSE grades for the city and that could be down to the steriotypical view of boys being rough and 'ard. So it can effect the students potential.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Harry!

Religion and Life Issues (PC alert!) was made compulsory in my school which was not a religious school of any kind. Athough my school was a "Language College" which of course emphasised on multicultralism. I now study Relgious Studies at college (I am one of two students from my school who study it - at least at my college ). I am interested in religious points of view and the moral side of it though I decare myself of no faith.

There are of course many benefits of having same sex schools, I know the Girls' school in my city has attracted a large number of Muslim students - this may help them feel less worried about male attention and teenage boys looking at the students "provocatively". And of course an all boys' school prevents this and at time of prayer there would not be no worry about the male/female divide which is a core rule of worship.

But our Boys' school in our city often has the lowest GCSE grades for the city and that could be down to the steriotypical view of boys being rough and 'ard. So it can effect the students potential.

It's the opposite here, most of the schools who get highest marks in The Leaving cert (A levels) are single sex