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Girls get better GCSE results in all-girls schools

Ruth Tarrant

28th January 2016

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An analysis of the summer 2015 GCSE exam results shows that girls in single-sex schools perform better than they would do in co-ed schools. There is minimal difference in the performance of boys in single-sex compared with co-ed schools.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.