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Why an All-Girls School?

Girls develop self esteem in
an all girls' school because…

 

Girls are always at centre stage, not forming the cheer squad for the boys' Rugby team. Girls are not being ignored in the classroom as the teacher addresses all the questions to the boys, to keep them on task.

Girls are never told "you can't do that you're only a girl". They are encouraged by teachers and classmates.

Girls are taught by teachers who are specialists in the way girls learn. A decade of international research has shown that boys learn very differently from the way girls learn. How then can girls have the best opportunities in a co-educational classroom?

Girls set the agenda. They can do what they think is "cool" rather than what the boys might think is "cool".

Girls don't "dumb down" for fear that the boys might not approve.

Girls in girls' schools achieve significantly stronger academic results than any other group in Australia. The research consistently shows boys in boys' schools to be second, then girls in co-ed schools and finally boys in co-ed schools.

In a girls' school, a girl can achieve anything she chooses.