Why Choose a Girls’ School?

Girls attending all-girls’ sixth forms are significantly more likely to study mathematics and science at A-level than their counterparts in co-educational schools.

• They are 2.9 times more likely to take Further Mathematics.
• They are 2.2 times more likely to take Physics at A-level.
• They are 2.1 times more likely to take Computer Science at A-level.

• Biology (38% higher)
• Chemistry (78% higher)
• Maths (86% higher)

• Girls from all-girls’ sixth forms are significantly more likely to pursue mathematics and science degrees at university compared to the national average for girls
• They are more than four times more likely to apply for mathematics courses
• They are more than three times more likely to apply for economics
• They are twice as likely to apply for physical and biological sciences
• They are 40% more likely to apply for engineering degrees

The finding regarding engineering is particularly noteworthy, as Engineering UK reports that the sector accounts for 20% of UK jobs and 25% of vacancies, underscoring the importance of encouraging more women into this field.

• Graduates from all-girls’ schools are significantly more likely to enter STEM careers.
• Fifty percent of GSA alumnae have worked in a STEM-related field at some point in their career, despite women currently making up only 8% of the overall STEM workforce.
• The most popular STEM career paths among alumnae were finance, medicine, and computing.
• 1 in 6 girls’ school alumnae have worked in a finance related role. Nationally, only 3% of working women currently work in finance.
• Girls in single-sex schools consistently outperform their peers in co-educational schools at both Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5.

Sport participation in the UK lags well behind other countries and is particularly poor for girls, rooted in stereotypes from as young as 6 months.

• Girls in girls’ schools have higher levels of sport participation, on average participating in 25% more curriculum PE than in mixed schools
• Between KS4 and KS5 there is 65% drop off in the time girls spend playing sport nationally – in girls’ schools this drop off is much lower at 25%
• Seventy percent of primary aged girls surveyed preferred having no boys in their lessons, only 3% would like boys in their lessons
• Fifty-eight percent of girls preferred having no boys in their sports sessions, only 6% would like boys in their sport sessions
• Girls in girls’ schools are five times more likely to play cricket and 30% more likely to play football compared to girls in co-ed schools
• Seventy percent of primary aged girls surveyed preferred having no boys in their lessons, only 3% would like boys in their lessons