Chronicle 687

25 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

Over the course of the Summer Term, I have had the pleasure of conducting a series of interviews with a selection of senior members of staff in an attempt to find out what makes co-ed life here at the school such a vital element of our community. Topics of discussion ranged from academic to boarding life, as well as the co-curricular programme, with the questions drawn from existing areas of scholarly discourse in educational research. Perhaps the most significant of these is the persistent notion that co-education academically disadvantages girls to a greater extent than it benefits boys. Not only is this not the case at Teddies, with girls consistently representing a greater proportion of our higher academic achievers, but the last few years have seen a strong trend towards parity between boys and girls at both the GCSE and Sixth Form levels.

Right, top to bottom: George McKnight and Isabel Weber in a Biology class. Rosie Prior, Matthew Mullins and Jonty Robson perform in the Bands Concert. Mikhail Aslam, Farida Alasa and Zac Gardner-Hutchinson on their way to lessons.