Richard Cairns sparks anger by suggesting pupils are at enormous disadvantage’ as they risk growing up unable to talk to boysA row over single-sex education has erupted after the headteacher of a main independent school suggested pupils at girls-only institutes were at “a enormous disadvantage” as they risked growing up unable to communicate with the opposite sex.
Teachers and former pupils of girls’ schools across the country leapt to their defence after Richard Cairns,head of the co-educational Brighton College private school, described single-sex education as “a deeply unrealistic world”.
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Source: theguardian.com