Single-sex Schools (Hansard, 30 March 1993)

HC Deb 30 March 1993 vol 222 c157W 157W

§ Sir Michael Neubert
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many boys and how many girls respectively, receive single-sex education in state schools in England.

§ Mr. Forth
In January 1992, 148,000 boys attended maintained primary and secondary boys' schools and 180,000 girls attended maintained primary or secondary girls' schools in England. Some single-sex schools accept a few pupils of the opposite sex. In January 1992 there were about 1,000 such pupils.