Co-Education

St Edward’s has been fully co-educational for over 25 years, and welcomed the first girl into the Sixth Form over 40 years ago.

Fundamental to the nature of education is the premise that pupils are instilled with the skills, knowledge and thinking to advance the world around them. A good education system, therefore, works towards the creation of gender equality. It teaches tolerance for the opinions of others, whilst instilling the ability to positively challenge and change conventional wisdom.

‘For the development of emotional intelligence in our increasingly integrated and complex society, co-education has never been more important.’Alastair Chirnside, Warden

Why co-education works for St Edward’s

• Co-educational institutions can offer a better representation of wider society and its diversity, preparing pupils for the realities of the world of work.
• Studying in a co-educational learning environment affords pupils exposure to female and male role models in staff and senior pupils. 
• Collaborative work in the classroom, activities and social settings provides the opportunity to learn from each other intellectually as well as socially.
• It is an approach that we also bring to the Boarding House structure, with both male and female staff in each House.