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a
diamond
education
At New Hall, students are educated in co-educational classes up to age 11
and again at Sixth Form. However, from 11 to 16 they are taught in single-
sex lessons.
The main benefits of the ‘diamond model’ and five years of single-sex teaching
derive from the ability to tailor pastoral and
academic provision more sensitively and
expertly to the needs of young people going
through the physical, emotional and social
upheaval of adolescence. Young teenagers are
liberated from the negative peer pressure of
having to perform in mixed classes.
Gender stereotyping of subjects is also
removed. Girls and boys follow an identical
curriculum and do not learn to perceive subjects as being more suited to either
girls or boys.
Girls' Division & Boys' Division
“
The diamond model was one of the main reasons
we chose New Hall School.
It really does provide the best of both worlds.
”
new hall
parent