Best of Both Worlds
The Best of Both Worlds is a powerful educational vision for our pupils which combines the very highest standards of single-sex education in the classroom with extensive opportunities for girls and boys across the Foundation to collaborate and work together throughout their school journey.
Traditionally, educational debates about gender have polarised into two camps: one that champions the unique benefits of bespoke single-sex education which enables greater freedoms away from the narrowing effects of gender stereotypes; and the other which argues for the benefits of co-education as a more natural way to educate children which is more closely replicated in the ‘real world’.
A number of alternative models have developed over time, from the diamond structure of schooling adopted by some educational Foundations to the ‘girls in the Sixth Form only’ model adopted by a number of public schools including Westminster and Charterhouse.
The Best of Both Worlds is an innovative model developed within the Warwick Schools Foundation which embeds co-educational endeavour throughout the school experience of our students, culminating in our superb shared Sixth Form, where lessons remain single sex, but boys and girls across King’s High and Warwick School share the same bespoke social space.
Our superb Friday Afternoon Activities Programme provides the opportunity for every King’s High and Warwick School pupil in Year 10 and above to participate in a range of varied and valuable co-curricular activities in a co-educational setting. Students in Year 9 upwards are offered the opportunity to take part in the Combined Cadet Force, run in conjunction with Warwick School, or in a range of activities.
While classes remain single-sex, our students have access to a shared Careers Hub, curriculum support, and collaborative social spaces. Whether in academics, music, sport, drama and joint productions, art, or extracurricular clubs, King’s High students work side by side with their peers from Warwick School, fostering a spirit of teamwork and creativity.
Dr Burley, Head Master, has written an insightful blog entitled, ‘Single Sex, Co-ed, or Best of Both Worlds?
Single-Sex, Co-Ed, or Best of Both Worlds?
Educational debate can very easily become polarised and there are few better examples of this than the long-running arguments over single-sex versus co-educational schooling.
Read here!