FIRST THE SCHOOL SONG AND NOW THIS! ON AND PARENTAL RESPONSES TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF 14 NOVEMBER 2000
‘I am very glad that the courage and conviction have been found to take this bold step into a new era … arguments from opponents seem to suggest a blind fear of what is in store, and a stubborn refusal to face up to reality: instead, there is a desire to believe that we can serve pupils best by maintaining a “traditional” boys own school while still playing a part in the life of a city which currently prides itself on looking forward to a new era. Such a belief is not only fantasy, it is also harmful’ ON
‘The only reservation I have ever had about the RGS was its single sex status’ Parent
‘My husband, our sons and I are all delighted’ Parent
‘I look forward to the day when RGS is fully co-educational’
‘I fully endorse the arguments in favour of mixed education, the benefits of which are, in my experience, clearly evident at university and afterwards’ ON and former Oxford Admissions Tutor
Parent
‘First the school song and now this! I can no longer identify with the school at which I was educated’ ON
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‘You are, at a stroke, removing the only choice available to parents in the north who wish to select a single-sex environment for their sons to study in. This is particularly annoying to parents who took time to make this choice and now find their decision has been disregarded by the RGS governors’ Parent
