“A group of parents and former students had gathered outside this prestigious school in the city’s inner west, holding placards decrying the school’s decision to become fully co-educational by 2033.”

Boys team members, Dr Jessica Kean and Dr Kellie Burns, with Professor Helen Procter write a concise history of the single-sex vs co-ed debate in Australia in The Conversation.

“A feminist reassessment in the 1980s argued girls were sidelined in co-ed classes. This view was in turn challenged during the 1990s, with claims girls were outstripping boys academically and boys were being left behind in co-ed environments.”