British Boy’s School Says It’s too Macho for Girls, Scraps Coeducation Program
Reuters
LONDON —
A British boys’ school run by Roman Catholic monks has scrapped an experiment in admitting girls, saying its sporty regimen was too macho for them.
Belmont Abbey School, near Hereford in western England, has become the first British fee-paying school to return to single-sex status after becoming coeducational.
“We took the decision on educational grounds. There was no scandal, no pregnancies and we are not misogynists,” headmaster Father Christopher Jenkins said.
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