boys' schools
Single-sex male institutions
Boys' schools are educational institutions that admit only male students.
The single-sex model was once standard; coeducation became dominant in public schooling during the twentieth century.
Boys' schools persist mainly as private or religious institutions, often with traditions emphasizing discipline, athletics, and academic rigor: He attended a prestigious boys' school in New England.
- male bondingMen forming close friendships
- locker roomShared space for dressing
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- boarding schoolsResidential institutions for pupils
- dormitoriesCommunal student lodgings
fagging · old boys' club · old boy network · traditions · chapel service · rites of passage · alumni networks · single-sex education · house system · sports fields · rugby pitch · prefects · uniforms · pedagogy · corporal punishment · Winchester · religious affiliations · mentorship programs
- Boys Educationmale students, single-sex education, boys clubs, Boy Scouts
boys' schoolsgirls' schools
Institutions educating only females
all-girls schools · women's colleges · finishing schools · convent schools
boys' schoolsco-ed schools
Institutions teaching all genders
mixed schools · integrated schools · coeducation · comprehensive schools