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Single-sex schools will carry on
22/10/2007
PLANS to end the single-sex status of two Manchester schools have been abandoned.
Education chiefs had wanted the secondary schools to accept pupils of both sexes but have dropped the plans following a host of complaints from parents.
Manchester council had originally proposed giving mixed status to all five single-sex schools in the city but abandoned this after a consultation showed support for not changing their status.
Instead there were plans to relocate boys-only Burnage High School to the same site as Levenshulme Girls' School and build a new mixed school in Burnage.
But governors and parents said they felt students worked better separated.
At a meeting of senior councillors it was agreed to retain existing admissions policies. Instead both schools will have new buildings.
Other single sex schools are: North Manchester High for Girls, North Manchester High for Boys and Whalley Range.
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