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NSW AAGPS 2025 (banter and commentary)

Lindommer

Simon Poidevin (60)
Staff member
Jim, what's the feeling around New England about the futures of NEGS and PLC. I was discussing this with a group of TAS mothers at Hunters Hill some years ago when one of them reckoned TAS going co-ed would eventually lead to the demise of one of the girls' schools. Armidale has gone from two girls' schools and one boys' school to 2.5 girls' schools and half a boys' school. Similar equations have resulted from Oakhill, Barker, Cranbrook and Newington going co-ed. I don't understand it.
 

DaSchmooze

Cyril Towers (30)
Agreed - and I would add that I would be very concerned for my daughter if the only reason the school accepted her enrolment was to modify the social behaviour of the boys.

... oh and why aren't all the girls schools rushing to go co-ed?

... and whatever happened to the 30 plus years of research telling us that boys and girls learn differently and have better educational outcomes if they stick to single sex classes?

Anyway - I'll pipe down now :(
 

Jim Belshaw

Bob Loudon (25)
It's certainly placed pressure on plc and negs. Both schools came close to closing some years ago because of the combination of demographic and cultural change. Both fought back. They are doing so now with new approaches. My feeling is that both will survive. On tas and boys, coed has increased the number of boys at tas
 

twister29

Larry Dwyer (12)
Adding girls does not improve academic results and school morale. Look at Barker. Each year they go shopping for players. Their top team is very strong, the remainder struggle as there is NO home grown cattle.
I agree Joker. At Newington, not only will the pool of players shrink, but they will have to share the energy and just about everything that goes into sport and the school as a whole. There won’t be the same morale and culture for the boys 1XV, to account for this I fear we will see more ‘shopping’ to preserve this, perhaps at the cost of depth.
 

shaquille_oatmeal

Frank Nicholson (4)
Well I'm curious what "culture" is already present as I recall from the View v Newington game at The Swamp there were only ~12 boys who had turned out in the stands for Newington 1XV. I think that already by creating a team that isn't fully comprised of homegrown talent, you end up alienating many of the boys who worked hard to try to get selected for the 1s, and in turn you have boys who don't have the same passion to support their team, even if the team and players themselves are very good.
 

Newingtonga15

Bob McCowan (2)
Absolute nonsense. There is no spite between scholars and fee paying players. Newington has strong team chemistry that fosters a culture of brotherhood. Nobody is alienated. As for the Riverview game, I was there and there were not 12 boys but closer to 50, and at Joeys New brought over 120 from Stanmore. Newingtons rugby culture is well and truly alive. Kings away crowd is regularly smaller then News.
 
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