The benefits of single-sex education

Over the past few weeks, the debate about single-sex education vs co-education for students in Australia has, once again, appeared in our media. Many commentators seem willing to pass their judgement on single-sex education From the outset I must state that, even though I worked in a boys’ school for many years, I no longer […]

What does Meriden say about consent?

The recent petition that has been circulating in Australia regarding the issue of consent calls for the holistic teaching of “Consent” to be introduced at an earlier stage in the secondary years. At Meriden, the issue of Consent is addressed implicitly in the PDHPE syllabus of Year 8, and then again, explicitly in Year 9, […]