ABSTRACT
This chapter presents one aspect of a many-sided attack on the problem of the relative effectiveness of co-educational and single-sex day grammar schools in achieving the aims of education. It examines the verdict of those teachers who have had practical experience in such schools and assesses in particular the opinion of those who have taught in both types of school. The chapter provides evidence in a realm where supposition and prejudice have hitherto reigned almost supreme. This evidence cannot of itself be conclusive as it examines only a small part of the problem, is limited in the size of its samples and may evoke different interpretations from opposing camps of educationists. W. E. Davies used an attitude scale to assess opinion among teachers in secondary schools of all types. From this scale he omitted, on the advice of the 'judges', the question of the appointment of women to the headships of mixed secondary schools.
