The university degree results of students from co-educational and single-sex schools compared and found to be closely similar except that more first year drop-outs may occur among the single-sex educated students. (Editor)

It would seem that type of school has only a slight association with the standard of university first-year performance. What effect there is tends to be in favour of the co-educated students, suggesting that more of the single-sex educated may find the transition to university difficult and therefore be at risk. (Authors/CB)

Study indicates that students from city schools make the best progress in their first year at university; those from schools in large towns of about 16,000 to 60,000 do worst; while those from schools in smaller towns and villages fall between the two. (Authors)