Originally Posted by Chris

But they're not asking the rest of us to bend for them. This wasn't a State school - they have taken their girls off to a private school. They have been prepared to go away and pay in order to get the single-sex environment they want for their daughters.

We don't know whether the protests began 14 months ago, or in September when new children arrived at the school, or at some point in between when boys started to attend the gym club. But in any case, the length of time it has taken for these complaints to come to a head and reach the Press isn't really relevant. The parents have paid for a service - namely, a single-sex environment - and they're not getting it.

It seems that it has been going on quietly for some time as the Head has tried to broker a compromise, by saying the gym club could start at 6.30pm once all school activities have finished. However it's the gym club that has rejected this option as they say it would mean too late a finish time for their youngest members.