{"id":48362,"date":"2024-05-13T12:32:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T11:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/?page_id=48362"},"modified":"2025-01-15T14:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T14:49:25","slug":"move-to-co-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/admissions\/move-to-co-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Move to co-education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"intro\">Abingdon Prep School is now co-educational.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In May 2024, Abingdon announced its decision to move to co-education.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y20eb7jAc5U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to view a message from Mike Windsor, Head of the Abingdon Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"intro\">Timeline for girls\u2019 entry<\/span><\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-108\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-108 tbody-has-connected-cells\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Reception \u2013 Year 2<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Year 3 \u2013 6<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Entry from September 2024<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Entry from September 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"column-1\">Abingdon Prep School will be fully co-educational from 2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-108 from cache -->\n<p>To understand our timelines to admit girls into our senior school, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/admissions\/move-to-co-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"intro\">How can I apply for a place for my child?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in joining our co-educational Pre-Prep, you can find out more about our age-appropriate taster sessions and assessments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/admissions\/assessments-and-procedures\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the first instance you may like to visit the school at one of our open events or through a personal tour with our Head. Our move to co-education will be discussed at all of these.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abingdon.org.uk\/prep\/admissions\/visit-abingdon-prep\/\">Book a visit\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to discuss any aspect of your child\u2019s application, please contact the Admissions Manager at <a href=\"mailto:admissions@abingdonprep.org.uk\">admissions@abingdonprep.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion\" id=\"accordion\">\n\t\t                \n              \n\n                <div class=\"accordion__item\">\n                    <div class=\"accordion__trigger js-accordion-trigger\">\n                        <h4 class=\"accordion__title\">Read the full announcement<\/h4>\n                        <div class=\"accordion__plus js-accordion-plus\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"accordion__content js-accordion-target\">\n                        <p><p><span class=\"intro\">Abingdon School and Abingdon Prep School announce their move to co-education<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today, Monday 13 May 2024, we are delighted to announce that we will very soon be offering girls the same wide ranging opportunities \u2013 high academic standards, formidable extracurricular programmes, and outstanding pastoral care \u2013 that our boys have enjoyed over the centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Abingdon and Abingdon Prep School have long been highly successful but we want the education we deliver to be reflective of today\u2019s society \u2013 one where equal opportunity for the sexes is promoted and in which both girls and boys should be able to be as ambitious as each other and be in control of their own future success. We believe that the life skills of teamwork, emotional intelligence, mutual understanding and the ability to relate to others are better fostered in a co-educational environment and one which more closely mirrors the conditions of real life. Our values of intellectual curiosity; a balanced education; and outstanding pastoral support will remain the core of all that we do and we believe a stronger and better Abingdon will emerge as a result of this move.<\/p>\n<p>Chair of Governors for The Abingdon Foundation, Professor Mike Stevens, comments: \u201cI am very excited by what this development will mean for the Abingdonians of the future. The Abingdon I have known has always been open to the opportunities that change can bring and our decision has been driven by what we think is best for education today. As the senior school\u2019s Aims and Ethos statement already expresses it, Abingdon has \u201ca constant eye on innovation to reflect the needs of a rapidly-changing world\u201d. Our vision is very much of a stronger Abingdon Foundation with the proposition of an education that will be exceptional for both girls and boys in terms of its opportunities, its excitement and its ambition for their future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y20eb7jAc5U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to view a message from Mike Windsor, Head of the Abingdon Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Abingdon Prep School will admit girls to its Pre-Prep from September 2024; and to Years 3 to 6 from September 2025. Abingdon Senior School will admit girls to its 1st Year (Year 7) and Sixth Form (Year 12) from September 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abingdon Prep School is now co-educational. 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