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Parents campaign for Scotland’s only state-run girls’ school to take boys
A consultation on whether Notre Dame High School in Glasgow should start accepting boys will take place.
Glasgow City Council said the consultation will start at some point after an ongoing review of school catchment areas across the city has been completed. However, any proposal is likely to meet fierce resistance from supporters of the school, which has only taught girls since its inception in 1897.
Some parents argue that their boys should be able to enrol at Notre Dame as the other secondary schools in the area are further away or less convenient, or because they want their sons and daughters to be able to go to the same secondary school.
Parents have formed NDH4All Parents Group to express their views on the issue.
In a statement it said: "While we welcome Councillor Cunningham's announcement today that there will be a consultation on ending gender discrimination at Notre Dame High School, we are disappointed that no timescale has been given.
"It is highly unfair to have this uncertainty over our children's - and, indeed, the school's - future. Time is running out for our local children as they reach secondary age.
"Additionally, it is a huge waste of public time and money to review the entire city's secondary catchment areas and then later pick it apart again for one school. Notre Dame High School's gender entry requirements have to be addressed concurrently."
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