Research at Bristol University found that boys score up to a tenth of a grade worse than girls in English in mixed classes and that at Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 3, girls have a significant advantage over boys in English.
The study, presented at the Royal Economic Society's annual conference last week, examined SATs results of children in state schools at KS1 to KS3 between 1998 and 2004.
Steven Proud from the university's Centre for Market and Public Organisation, the author of the report, said that for both sexes to benefit, different teaching methods should be used for each. 'Teachers should be given more explicit training to enhance both boys' and girls' performance,' he said.
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