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Does education favour girls?

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Dame Clara Furse is concerned by the disparity in education performance between the sexes.

Headmaster of Eton Tony Little and Deputy Director of Research at Civitas Anastasia De Waal discuss whether differences in the ways that boys and girls learn means the education system favours girls.

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