Teacher/Pupil Interactions

• With there being more opportunities for girls, there is more expected of them. Teachers also now have a different expectation of girls.
• Schools have become more female dominated environment which benefits girls but can make boys feel less comfortable, sociologists call this a 'feminisation of education'.
• There are more female teachers in schools, especially primary schools, which gives girls a role model that boys then lack.
• In 2015 the Department for Education's school workforce showed that the number of male teachers working in Britain had fallen for the 5th consecutive year. In 2012, 1 in 4 teachers were mean, and in 2015 it had fallen to 1 in 5.
• Teachers often respond to the stereotypes of boys being lively and girls being academic.