Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services And Skills v The Interim Executive Board of Al-Hijrah School (Rev 1) [2017] EWCA Civ 1426

Segregation of genders at school is discriminatory

The Court of Appeal has considered the issue in judicial review proceedings of whether it is direct discrimination contrary to sections 13 and 85 (Pupils: admission and treatment, etc)of the Equality Act 2010 for a mixed sex school to have a complete segregation of male and female pupils over a certain age for all lessons.