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Battle of sexes: Girls rule the roost

Most terms - after exams - the first five positions in our daughter’s class are taken by girls. Girls keep changing the top honours, leaving the boys to play second fiddle.

Even the teachers have got used to this. It was only in the first examinations they sat this year that one boy managed to break into the top five. From the way Pudd’ng speaks, wondering how on earth that happened, I’m sure the girls are planning to give the boys a run for their school fees.

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