The way boys are taught in schools should be altered to cater for their “fundamental differences” to girls, Sir Gareth Southgate has said.
The former England football manager told Radio 4’s Today programme the approach was needed to tackle a crisis facing boys and young men struggling with education, employment, identity and mental health.
His comments come ahead of a documentary the 55-year-old has made for the , examining how young men struggling to find work, particularly those who did badly at school, can suffer a cascade of problems later in life including poor mental health and loss of identity.