A boy who sued his private school, Newington College, over its historic decision to become co-ed has failed in a Court of Appeal bid to prevent the institution from enrolling girls.

The state’s top court dismissed the case on Tuesday and ordered the boy to pay the school’s legal costs, ending another chapter in the long-running co-ed saga that has resulted in grown men crying and national media attention.

Newington College in Stanmore is set to go co-ed from 2026 for year 5 and kindergarten, and become fully co-ed by 2033. Credit: Louie Douvis

The high-profile legal showdown over the private school’s move to co-education hinged on the interpretation of the word “youth” contained in the college’s original deed of indenture.

Supreme Court judge Guy Parker earlier this year ruled

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