By Eleanor Harding Education Editor For The Daily Mail
Published: 00:19 BST, 20 April 2019 | Updated: 00:22 BST, 20 April 2019
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Former Harrow headteacher Barnaby Lenon said girls were more 'anxious to please'
Boys should have started their A-level revision during the Easter holidays or they risk losing their university place to a more 'diligent' girl, the former head of Harrow has said.
Barnaby Lenon said all pupils should spend seven hours a day revising during the spring break to ensure they reached their potential in the summer exams.
And he said that while many girls may do this without prompting, boys are on average more 'naturally lazy' and 'not particularly used to hard work'.
Mr Lenon, who has spent most of his life teaching boys, including at Prince William's school Eton, said male
