Sex Education

Introduction

This essay will be looking at the provision for sex education for primary age children in a primary school that I had a placement with.
I observed the eleven and twelve year old in their lessons as they were being tought health education which includes sexual health.
In this essay I will be discussing the history of sex education and the schools policy on how to approach this subject and teach it in their school. I will be discussing the role of school nurses or the wider team in providing sex education and general health promotion in schools.
I will also attempt to look at the parental responsibility and the effect on the children and the wider community.

Some history

Some extensive information was published by schofield in 1965 about sexual behaviour of young people in that particular year. 11% of boys and 6% of girls age 15-17 had experienced sex during 12 months prior to interview.

By the mid seventies overall 60% of young people were sexually active b...