The online open access journal, BMC Public Health, published a report, shows that the local high school catchment area and socio-economic situation have a more powerful influence on reported sexual experience among fifthteen and sixteen year olds than classroom discipline or the quality of relationships within schools.

This is the first study to attempt to look beyond the formal sex education assess and curriculum whether the way in which schools are run. In terms of their social relationships and organisation, can affect levels of sexual activity amongst schoolgirls and schoolboys. A team of researchers from sityes called and Edinburgh and Glasgow analysed data on nearly 5k pupils from twentyfour different Scottish Schools. (Read ‘Teenage Sexual Activity’…)