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Q1. Is your governing body aware of the contents and implications of the latest 'Sex and Relationship' guidance from the DfES? (July 2000)

		Primary or mainly KS1/2	Secondary or mainly KS3/4	All
Not aware of it at all	%	18.4%	12.1%	17.7%
	N	132	12	158
Aware of it to a small degree	%	47.9%	37.4%	46.8%
	N	344	37	417
Aware of it in some detail	%	28.8%	44.4%	30.6%
	N	207	44	273
Have in-depth knowledge	%	4.9%	6.1%	4.8%
	N	35	6	43
	Valid N	718	99	891
Total Sample		730	104	911

Q2. Does your school have a Sex Education/Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) Policy?

		Primary or mainly KS1/2	Secondary or mainly KS3/4	All
No	%	3.6%	2.9%	3.8%
	N	26	3	34
Don't know	%	2.4%	1.0%	2.2%
	N	17	1	20
Yes	%	94.0%	96.2%	94.0%
	N	678	100	846
	Valid N	721	104	900
Total Sample		730	104	911

Q3. When was the SRE policy last reviewed and updated?

		Primary or mainly KS1/2	Secondary or mainly KS3/4	All
In the last 6 months	%	27.5%	19.0%	26.7%
	N	189	19	228
In the last year	%	36.0%	51.0%	38.5%
	N	247	51	329
In the last three years	%	27.7%	26.0%	26.7%
	N	190	26	228
More than 3 years ago	%	8.9%	4.0%	8.2%
	N	61	4	70
	Valid N	687	100	855
Total Sample		730	104	911

Q4: Is the SRE policy part of a broader Personal, Social & Health Education (PSHE) and Citizenship policy?

		Primary or mainly KS1/2	Secondary or mainly KS3/4	All
No	%	19.6%	10.6%	18.2%
	N	137	11	160
Don't know	%	4.6%	4.8%	4.8%
	N	32	5	42
Yes	%	75.9%	84.6%	77.0%
	N	531	88	676
	Valid N	700	104	878
Total Sample		730	104	911

Q5: Who was involved in the development of the SRE policy?

		Primary or mainly KS1/2		Secondary or mainly KS3/4		All
		%	N	%	N	%	N
Don't know		3.9%	28	2.9%	3	4.0%	35
Governors		81.9%	587	80.6%	83	80.4%	712
PSHE coordinator		49.1%	352	84.5%	87	54.5%	483
School Nurse		27.9%	200	40.8%	42	30.0%	266
Parents		31.1%	223	29.1%	30	30.1%	267
LEA adviser		13.9%	100	22.3%	23	15.0%	133
Head		89.5%	642	74.8%	77	88.0%	780
TEachers		84.7%	607	76.7%	79	83.6%	741
Pupils		5.2%	37	11.7%	12	6.4%	57
Other adults in school		14.1%	101	12.6%	13	14.6%	129
Health Promotion Adviser		7.7%	55	13.6%	14	8.7%	77
Other external agency		2.6%	19	7.8%	8	3.6%	32
Other external agency	Health Authority	5.3%	1	12.5%	1	6.3%	2
	Healthy Schools Standard	15.8%	3			15.6%	5
	GP	36.8%	7			21.9%	7
	A Pause Team			12.5%	1	9.4%	3
	Visiting Speakers			12.5%	1	3.1%	1
	Clinic Nurse			12.5%	1	3.1%	1
	Diocese / Priest / Vicar	31.6%	6	37.5%	3	31.3%	10
	Under Review	10.5%	2	12.5%	1	9.4%	3
Total Sample		100.0%	730	100.0%	104	100.0%	911
N.B. Summary of several items: percentages given with base = total sample

Q6: Which of these groups have been informed about the SRE policy?

		Primary or mainly KS1/2		Secondary or mainly KS3/4		All
		%	N	%	N	%	N
Don't know		4.5%	32	4.0%	4	4.8%	42
Governors		89.4%	634	91.1%	92	89.1%	780
PSHE coordinator		54.4%	386	81.2%	82	58.3%	510
School Nurse		36.2%	257	57.4%	58	38.7%	339
Parents		70.5%	500	68.3%	69	70.3%	615
LEA adviser		18.8%	133	29.7%	30	20.1%	176
Head		88.0%	624	89.1%	90	88.0%	770
TEachers		89.3%	633	93.1%	94	89.5%	783
Pupils		19.5%	138	46.5%	47	23.4%	205
Other adults in school		30.9%	219	31.7%	32	31.8%	278
Health Promotion Adviser		5.8%	41	12.9%	13	6.6%	58
Other external agency		1.1%	8	4.0%	4	1.8%	16
Total Sample		100.0%	730	100.0%	104	100.0%	911
Other external agency	Health Authority	12.5%	1			6.3%	1
	Healthy Schools Standard	25.0%	2			25.0%	4
	A Pause Team			25.0%	1	6.3%	1
	Visiting Speakers	12.5%	1	75.0%	3	25.0%	4
	Clinic Nurse					6.3%	1
	Diocese / Priest / Vicar	12.5%	1			6.3%	1
	Under Review	37.5%	3			25.0%	4
		100.0%	8	100.0%	4	100.0%	16
N.B. Summary of several items: percentages given with base = total sample

Q7: In what ways has your SRE policy been put into practice in the school?

		Primary or mainly KS1/2	Secondary or mainly KS3/4	All
Formal Sex Education Lessons/Curriculum	%	34.9%	28.2%	33.7%
	N	170	20	202
PSE/PSHE	%	20.5%	49.3%	26.2%
	N	100	35	157
Year Groups	%	14.6%	5.6%	13.4%
	N	71	4	80
In Science	%	11.9%	14.1%	11.7%
	N	58	10	70
School Nurse talks to Yr.6	%	11.3%	4.2%	10.4%
	N	55	3	62
Meeting with Parents	%	5.3%	4.2%	5.2%
	N	26	3	31
Issues dealt with as they arise	%	5.1%	2.8%	5.3%
	N	25	2	32
Videos/Pamphlet etc	%	5.3%	1.4%	4.5%
	N	26	1	27
Students Questions Answered Sensitively	%	4.1%	2.8%	4.0%
	N	20	2	24
Discussions Officer	%	4.3%	1.4%	3.7%
	N	21	1	22
School Development Plan/Policy Plan	%	3.7%	2.8%	3.3%
	N	18	2	20
External Relevant Visitors	%	2.9%	5.6%	3.0%
	N	14	4	18
In R.E.	%	1.8%	8.5%	2.7%
	N	9	6	16
Staff Receiving Training	%	2.1%	7.0%	2.5%
	N	10	5	15
Health Education Work	%	2.5%		2.0%
	N	12		12
Relationships	%	2.1%	1.4%	2.2%
	N	10	1	13
Topic Approach	%	1.6%	2.8%	1.7%
	N	8	2	10
Reviewed Yearly	%	1.8%	1.4%	1.7%
	N	9	1	10
Talks & Assemblies	%	1.4%		1.3%
	N	7		8
Short Session Once a Year	%	1.4%		1.2%
	N	7		7
Letters to Parents	%	1.0%		.8%
	N	5		5
Citizenship	%	.6%	1.4%	.7%
	N	3	1	4
A Pause Team	%		4.2%	.7%
	N		3	4
TA Training	%	.4%		.3%
	N	2		2
Minimal at Parents Request	%	.4%		.3%
	N	2		2
Parental Consent	%	.4%		.3%
	N	2		2
None	%	.4%		.3%
	N	2		2
Care for Early Developers	%	.2%		.3%
	N	1		2
0	%	.2%		.2%
	N	1		1
Knowledge of Police	%	.2%		.2%
	N	1		1
Friendly Campaign	%		1.4%	.2%
	N		1	1
Governors Receive Report	%		1.4%	.2%
	N		1	1
	%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
	N	487	71	599
Total Sample		730	104	911

Q8: Who delivers SRE in your school?

		Primary or mainly KS1/2		Secondary or mainly KS3/4		All
		%	N	%	N	%	N
Teacher		93.8%	660	69.0%	69	89.9%	782
Science Teachers		7.5%	53	49.0%	49	14.1%	123
PSHE Teachers		14.2%	100	78.0%	78	24.7%	215
School Nurse		44.2%	311	44.0%	44	43.2%	376
Other external agency		4.4%	31	22.0%	22	7.2%	63
Total Sample		100.0%	730	100.0%	104	100.0%	911
Other external agency:	Health Authority			13.6%	3	4.8%	3
	Healthy Schools Standard			4.5%	1	6.3%	4
	GP	16.1%	5	13.6%	3	14.3%	9
	National Companies			4.5%	1	1.6%	1
	A Pause Team			18.2%	4	7.9%	5
	Visiting Speakers	38.7%	12	40.9%	9	34.9%	22
	Clinic Nurse	3.2%	1	9.1%	2	4.8%	3
	Life Education Centres	32.3%	10	4.5%	1	17.5%	11
	Diocese / Priest / Vicar	3.2%	1	4.5%	1	3.2%	2
	LEA Advisors	9.7%	3			4.8%	3
	Head Teacher					1.6%	1
	Under Review					1.6%	1
	Police & Drugs Agency	6.5%	2	4.5%	1	4.8%	3
	Care Officer					3.2%	2
	Other unspecified	3.2%	1			1.6%	1
		100.0%	31	100.0%	22	100.0%	63
N.B. Summary of several items: percentages given with base = total sample

Q9. Is SRE training included in your school's Professional Development Strategy for Staff?

		Primary or mainly KS1/2	Secondary or mainly KS3/4	All
No	%	24.6%	18.8%	24.2%
	N	170	19	208
Don't know	%	29.8%	24.8%	28.5%
	N	206	25	245
Yes	%	45.6%	56.4%	47.3%
	N	315	57	406
	Valid N	691	101	859
Total Sample		730	104	911

Q10. How well informed do you feel with regard to your responsibilities for Sex and Relationship Education in the school?

		Primary or mainly KS1/2	Secondary or mainly KS3/4	All
[Least well informed]	%	9.1%	5.0%	8.4%
	N	60	5	69
2	%	15.0%	11.9%	15.9%
	N	99	12	131
3	%	34.3%	32.7%	33.7%
	N	227	33	278
4	%	31.6%	39.6%	31.9%
	N	209	40	263
[Most]	%	10.1%	10.9%	10.1%
	N	67	11	83
	Valid N	662	101	824
Total Sample		730	104	911

Q11a: Type of school?

		Primary or mainly KS1/2		Secondary or mainly KS3/4		All
		%	N	%	N	%	N
Infant		11.9%	87	1.9%	2	9.9%	89
Junior		11.4%	83	2.9%	3	9.5%	86
Primary		73.7%	538	1.9%	2	59.9%	540
Secondary				97.1%	101	11.2%	101
First		6.3%	46			5.1%	46
Middle		2.2%	16			1.8%	16
Upper				2.9%	3	.3%	3
Sixth-form				1.9%	2	.2%	2
Special		.4%	3	1.9%	2	4.4%	40
Independent		1.1%	8	7.7%	8	4.2%	38
Other type of school		1.4%	10	1.9%	2	3.1%	28
Other	0	16.7%	2			9.7%	3
	Voluntary Aided	41.7%	5			16.1%	5
	City Tech College					3.2%	1
	Severe Learning Difficulties					3.2%	1
	Grammar			50.0%	1	6.5%	2
	Community College			50.0%	1	6.5%	2
	Combined					12.9%	4
	EBD School					3.2%	1
	Nursery	41.7%	5			32.3%	10
	Preparatory					3.2%	1
	10					3.2%	1
Total Sample		100.0%	730	100.0%	104	100.0%	911
N.B. Summary of several items: percentages given with base = total sample

Q11b. Does your school have a religious foundation?

			Primary or mainly KS1/2	Secondary or mainly KS3/4	All
Religious foundation	C of E	%	83.2%	57.1%	80.7%
		N	228	8	247
	R.C.	%	9.5%	21.4%	9.8%
		N	26	3	30
	Other Christian	%	1.1%	7.1%	1.6%
		N	3	1	5
	Christian undefined	%	2.2%	7.1%	3.6%
		N	6	1	11
	Unspecified	%	2.2%	7.1%	2.6%
		N	6	1	8
	Other	%	1.8%		1.6%
		N	5		5
	Valid N		274	14	306
Total Sample			730	104	911

Q12. Name of LEA?

			Primary or mainly KS1/2	Secondary or mainly KS3/4	All
LEA	Bath & North East Somerset	%	3.6%	3.8%	3.3%
		N	26	4	30
	Bristol City	%	4.0%	4.8%	4.2%
		N	29	5	38
	North Somerset	%	3.6%	4.8%	3.6%
		N	26	5	33
	South Gloucestershire	%	4.3%	3.8%	3.8%
		N	31	4	35
	Dorset CC	%	6.4%	2.9%	5.7%
		N	47	3	52
	Poole	%	1.8%	2.9%	2.0%
		N	13	3	18
	Bournemouth	%	1.1%	3.8%	1.4%
		N	8	4	13
	Wiltshire CC	%	7.4%	6.7%	7.0%
		N	54	7	64
	Swindon	%	2.2%	2.9%	2.2%
		N	16	3	20
	Devon CC	%	13.6%	11.5%	13.1%
		N	99	12	119
	Plymouth	%	4.5%	3.8%	4.4%
		N	33	4	40
	Torquay	%	1.0%	1.9%	1.1%
		N	7	2	10
	Cornwall CC	%	10.7%	9.6%	9.8%
		N	78	10	89
	Gloucestershire CC	%	9.9%	9.6%	9.9%
		N	72	10	90
	[Not given]	%	26.1%	26.9%	28.5%
		N	190	28	259
	Valid N		729	104	910
Total Sample			730	104	911

Any other comments on Sex and Relationship Education:

		Primary or mainly KS1/2	Secondary or mainly KS3/4	All
Under Review	%	32.0%	31.8%	31.5%
	N	47	7	58
PSHE as Core Subject	%	10.2%	4.5%	9.8%
	N	15	1	18
Fully Discussed with Parents	%	8.8%	9.1%	9.8%
	N	13	2	18
School Well Organised	%	9.5%	9.1%	9.2%
	N	14	2	17
School Nurse/Health Education Professional	%	7.5%	13.6%	8.7%
	N	11	3	16
More Information Required	%	9.5%	4.5%	8.2%
	N	14	1	15
Social Development	%	7.5%	9.1%	8.2%
	N	11	2	15
No Formal Teaching Desirable	%	6.1%		6.0%
	N	9		11
More Teaching Required	%	5.4%	9.1%	5.4%
	N	8	2	10
Limited by Young Age of Pupils	%	6.8%		5.4%
	N	10		10
Any Students Questions Answered Sensitively	%	5.4%		5.4%
	N	8		10
Reviewed Yearly	%	5.4%		4.3%
	N	8		8
Whose Responsibility	%	3.4%	9.1%	4.3%
	N	5	2	8
Christian Behaviour	%	3.4%	9.1%	3.8%
	N	5	2	7
Family Values	%	2.7%	9.1%	3.8%
	N	4	2	7
Further Advice Welcomed	%	3.4%	4.5%	3.3%
	N	5	1	6
Prefer Not to Teach It	%	3.4%	4.5%	3.3%
	N	5	1	6
Issues Raised Rather than Taught	%	3.4%		2.7%
	N	5		5
Questionnaire to Parents for Views	%	2.7%		2.2%
	N	4		4
School Policy Document	%	1.4%	4.5%	1.6%
	N	2	1	3
Contraception	%	1.4%		1.6%
	N	2		3
Mixed Views from Parents	%	1.4%		1.6%
	N	2		3
High Level Teenage Pregnancy	%	1.4%		1.1%
	N	2		2
Homosexuality	%	.7%	4.5%	1.1%
	N	1	1	2
More Time for Teaching	%	.7%	4.5%	1.1%
	N	1	1	2
After School Clinic	%		9.1%	1.1%
	N		2	2
All Information Together	%	.7%		.5%
	N	1		1
Low Teenage Pregnancy	%		4.5%	.5%
	N		1	1
No Sexual Harassment	%		4.5%	.5%
	N		1	1
Parents Responsibility	%		4.5%	.5%
	N		1	1
SRE Made Compulsory	%	.7%		.5%
	N	1		1
Special Attention for at Risk Girls	%			.5%
	N			1
	%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
	N	147	22	184
Total Sample		730	104	911