Evidence 

To help you find key data and research evidence relating to SRE and sexual health this section provides:

Research and surveys published by the Sex Education Forum are listed below.

Sex Education Forum research and surveys

Forum briefing: young people's survey on Sex and Relationships Education [PDF 478KB]

Forum briefing: teacher's survey on Sex and Relationships Education [PDF 95KB]

Abstinence-only’ Education [PDF 50KB]
Briefing looking at some of the evidence on teenage pregnancy to reflect on why the Sex Education Forum does not support the abstinence–only approach

Sex Education Forum, 2008, National mapping survey of on-site sexual health services in education settings: Provision in schools and pupil referral units in England. [PDF 2.6 MB]

Sex Education Forum, 2008, National mapping survey of on-site sexual health services in education settings: provision in FE and sixth form colleges. [PDF 2.6 MB]  Please note that the data in this report was correct at January 2008 and there have since been changes in some colleges in status of service provision. Despite efforts to achieve accuracy in the data collected it has been brought to the attention of the Sex Education Forum that there are errors in respect to a small number of colleges (less than 1% of the total). In particular we would like to apologise to Cardinal Newman College who are reported as having 'basic services' and actually have 'no services'.

Cover of All You Need is Love

All You Need is Love: The morality of sexual relationships through the eyes of young people (2005)
Sue Sharpe and Rachel Thomson

Illustrated with the voices of young people living in England and Northern Ireland, All You Need is Love explores what young people think about the morality of sexual relationships. It considers the factors that make sex legitimate for young people and their feelings about under-age sex, the age of consent, sexual pressures, teenage pregnancy, abortion, teenage magazines, pornography, homosexuality and raising a child.