Most Primary School Teachers Feel They Cannot Talk About Sexuality

A recent poll shows a staggering percentage of teachers who didn't know they could talk about sexuality in the classroom.

by Newsdesk | 4th July 2014

A survey by Stonewall, Britain's leading gay, lesbian and bisexual charity, found that just 11% of primary school teachers knew they could discuss issues surrounding sexuality, such as same-sex parenting and sexual education.

Teachers and educators have been able to discuss issues surrounding sexuality since 2003, when a law (section 28) which prohibited anyone who worked in a school from talking to minors about homosexuality was repealed.

Interestingly the survey found that teachers in London were less likely to talk about these issues with their pupils. The picture is a little-less grim elsewhere, it found 35% of teachers in Scotland, 25% in the South, 245 in the north and 22% in the Midlands knew they could talk about sexuality.

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