A school in Hertfordshire has withdrawn a graphic sex education leaflet which was given to pupils.
The Thomas Alleyne School in Stevenage failed to properly check the leaflet before it was distributed to pupils.
Parent Amanda Clark is considering home tutoring her 13-year-old daughter after seeing the “explicit” information.
The school, which has offered counselling to Ms Clark’s daughter, is now in the process of reviewing its sex education policy.
Ms Clark said: “She was obviously very upset about something. It took her four days to actually tell me about it.
“It was so explicit, far too explicit for her age, with her being only 13. It was totally inappropriate.”
Ms Clark is worried about the long term effect on her daughter.
The school said the whole episode was a mistake.
Headteacher Jonathan Block said: “The leaflet was one of the sexual resources that was given to a member of staff and that member of staff chose to go through the resources and photocopy a section of it and give it to the youngsters.
“It should not have been given as a one off piece, it should have been the whole document.
“Perhaps in hindsight it was not appropriate for that age group.”
[via BBC]
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