Dr John Tripp

“80 per cent of 14-year-olds thought most teenagers have had sex by the age of 16.”

“on average, boys have sex for the first time at 16; girls a year later.”

“Those pupils not on the programme were one and a half times more likely to have had intercourse by the age of 16 than those who were.”

“A third of young women become pregnant before the age of 20; around 40,000 teenagers annually have an abortion.”