Our 2024 report will be published on 1st May 2025!

 In the 2022-23 academic year, more than 7,400 survey participants from 18 schools and colleges across the UK took part in the Dignify School Survey.

When looking at these responses, key findings showed that:

· 39% of respondents had viewed porn 

· the average age of first viewing porn was only 12 

· 88% of those who viewed porn went on to do so again

· 18% of respondents who had used porn more than once reported a porn habit and 14% reported having an addiction to porn

· 44% of children reported that they observed sexual comments, remarks or jokes at least weekly at school

· 22% observed rumours or comments about someone’s sexual activity at least weekly

· Less than a quarter of respondents (24%) cited their parents or carers as a source of sex education but one in ten respondents (10%) had turned to porn to find out more about sex

The full report can be accessed here