GIRLS as young as 13 are being given birth control jabs and implants by their school nurses, a report claims.
The paper claims that the injections and implants have been given to 13-year-old girls more than 20 times.
But schools are under no obligation to tell parents about the treatments - because of strict patient confidentiality rules.
Figures also show that 7,400 15-year-old girls have attended family planning clinics for the jabs and implants.
Dr Peter Saunders, chief executive of the Christian Medical Fellowship, slammed school health workers who give out the contraceptives.
He told the paper “to facilitate such behavior behind parents’ backs is unprofessional, irresponsible and morally wrong”.
The survey discovered that schools in Bristol, Northumbria, Peterborough, Co Durham, the West Midlands and Berkshire offered the treatments.
It found that in Bristol contraceptive injections have been given to girls 430 times in the past two years.
Health minister Dr Dan Poulter, said: “Young people under the age of 16 are legally able to access contraceptive and sexual health services and any advice given will be kept confidential.
"However, the health professional must always encourage a young person to talk to their parents about their sexual health.”
