Organs: Donors
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered extending organ donation education to primary schools; and what assessment has been made of the potential merits of introducing age-appropriate teaching at primary level.
Answered by Georgia Gould
As part of the updated statutory relationships, sex and health education guidance, the curriculum sets out that pupils at secondary age should be taught about blood, organ and stem cell donation.
Whilst organ donation is not a compulsory subject at primary level, schools can incorporate it in an age-appropriate way and use the Oak Academy lesson plans which includes a section on organs, the transplant waiting list and relevant legislation.
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