Nearly 1 in 10 of county's kids aged 11-16 admit to sharing explicit images of themselves

A SOCIAL media survey has revealed the proportion of high school pupils in Flint-shire who have sent sexually explicit images of themselves remains above the national average.

- By ALEC DOYLE Local Democracy Reporter

A survey of 11-16 year-olds found that almost 9% of students admitted to sending sexual images of themselves to another person - the Welsh average is just over 8%.

While Flintshire's figure remains high in comparison to the rest of the country, it does represent a fall of more than 1% on the previous survey.

The School Health Research Network (SHRN) study also revealed a higher rate of cyberbullying in the authority compared to the Welsh average, with 16.6% of pupils admitting to carrying out cyberbullying and 22.6% of students reporting being victims of online abuse.

In total 7,349 students from all 11 Flintshire secondary schools took part in the survey.