Medicals Exams in the UK

I don't know if school medicals are still carried out in Scotland, I'm sure one of our members might know.

I had one in London when starting school in 1988. I think the year below me did too, but I don;t know about any beyond then.

I only had one 'proper' school medical exam, where they checked more than just height and weight. Unfortunately I was only about 5 at the time so I can't remember very much of it, which is a pity for me as what I can remember is rather good.

I remember standing in the middle of the room in just my socks and underpants with the doctor looking at me. The doctor then told me to take off my socks, which I did, so I was now stood in just my underpants and bare feet. The doctor then told me to drop my underpants to the floor, which I did, and then to step forward out of them, which I also did. I vividly remember standing there, fully naked, with the doctor looking at me.

The next thing I remember is quite weird. I remember standing at the far end of the room, still fully naked, facing the doctor while he performed eyesight and hearing tests. I have no idea why I was still naked for those tests, and unfortunately that is all I can remember. I would love to be able to remember more, how I ended up naked at the far end of the room etc.

I have fantasised about this exam my whole life. It is my favourite scenario to re-enact with my playdoc.

I rember having school medicals at 5-11-and 15 all in the 70sand they wear compulsory

The area was Lancashire. The year would be 1966 I think. We (boys) had to go down to a classroom that had been set aside and strip down to our underpants then go back out into the corridor and wait to be called into another classroom. Each time a boy came out the next boy in the line went in and sat down to wait his turn. Inside there would be two boys sitting waiting and two boys being examined. I can't remember much about the examination except the crucial bit. A nurse called us over and confirmed our names then the thing I remember most is being told to drop and step out of my underpants and having her check my genitals including checking that my testicles had dropped and doing a 'turn your head and cough for me' then turn around and bend over and felt my butt cheeks being separated by her fingers, not sure if she was checking for signs of abuse or not.

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Very similar for me but mid 70's, when I was about the age when some boys were pubescent and some weren't. We queued in groups in underwear, awaiting a male doctor and a female nurse, seen one boy at a time. She took the records while he tugged my undies down my thighs, felt all round each of my balls seemingly for about 30 seconds each, and then as you say briefly inspected my anus, not by touching it but by gently pushing my bum cheeks apart with both hands and having a close look.

^^^ Something doesn't add up...."very similar for me when I was about the age but mid 70's"

The area was Lancashire. The year would be 1966 I think. We (boys) had to go down to a classroom that had been set aside and strip down to our underpants then go back out into the corridor and wait to be called into another classroom. Each time a boy came out the next boy in the line went in and sat down to wait his turn. Inside there would be two boys sitting waiting and two boys being examined. I can't remember much about the examination except the crucial bit. A nurse called us over and confirmed our names then the thing I remember most is being told to drop and step out of my underpants and having her check my genitals including checking that my testicles had dropped and doing a 'turn your head and cough for me' then turn around and bend over and felt my butt cheeks being separated by her fingers, not sure if she was checking for signs of abuse or not.

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Very similar for me but mid 70's, when I was about the age when some boys were pubescent and some weren't. We queued in groups in underwear, awaiting a male doctor and a female nurse, seen one boy at a time. She took the records while he tugged my undies down my thighs, felt all round each of my balls seemingly for about 30 seconds each, and then as you say briefly inspected my anus, not by touching it but by gently pushing my bum cheeks apart with both hands and having a close look.

Having re read this post, in the second paragraph Jayt suggests he was around in the mid 70's. This would be impossible if the age indicated on his profile is correct.

Good catch Rockdoc. Time for Jayt to clarify?

School medicals of a sort were certainly still carried out into the 1990's in these parts- I left school in 1993, and had a medical in what was the third year, and also in the the fifth year as we were leaving. The medical in the third year was basic height/weight/vision and hearing check, with the addition of bending over to allow the nurse to check for scoliosis. They didn't do a very good job, as the nurse totally missed mine! This was done in the PE changing rooms; and the girls were separate from the boys. We were told to change into our PE skirts, but to only wear a bra on top. We were then called out in alphabetical order, told to reach up and then bend over, and then sent to put our shirts on for the rest of the exam. We also had a vaccination too; I think it was for rubella.

In the the fifth year, again we had height/weight checks, and also a polio and tetanus booster. This time boys and girls were together, and it was rather a production line affair- we formed a line in alphabetical order, and then filed through the process of first height- have it shouted out to the scribe ("Binky 1266: 5 feet nothing!"), then weight- again shouted out ("Binky 1266: 95lb!" Yes, I was a very skinny kid...), and then onto the vaccinations. All done in front of our fellow pupils, and then straight back to class nursing sore arms and with the foul taste of the polio vaccination in our mouths. No sugar lumps for us!

I had school medicals every year during high school, some done at school, some requiring to go to medical center. Of course, much more thorough at medical center. usually totally undressed, doctor was checking everything. It was not fun, especially when getting older.

@Inge J66One has to say it: I guess most here would be curious about how they went, what was examined how, and how you felt.

I definitely remember exams in the 90s but they weren't ever anything that involved nudity. Just height, weight, eyesight and hearing I think.

These were done in the "medical room". A group of four (same gender) went over evey so often and you'd take your sweatshirt and shoes off while you were in the corridor outside then be called in one at a time.

For injections it was the same setup but I remember being asked to take my arm out of one sleeve of my t-shirt while waiting in the small group - just before going into the room. Suppose this would have left me a bit exposed - but I was too Young to care at that point. As we got older we didn't have to slip our arm out until we were in the room.

I never had my genitals checked but remember the boys saying that they did when we were about 14. No idea if it was true - but it created quite a buzz as everyone came back to class.

Can confirm that in Scotland these tests continued into the 80s at least as that's when I had mine. I've mentioned it in my introduction, but here is a bit more detail and shows just how nieve I was.

I was one of the younger members in my year so I didn't get taken at the same time as them . Instead I got done a year later and had forgotten or assumed that I wasn't going to get exam. When the letter came it was a bit of a shock. I had been masturbating for about two years previously and had some veins on my penis. I was convinced I would get discovered in the exam and this would be reported back, so I was very nervous. I think the letter would have been to my parents asking for permission or asking if either wanted to be there. I can't remember the detail now , but in the event permission was given and they decided not to come, much to my relief.

I was in fourth year in secondary , so was 15. On the day I had to report to the medical room. When I got there I discovered another lad, also called Alan who I vaguely knew as he was in same year but in different classes. I think he was in same predicament ie being too young when his classmates done. We were both called into the actual medical room. The doctor was an old guy and there was a similarly old nurse helping out, although she seemed to be doing most of the admin and recording. I don't remember much about the exam except for the key testicles and penis bit, although I do remember the chest being listened to by stethoscope. There were no urine or semen samples required. Not knowing the details of exam and having leg pulled by classmates who had had theirs a year earlier I wasn't sure what to expect!

We both stripped to pants. Both of us had white briefs on . A bit of a coincidence as I was aware from changing room that bright briefs and y fronts were all the rage. No one wore boxers. I remember ditties g in just my pants while he stood in front do doctor. The doctor who was sitting then pulled his white briefs down exposing his ass to me. I tried not to look as much out of fear of getting erection more than anything else, but I was fascinated. I could seen the Doctor in front of him obviously doing something to him but I couldn't see what. That to me is my overwhelming memory of the day. That this guy in front of me had no choice but to submit to the doctor and I think that's what I love about medicals today. Anyway the guy was asked to cough moving his head both left and right. Then he was asked to turn round . I tried not to stare but was again fascinated. He wasn't erect but had what we called a semi, just slightly aroused . A nice pubic bush. We off course never made eye contact, he was asked to show soles of feet left and right . The doctor grabbed his ankles and examined feet , not sure what for. Then he was asked to get dressed .

Then it was my turn . Same routine. Stood in front of him. He pulled my pants down. The bit that I couldn't see happening to the other guy was the testicles exam and he used his fingers and thumb to examine me. I was waiting for him , and dreading the comment about veins on my cock but he didn't say a thing . Other than lifting penis to examine testicles he did not examine it all. I was relieved when he asked me to turn round and present soles of my feet. That was it , was then told to get dressed and go back to class. I didn't get an erection, which had been a worry but I think I was just so scared of the consequences of him finding out I was masturbating and generally nervous of the procedure. I do remember masturbating when I got home thinking about the other guy getting examined. I had played dis and nurses before but I think this is where my real interest in exams comes from. Just love the idea of guys submitting to the Doctor

I had several medical exams whilst at school in 60's/70's 3 or 4 of them all quite embarrassing to me anyway for being plump. I remember at around 11 being in a queue of girls all in just vest and knickers and barefoot waiting in the corridor to be called in in turn. I remember one girl in the queue crying because her teacher had discovered whilst we were in the changing room she wasnt wearing the regulation navy knickers...so after her exam she had been told to go straight to the classroom before getting dressed....our class teacher at the time favoured slapping the backs of legs so she knew that was coming..

Yes I remember the girls going to Gym. They always wore Navy Blue knickers . Could never figure out why they were all same. Presumably part of stipulated school uniform? This was in primary school , we weren't allowed to watch the girls at a Gym in secondary although we once had a hairy game of hockey with them!

There were no urine or semen samples required

I never heard that a semen sample is required at a school exam. Or do you mean to collect a sample in the urethra to detect STIs?

No I was being wound up by my classmates who had had their exams a year previously. They were full of stories of what went on in the exam , known in my school as "the balls test". The reality was a bit more mundane, although still quite erotic for me

It looks like Jayt has either quit this forum or has been kicked off.

I never heard that a semen sample is required at a school exam. Or do you mean to collect a sample in the urethra to detect STIs?

I was surprised of that too. I have never heard either that a semen sample is required during school physicals. Urine sample is perfectly fine of course. It's a part of the exam in the neighborhood where I live.

I was at school in the UK in the 1950s/60s.

For me, school medicals took place every 2 or 3 years.

The format seemed to be the same throughout these years.

I was always at an all boys school, and the doctor was always male.

To me he always seemed old, balding and overweight.

The story told was that the doctor was moved onto school medicals, because he wasn't very good.

The medical was carried out in the school sports hall.

Screens were put up around the examination area.

I stripped to the waist and then went in to see the doctor.

Height and weight taken, and then chest expansion.

Front and back palpitated and stethed.

The I dropped my trousers and the doctor looked me up and down. The he felt my balls and asked me to cough.

I think on 2 occasions he pulled back my penis foreskin.

When I went on school trips abroad a quick medical was required, either by my own doctor or by a visiting school doctor.

Hi, I started school in early 80's (West Midlands) and had a physical exam around 6/7 years of age. There were only boys in the hall, lined up in pants and vests at one end with mothers, there was a table in middle of hall where exam took place, two chairs, one for parent and one for female doctor plus a small desk. Usual tests, eyes, chest, height then it was off with pants for genital check including retraction of foreskin. There was no screens or privacy. I seem to remember at end we were asked to look at some pictures of penises and asked to point to the one we most looked like (cut / uncut), I was uncircumcised at time. After exam we went off into corner of hall and got dressed again.

Turned out I had a tight foreskin and had to have an exam with family GP a few weeks after which ended up being circumcised a few months later.

Only other things that got done in school were a few injections during high school.

I remember my time in hospital for the operation well and have no idea why we were examined in school or shown the pictures and asked to point to the one we most looked like. Perhaps some kind of surgery or research?

Anyone else experience anything like it?

I seem to remember at end we were asked to look at some pictures of penises and asked to point to the one we most looked like (cut / uncut),

That is something I've never heard of or read about. Maybe it was some sort of psychological test because if you has just had a genital examination, the doctor certainly wouldn't have needed your idea of how you thought your genitals looked. He would have been able to see all he needed to know by himself.

It was the east end intelligence test. Oh my bad. I'm sorry that was a joke. I don't even live there.

I was about 7-8 years old and can't remember much about it. However even at that age I was into stethoscopes and that bit stands out in my memory. All the boys were stripped to their shorts in the school hall and standing in line. The doctor was a lady who seemed quite old to us. She sat on a chair at the front of the hall and called for the boys to come forward. I stepped forward and stood in front of her, she wore an old style stethoscope with two black rubber tubes and a cone chest piece ( it must have had a split in the tube because it had a sticking plaster wrapped around ! ). She placed the stethoscope on my chest, said 'Breathe Deeply' .I took one breath in and out and she said 'OK, NEXT'. She sat on the chair and listened to one inhalation with every boy and never took the stethoscope out of her ears until everyone was done. Not a very thorough stething but it still sticks in my mind after 50 years !!

We had medical examinations a couple of times when I was at Secondary School in the 1970s. The first one was in the first year there, when I was about 11 and a half. I can remember having to strip down to my vest and knickers and having my height and weight checked by the school nurse . She also checked my hands for warts and feet for verrucas. The doctor then asked me to lift my vest to so she could check my heart and lungs with the stereoscope. Although I had the first slight signs of development it would be several more months before the vest would be replaced by a bra. Several of my classmates were wearing them by that time and I think the nurse did suggest to a few others that perhaps it was time they asked their mum to get them one!

The second medical was when I was about 15. In many ways it was similar to the first, except that by that time I was wearing a bra. I had to unhook it and partially remove it so the doctor could do a quick visual examination of my breasts. I didn't really understand why at the time, but I suppose they were checking for inverted nipples or something). I didn't have to remove my knickers, but the nurse did have a quick peek down there and ask if my periods were regular.

Must have been about 11 or 12 when we had it done nothing out of the ordinary hard to remember actually

I remember my school medical in the mid 1980s sitting outside with other boys joking about walking in on you and showing you a porn mag so you got an erection in front of the nurse the nurse called me in and told to stand in front of her and drop my trousers and pants I just dropped my trousers and she said and your pants which I did and she suddenly squeezed them I could feel the inside of my testicles dhe never said to cough whatever that joke was about and no other examine like foreskin or groin height weight eyesight I still feel nervous thinking about it and feel like I should recreate it.

School medicals of a sort were certainly still carried out into the 1990's in these parts- I left school in 1993, and had a medical in what was the third year, and also in the the fifth year as we were leaving. The medical in the third year was basic height/weight/vision and hearing check, with the addition of bending over to allow the nurse to check for scoliosis. They didn't do a very good job, as the nurse totally missed mine! This was done in the PE changing rooms; and the girls were separate from the boys. We were told to change into our PE skirts, but to only wear a bra on top. We were then called out in alphabetical order, told to reach up and then bend over, and then sent to put our shirts on for the rest of the exam. We also had a vaccination too; I think it was for rubella.

In the the fifth year, again we had height/weight checks, and also a polio and tetanus booster. This time boys and girls were together, and it was rather a production line affair- we formed a line in alphabetical order, and then filed through the process of first height- have it shouted out to the scribe ("Binky 1266: 5 feet nothing!"), then weight- again shouted out ("Binky 1266: 95lb!" Yes, I was a very skinny kid...), and then onto the vaccinations. All done in front of our fellow pupils, and then straight back to class nursing sore arms and with the foul taste of the polio vaccination in our mouths. No sugar lumps for us!

This experience sound familair both in terms of the same period of early 90s, basic height/weight/vision tests but also the girls wearing only bras on top. Curiously this seemed to be for allowing quick unrestricted access to the girls upper arms for those painful injections than for any scoliosis check. The production line nature of it all did at least make it all as quick as possible!

No injection-sore arms for me, Binky, because I foolishly opted for booster shots from my family doctor who always gave them to me in the bottom. Trying to disguise discomfort sitting down while others had sore arms from the school nurse was very embarrassing.

We certainly had them in Scotland well at our school anyway. It was 1989 I was 14 it was a small town with neighbouring towns coming to our school was a fair size. All males got called by individual classes. Happened in the medical room all boys had to strip to pants and kind of conduct a line was very quick 2 nurses and 1 doc and the Social education teacher. You moved along height etc but the dictor behind a screen that's where you dropped pant and he checked balls and penis. Then back to put clothes on. Wasn't terribly embarrassing as this time you had seen most guys in pants or less in gym class changing room. The only thing I found embarrassing was the district nurse who overseen everything was a friend of my mum and my dad was the janitor and the teacher and him got on well, hope they never discussed lol