Today (19 December) the Department for Education has published comprehensive guidance for teachers on how best to support pupils questioning their gender in schools.
This includes requests from pupils for ‘social transition’ which can include requests to change pronouns, names, and uniform.
In response to the complex phenomenon of the increasing number of children questioning their gender, the government has taken the time to carefully and robustly address the challenges and issues involved.
The guidance will assist teachers in ensuring that they are acting in the best interests of children.
Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan said:
This guidance puts the best interests of all children first, removing any confusion about the protections that must be in place for biological sex and single-sex spaces, and making clear that safety and safeguarding for all children must always be schools’ primary concern.
Parents’ views must also be at the heart of all decisions made about their children – and nowhere is that more important than with decisions that can have…
