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Schools sector sounds the alarm over transgender guidance

Calls for government to back schools in legal cases, fears guidance clashes with safeguarding rules and isn’t in child’s best interests

Keegan wants ‘extreme caution’ from schools after trans advice delayed

Education secretary claimed guidance delay was to ‘allow more time’ to speak with teachers, parents and lawyers

George White, inclusion lead, St Paul’s Catholic School

George White, inclusion lead and RE teacher at St Paul’s Catholic School, transitioned while starting a job at his childhood school. He tells Jess Staufenberg why openness about being transgender matters to him – and calls for clearer guidance from government It was a Tuesday night and George White was shopping for a suit to […]

Schools can ignore trans pupils’ gender preference, claims attorney general

But heads say claims schools can ban trans pupils from toilets or wearing uniform of their chosen gender just ‘muddy water’

Schools warned over new ‘harmful’ Transgender Trend stickers

The charity Stonewall has condemned the actions of pressure group Transgender Trend in publishing a set of stickers on its website which promote messages such as “kids shouldn’t be taught in school that they can choose to be a boy or a girl”. The stickers, which director of Transgender Trend Stephanie Davies-Arai‏ recommended to put “all over […]