Schools and teachers urgently need ministers to publish long-delayed transgender guidance to ensure that pupils are treated with consistency and fairness, the children’s commissioner for England has said.
Rachel de Souza said the guidance, which Rishi Sunak had promised to publish earlier this summer, should be issued as soon as possible, based on her conversations with parents, children and school leaders in England.
“I think headteachers, families and children are calling for it, crying out for it,” De Souza said in an interview with PA Media. “They’re all talking to me about the need for this clarity, so I think we need to see it as soon as possible.
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