Official government guidance on provision for transgender students will be expanded to include further education colleges, the education secretary has said.
The Department for Education has been working on the guidance for schools over the past year amid calls for clarity on how leaders should respond to “complex and sensitive” transgender matters.
Gillian Keegan has now written to Robin Walker, chairman of the education select committee, to confirm that draft guidance will be released and consulted on “later in the spring”.
She added that the department recently expanded the scope of the guidance to include further education colleges, “as we know that colleges also need clarity and support in relation to their students who are under 18 years old”.
