PM pledges trans guidance for schools for summer term

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1. Transgender guidance for schools to be published for summer term, says PM | Independent

2. Transgender guidance for schools to be published this summer, says Rishi Sunak | i News

3. Sunak promises guidelines for schools on issues of gender identity | The Guardian

4. Schools to receive guidance on gender issues after concerning report, says Rishi Sunak | Sky News

5. Minister set to warn schools over pupils changing gender | The Times

6. New rules forcing teachers to tell parents if their kids want to change gender will be published in weeks | The Sun

Rishi Sunak has promised schools will receive guidance on policies for transgender pupils for the summer term.

The Prime Minister intervened after a teaching union said its members were navigating a 'minefield' around gender.

He was asked about a report from a centre-right think tank Policy Exchange which looked at 154 English secondary schools.

It found only 39 of them reliably informed parents when pupils identified as trans or questioned their gender,

Eighty-seven schools found parents were not reliably informed, 14 did not provide enough detail and a further 14 chose not to respond.

The authors of the report, written as part of the think tank's Biology Matters Project, submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to 304 of England's 24,000 secondary schools.