Schools will be told to bar children who want to change their gender from using lavatories or changing facilities of the opposite sex under new government guidelines.
The guidance highlights existing legislation stating that separate lavatories must be provided for boys and girls aged eight years and over.
The rules, which are due next month, are expected to point to exemptions in the Equality Act that allow schools to provide “same-sex services” as long as they are “objectively justifiable”.
A recent report by Policy Exchange, a conservative think tank, found that at least 28 per cent of schools were not maintaining single-sex lavatories and 19 per cent did not have single-sex changing rooms.
Children who wish to change their gender can be provided with alternative facilities.
