Government guidance to help teachers deal with the growing number of children identifying as transgender has been delayed.
The Department for Education had been due to publish draft guidance before the end of this year to help schools that are grappling with questions over which toilets, changing facilities, uniforms and sports teams transgender students use.
But education Secretary Gillian Keegan said it will not be published until “early next year” and admitted “I haven’t seen any of it yet.”
Ms Keegan, who became the fifth education secretary in the past year after being appointed in October, told MPs on the education committee: “We completely understand the issue, the urgency, the sensitivity, the concern from parents and the concern that some teachers are also raising.” But she refused to give a date for when the guidance will be published.
