US EditionFour-Year-Olds Able to Change Pronouns Under UK Government Schools Guidance
The UK government plans to embed cautious gender identity guidance in schools, requiring parental involvement and maintaining single-sex spaces based on biological sex.
- NHS England issued guidance telling schools to seek parents' views on social transitioning requests and consider clinical advice unless safeguarding concerns arise, following the Cass review.
- The review was commissioned after a sharp rise in referrals to gender services, and NHS England found evidence for medical interventions for under‑18s is "remarkably weak", Dr Hilary Cass reported.
- The guidance mandates no exceptions for single‑sex facilities in schools and colleges, including toilets and changing rooms, and requires alternative arrangements like gender‑neutral toilets when possible.
- It will be enforceable via Ofsted and folded into the Keeping Children Safe in Education framework from September 2026, following a 10-week consultation announced by the Department for Education on Thursday.
- Amid an often‑polarised public debate, some stakeholders welcomed the guidance while others criticised its social‑transition content; Maya Forstater endorsed it, but Stonewall said it will review it, noting most children exploring gender identities do not fully transition.
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The Independent (US)‘Gender guidance could drive wedges between schools and parents’ – Tory peer
The newly-proposed guidance is different to the draft guidance published under the Conservatives. Proposed guidance on gender-questioning children could “drive wedges” between schools and parents, a former education boss has claimed. But unions have generally welcomed the safeguarding updates from the Department for Education (DfE), saying they will provide “consistency” for schools on how to address issues such as pronouns and sports. The propo…
Pupils able to 'socially transition' but girls' toilets should remain 'female-only', new gender guidance for schools says
Schools must not let pupils into facilities designated for the opposite biological sex, even if they are gender questioning, new Department for Education (DfE) guidance says.
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