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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

‘Gender guidance could drive wedges between schools and parents’ – Tory peer

Proposals for schools guidance on gender-questioning children have been put out to consultation (David Jones/PA) - (PA Wire)

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.

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