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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Richard Adams Education editor

Guidance to allow transgender children to socially transition in English schools

A sign calls for trans inclusion in schools at a London Trans+ Pride march.
A sign calls for trans inclusion in schools at a London Trans+ Pride march. Photograph: Mark Kerrison/In Pictures/Getty Images

Transgender children in England will be able to socially transition at school, subject to conditions to be detailed in guidance issued to schools later this year.

The guidance is said to take “a presumption against” children transitioning to a different gender at school but is likely to allow them to change their preferred names, pronouns or uniforms. It marks a climbdown from reports that some ministers were seeking to ban social transitioning within schools entirely.

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