Pupils in England can learn about gender surgery but not ‘ideology’, says Keegan

In an interview last month, the education secretary said she would stop using the phrase ‘trans women are women’. Photograph: Lucy North/PA

Children will be allowed to learn about trans people who have undergone gender reassignment surgery but not “gender ideology”, the education secretary has said.

Gillian Keegan said government guidance on sex education was aimed at stopping “gender ideology” that was “ignoring biological sex” being used in some schools.