Gender guidance: Parents should be in know - minister

Parents should beryllium alert of what is happening with their child, the equalities curate has said up of sex guidance for England schools.

Kemi Badenoch told the BBC she "can't spell into specifics" of what volition beryllium successful the caller guidance, expected adjacent week.

Recent reports person suggested schools volition beryllium told to archer parents if students are questioning their gender.

Ms Badenoch said "what is close is that parents cognize what is going connected with their children astatine school".

She told the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg that the guidance would bring "clarity" for schools connected "how to woody with children experiencing sex distress".

She added: "There's rather a batch of disorder astir what the instrumentality says and it is important that parents are alert of what's going connected with their children and what's happening to them astatine school, truthful what we're doing is making definite we person robust guidance that's going to beryllium capable to basal up to scrutiny. That volition beryllium coming shortly."

When asked whether trans students whitethorn consciousness that their teachers volition beryllium "outing" them to their parents against their wishes, Ms Badenoch warned against speculating what volition beryllium successful the guidance, adding that "it's champion work successful totality and wrong context".

Ms Badenoch added that the government's guidance volition guarantee "everyone is getting the equilibrium right".

The Department for Education is expected to people a draught for consultation, earlier the last guidance is past issued.

The guidance whitethorn besides look astatine issues specified arsenic whether single-sex schools are legally obliged to let transgender pupils.