’Edinburgh council said feedback on the new arrangements had been “universally positive” with pupils reporting they feel “safer and less intimidated”’
Which pupils did they ask? I can’t think of a single reason any young person would feel safer in mixed-sex toilets, though it may be that these are single-occupancy floor to ceiling toilets with a sink in the room. In which case it should be made very clear that it is the room design which helps, not the fact that the toilets are mixed sex.