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Guidance for schools in BBC news

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WallaceinAnderland · 12/02/2026 15:05

'The legally-binding advice for all schools in England also says there are "no exceptions" for single-sex facilities, including toilets and changing rooms, with single-sex sports also protected.'

Vast Majority of parents should be told if pupils question their gender

A parent kneels in a modern kitchen, holding and comforting a school‑aged child who is wearing a uniform and a large backpack, as they share a close and supportive moment.

Tell parents if pupils question gender at school, government says

School leaders welcome the "greater clarity" on how to handle the polarising issue for parents and pupils.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k809vnx0yo

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OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 12/02/2026 16:59

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/02/2026 16:59

Added to the list! 😂

MoistVonL · 12/02/2026 16:58

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/02/2026 16:46

I will defo visit the Paris catacombs some time!

There's always the Capuchin Crypt in Rome, should you fancy more insane things built of skeletons.

They've got a whole Grim Reaper with a scythe built from leg bones and a shoulder blade, iifc

Capuchin Crypt - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capuchin_Crypt

wantmorenow · 12/02/2026 16:56

I hope this brings an end to the nonsense that the Dad on here is currently fighting against in the Brighton School that has spectacularly failed to safeguard his daughter and her right to single sex changing at school. Sorry don't have link to his name.

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 12/02/2026 16:56

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SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 16:53

This thread has taken a very strange turn😬

I'll get back to my lane 😶

MarieDeGournay · 12/02/2026 16:50

This thread has taken a very strange turn😬

I think the guidance is good - it's strange that it allows 'transitioning' ,but you still have to use the same toilet as your fellow 'assigned at births', but at least it is clear about single sex spaces being just that.

OpheliaWitchoftheWoods · 12/02/2026 16:50

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SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/02/2026 16:50

DuchessofReality · 12/02/2026 16:48

I am so pleased for you!

I'm over the moon - as long as it all lands - with luck I can get the Head censored or fired whilst I tidy it all up.....

DuchessofReality · 12/02/2026 16:48

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/02/2026 16:44

"105. Schools must not allow children into toilets designated for the opposite
biological sex. This includes where schools are responding to a request to support any degree of social transition for children who are questioning their gender."

"112. Schools and colleges must not allow a child, aged 11 years or older at the
start of the school year, to undress in front of a child of the opposite biological sex, to comply with their safeguarding duties. When responding to a request to support any degree of social transition this must not include allowing access to changing rooms designated for the opposite sex."

"192. To comply with their safeguarding duties, schools and colleges must not
allow a child to share overnight accommodation with a child of the opposite
biological sex. Responding to a request to support any degree of social transitionmust not include allowing access to boarding or residential accommodation designated for the opposite sex"

(from the draft guidance)

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I am so pleased for you!

DuchessofReality · 12/02/2026 16:48

Can someone link the draft guidance?

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/02/2026 16:46

SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 16:44

Very medieval. They had a different attitude to death ...

https://www.booksandtravel.page/catacombs-paris/

I will defo visit the Paris catacombs some time!

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/02/2026 16:45

Has anyone been to Toraja in Indonesia? Fascinating place, with lots of skulls everywhere.

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/02/2026 16:44

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/02/2026 15:06

I think the head of my school is totally fucked.

"105. Schools must not allow children into toilets designated for the opposite
biological sex. This includes where schools are responding to a request to support any degree of social transition for children who are questioning their gender."

"112. Schools and colleges must not allow a child, aged 11 years or older at the
start of the school year, to undress in front of a child of the opposite biological sex, to comply with their safeguarding duties. When responding to a request to support any degree of social transition this must not include allowing access to changing rooms designated for the opposite sex."

"192. To comply with their safeguarding duties, schools and colleges must not
allow a child to share overnight accommodation with a child of the opposite
biological sex. Responding to a request to support any degree of social transitionmust not include allowing access to boarding or residential accommodation designated for the opposite sex"

(from the draft guidance)

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/02/2026 16:42

WarriorN · 12/02/2026 16:31

(Skulls!)

For The Skull Throne.

(sorry, outing myself a little there)

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/02/2026 16:41

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/02/2026 16:32

I didn’t know that!

Very Warhammer.

One in Czech Republic as well, worth a visit. Bone palace or similar

EasternStandard · 12/02/2026 16:33

WallaceinAnderland · 12/02/2026 16:29

Excellent that it's been welcomed by everyone.

Not everyone. Of course the gov won’t cover this in a press release. Social transitioning is not good for dc. If that’s still happening then MF is right.

However, Maya Forstater, the chief executive of Sex Matters, said allowing children to transition socially at school was encouraging “a dangerous fairy tale”.

She said: “Schools are still being left with the idea that they can facilitate ‘social transition’ – which remains undefined – and that they should negotiate this on a case-by-case basis.

“They are being encouraged to think that children have a ‘birth sex’ as well as some other concept of sex. This has no basis in law or reality, and undermines safeguarding.

“It should be clear by now that allowing children and parents to think that a child who starts their education as a girl can graduate as a boy or vice versa is a dangerous fairy tale.”

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/02/2026 16:32

SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 16:21

Ever been round teh catacombs in Paris ?

All sorts of sculptures made from human bones.

I didn’t know that!

WarriorN · 12/02/2026 16:31

(Skulls!)

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/02/2026 16:31

This part is great

It clearly sets out that single sex spaces must be protected. Without exception, no child should be made to feel unsafe through inappropriate mixed sex sport, and there should be no sharing of school and college toilet facilities over eight years old or mixed sex sleeping arrangements on trips.

WarriorN · 12/02/2026 16:31

lol the hyperbole

they’re all going to fill out the consultation

WallaceinAnderland · 12/02/2026 16:29

SingleSexSpacesInSchools · 12/02/2026 16:15

Excellent that it's been welcomed by everyone.

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SerendipityJane · 12/02/2026 16:21

Ereshkigalangcleg · 12/02/2026 16:10

@SingleSexSpacesInSchools

Did you see the one about the throne made from the skulls of dead children? Very creative.

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Ever been round teh catacombs in Paris ?

All sorts of sculptures made from human bones.