link above is for England, there are similar NASUWT documents for Wales & Scotland.
October 22 2017, Times
'Schools advised on transgender inclusion
Teaching union’s guide highlights inappropriate communication'
(extract)
The NASUWT guide, entitled Trans Equality in Schools and Colleges — Advice and Guidance for Teachers and Leaders, warns that prejudice and bias “remain rife” in society, where Home Office research has found that transgender people may make up 1% of the population — “possibly one teacher and several pupils in each school”.
Guidance, which was developed with help from secondary school teacher Debbie Hayton who has transitioned from male to female, included: “Avoid discriminating between the sexes in the classroom and the staffroom. Is it necessary to separate boys and girls for an activity?” (continues)
Staff were urged to consider not addressing colleagues as “ladies and gentlemen”, for example, and not to divide classes into groups of boys and girls unnecessarily to avoid potential exclusion of trans children.
The Scottish Trans Alliance (STA) said it believed the guide would help tackle the “unacceptable” discrimination, which transgender people experienced in the education sector.
James Morton, STA manager, said: “We know that it is particularly difficult for teachers to come out as transgender due to high levels of prejudice in society . . . Some [of the small number of teachers STA has supported] have been verbally abused and even physically attacked in hate crimes. Most have been subjected to malicious gossip and discrimination in job interviews.” (continues)
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/schools-advised-on-transgender-inclusion-mk20h6tx3