Overview

• Bridget Phillipson told LBC that teachers may ask pupils to address them as 'Mx', but the Department for Education clarified that staff cannot compel its use and stressed respect for all individuals.
• Labour ministers are drafting new transgender and gender-questioning guidance for schools in line with Dr Hilary Cass’s review, though no publication date has been announced.
• The Department’s July RSHE framework advises schools not to teach gender identity as fact or portray social transition as a simple solution, underscoring the complexity of current policy.
• Women's rights campaigners and some parents have condemned the endorsement of gender-neutral titles as confusing for children and argued that teaching should focus on biological sex.
• School leaders have urged the government to deliver clear, practical rules on managing honorific requests alongside safeguarding duties and single-sex space policies.