Now 5-year-old boys can wear skirts to class as schools introduce gender neutral uniforms
This is part of a drive to be sensitive and to eradicate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender bullying in schools
BOYS of five can wear skirts to school in a Government drive to make uniforms sensitive to transgender children.
Eighty schools, half primary, have adopted “gender neutral” uniform policies.
At many of these state schools in England, girls were already allowed to wear trousers.
But now their pupils, regardless of their sex, will be able to turn up in a skirt or dress.
Allens Croft primary in Birmingham is one of the first to back a “gender neutral” uniform.
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“We aim to promote each child’s right to express their gender and personality in whichever way feels right for them,” the school says.
“To support this aim, our uniform policy is gender neutral.”
It is part of a £2million Government-funded drive to eradicate lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender bullying in schools.
Elly Barnes, chief exec of charity Educate and Celebrate, said the schools have adopted the uniform codes, the Sunday Times said.
Lucy Emmerson, of the Sex Education Forum at the National Children’s Bureau, said: “Learning about diversity and difference at school helps tackle prejudice before it takes root. This will result in more children being respectful to each other.”
But Andrea Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, said: “We are increasingly seeing boundaries being overstepped and it is concerning.”
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