Supporting Transgender Pupils In Schools: Guidance for Scottish Schools

Non-statutory guidance to assist trans students in Scottish schools.

This guidance has been developed from Supporting Transgender Young People which was developed and published by LGBT Youth Scotland in 2017. The guidance is therefore based on the experiences of transgender young people and good practice approaches suggested by school staff, and a wide range of professionals with expertise in the field of education and human rights.

Why is this guidance needed?

In terms of experiences of young people, research8 carried out with around 700 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) young people in Scotland showed that:

• 82% of transgender young people had experienced bullying in school on the grounds of being LGB or T
• 68% of trans young people who had experienced bullying said that it negatively affected their educational attainment
• Only 24% of LGBT young people would feel confident reporting transphobia in school
• 27% of trans young people left education as a result of homophobia, biphobia or transphobia9 in the learning environment

• https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/advice-and-guidance/2021/08/supporting-transgender-young-people-schools-guidance-scottish-schools/documents/supporting-transgender-pupils-schools-guidance-scottish-schools/supporting-transgender-pupils-schools-guidance-scottish-schools/govscot%3Adocument/supporting-transgender-pupils-schools-guidance-scottish-schools.pdf
• /post/uk/policies/schools/2021/scotland/supporting_trans_students/supporting-transgender-pupils-schools-guidance-scottish-schools.pdf