Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review its guidance paper, Supporting Transgender Pupils in Schools, to outline the steps that it takes to govern gender identity ideology in schools.
The Supporting Transgender Pupils in Schools Guidance provides a range of non-statutory guidance in relation to policy, practice and legal requirements which education authorities and schools may wish to consider, in fulfilling their responsibilities to support Transgender pupils, as part of their duties to provide education and support pupils within their school communities. The policy position on support for pupils, including Transgender pupils, is already clearly set out within the guidance document. The guidance was reviewed between April and September 2025 with revised guidance being published in September 2025. There are no plans to review the guidance at this time.