Guidance also makes it clear that schools must provide single-sex toilets for children over eight
Teachers who misgender transgender pupils are not guilty of discrimination, new guidance from the equality watchdog suggests.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission published updated guidance to replace a previous document published in 2014.
The new guidance removes a section which indicated that it would be discriminatory for a teacher to refer to a trans girl as boy.
The clarification was welcomed by gender-critical groups, which said it would help put an end to social transitioning in schools.