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<p>The Government wants children to be able to attend a school of their parents’ choice
wherever possible. No school uniform should leave pupils or their families feeling
unable to apply to, or attend, a school of their choice.</p><p>The Department publishes
guidance to help schools understand how the Equality Act affects them and how to fulfil
their duties under the Act. This includes a duty on schools not to discriminate unlawfully
due to the protected characteristics of sex and gender reassignment. As part of the
government’s LGBT Action Plan, the Department has committed to updating this guidance
and this will be published in due course. The LGBT Action Plan also contains a commitment
that Government Equalities Office will work with the Equality and Human Rights Commission
to publish comprehensive guidance for schools on how to support transgender pupils.
The Equality Act guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equality-act-2010-advice-for-schools"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/equality-act-2010-advice-for-schools</a>.</p><p>The
Department already publishes guidance for schools on setting school uniform policies.
The guidance sets out that a school should ensure that its school uniform policy is
fair and reasonable for all its students and that policies should be flexible enough
to accommodate the different needs of pupils.</p><p>In making decisions about its
school uniform policy, and all other school policies, a school must have regard to
its obligations under the Human Rights Act 1998, the Equality Act 2010 and the Public
Sector Equality Duty. The school uniform guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</p>
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