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<p>The department does not give specific guidance to schools about recording the names
of transgender children. The operational arrangements as to how information is recorded
and protected within a school’s own information management system are for them to
decide locally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department advises in its equalities
guidance for schools that they must protect from discrimination because of gender
reassignment, and address any issues early on, sensitively and proactively. The equalities
guidance links to further helpful transgender guidance written by a partnership of
bodies in Cornwall, which schools might like to follow.</p><p> </p>
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