New research commissioned by Essity, a leading hygiene and health organisation, has found that secondary and primary school pupils are risking their health and jeopardising their education, as a result of adopting unhealthy behaviours aimed at avoiding having to use ‘dirty and unsafe’ school toilets.

There have been a number of misleading stories in the media recently about how schools address issues relating to gender identity and gender reassignment, and the Government’s role in this area.