Guidance for schools on pupils who identify as the opposite sex may not be published before the summer holidays, the Education Secretary signalled yesterday.
In an interview with the Mail, Bridget Phillipson refused to commit to getting the rules to teachers by the end of this school year.
Draft guidance published by the Tories in late 2023 urged caution when children ask to change their names or uniform and said parents should not be kept in the dark.
But Ms Phillipson is yet to finalise the rules, despite renewed pressure after the Supreme Court said transgender women aren't female.
It means transgender people must use facilities such as bathrooms that match their biological sex.
