Schools review after ruling on gender rights

Eight schools in Midlothian face having to change their toilets in the wake of recent court rulings over gender rights.

- by Marie Sharp

Midlothian Council said it is awaiting national guidance following a ruling at the Court of Session in Scotland which ordered another local authority to install single sex toilets for pupils while the Supreme Court ruled last month that a woman is defined by biological sex under the Equalities Act, leading to the European Court of Human Rights to issue interim guidance that trans women should not be permitted to use women's facilities.

East Lothian Council has already said two of its primary schools which had unisex toilets only are having new signs put up to designated boy and girl facilities, with disabled toilets also available for use.