Kemi Badenoch has slammed a Church of England school for allowing a four-year-old child who is biologically a boy, to enrol as a girl.
The unnamed primary school in south east England allowed the child to join as a girl three years ago, aged four, and is now in Year 3.
The revelation comes just a month after the UK government released new guidance on how British schools can approach transgender children attending their establishments.
The guidance states that schools and colleges “have a duty” to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and a “cautious approach should be taken” when responding to requests of social transition.
Discussing the transgender pupil at the Church of England school, Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said the agenda of transgender children being pushed by groups such as Mermaids and Stonewall is “utterly ridiculous”.
Badenoch also stated that schools “should not allow” four-year-old children to identify as a different gender.
Kemi Badenoch I love you…No child should be transed…over 20 Its an adult choice