FOI Request - Transgender Pupils

Request 101003651545

1.  How many, if any, primary school pupils across all your schools have been identified as having gender dysphoria? Could you break this down year by calendar year going back to 2022.

2.  How many, if any, secondary school pupils across all your schools have been identified as having gender dysphoria? Could you break this down year by calendar year going back to 2022?

3.  How many primary school pupils, across all schools, identify as transgender? Could you break this down year by calendar year going back to 2022?

4.  How many secondary school pupils, across all, schools identify as transgender? Could you break this down by calendar year back to 2022?

5.  Can you tell me what pronouns you use at all your primary and secondary schools please? Have you had to introduce any new pronouns over the past two years? What are they?

6.  How many primary pupils have asked for a change in the pronouns used to refer to them going back to 2022, using calendar years.

7.  How many primary pupils have made their school aware, either by themselves or through guardians, that they are transgender? Could you go back to 2022, using calendar years.

8.  How many secondary pupils have asked for a change in the pronouns used to refer to them going back to 2022, using calendar years.

9.  How many secondary pupils have made their school aware, either by themselves or through guardians, that they are transgender? Could you go back to 2022, using calendar years.

Response 04-11-2024 

1. NIL
2. NIL
3. The number of primary school pupils identifying as transgender is less than 5 for every year requested. Due to the low numbers involved, release of this information could result in the identification of individuals. This information is therefore exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Personal Information.
4. The number of secondary school pupils identifying as transgender is less than 5 for every year requested. Due to the low numbers involved, release of this information could result in the identification of individuals. This information is therefore exempt under Section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Personal Information.

5. He/Him/She/Her/They/Them
6. The number of primary school pupils who have asked for a change in the pronouns used to refer to them is less than 5 for every year requested. Exempt under Section 38(1)(b) FOISA - Personal Information.

7. The number of primary school pupils who have made their school aware, either by themselves or through guardians, that they are transgender is less than 5 for every year requested. Exempt under Section 38(1)(b) FOISA - Personal Information.

8. 2022 - 12; 2023 - 10; 2024 - 7

9. The number of secondary school pupils who have made their school aware, either by themselves or through guardians, that they are transgender is less than 5 for every year requested. Exempt under Section 38(1)(b) FOISA - Personal Information.