A women and equalities committee inquiry has made a number of recommendations after finding that children from GRT backgrounds are suffering discrimination and bullying in schools and in some cases are being denied an education.
The committee heard evidence from parents and academics, who said that schools and teachers are not taking incidents of racism or bullying against GRT children seriously.
Some schools are also discriminating against these groups of children through "off rolling", where parents are encouraged to home educate children with challenging behaviour or who are struggling in class.
Another concern is that too many GRT children are missing out on an education as there is little oversight of the quality of home education received by children who are removed from school.
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