The incident occurred during the 2022–23 academic year at a state school, as reported by The Telegraph. No further details about the case were made public. ​In the same academic year, 94 pupils at state primary schools across England were either suspended or permanently excluded due to behaviour deemed transphobic or homophobic.
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