The Welsh government has been accused of attempting to erase biological sex from the education curriculum after publishing draft guidance that makes no mention of the terms male or female.

The Relationships and Sexuality Education Code, which also did not explicitly reference “boys” or “girls”, is due to be debated for 30 minutes in the Senedd today, before becoming mandatory teaching for children aged three to six.

“This is not fact-based biologically accurate sex education, but indoctrination of children in gender identity ideology,” said Stephanie Davies-Arai of the Transgender Trend campaign group. “The erasure of sex undermines safeguarding and erodes the concepts of privacy, boundaries and consent, putting girls particularly at risk.”