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Scottish primary schools have appointed children as 'LGBT champions' and are being encouraged to ask children as young as four if they are gay, lesbian or transgender. 

Schools are setting up LGBT clubs and 'gender and sexual orientation alliance groups' for their students as part of their membership with a scheme run by the charity LGBT Youth Scotland, documents seen by The Telegraph show. 

The charity reportedly also encourages head teachers to build gender neutral toilets and mark Transgender Day of Remembrance in the calendar. 

As part of the scheme, school staff must be trained by the charity, which provides an online guide and letter templates for children who want to change their gender at school.

Schools that join the scheme are reportedly told to appoint at least two students and two members of staff as 'LGBT champions'. They are also urged to consider a survey of students to ask them if they are 'part of the LBGT community' to find out whether 'bullying affects those pupils proportionally within the school'. 

Last week the Cass Review into NHS gender identity services raised concerns that evidence for allowing children to change gender was built on weak foundations.