The girls said being forced to share toilets with boys was unpleasant for female students who were menstruating, adding: ‘Girls must have private spaces where we can sort this out with dignity, away from potential shaming from boys and the humiliation of having everyone know you’re on your period.’
Cynthia, 15, said her secondary school had as many mixed-sex toilets as single-sex ones. She told The Mail on Sunday: ‘The mixed-sex toilets are so disgusting and unhygienic. Very few people use them apart from the boys, so really they’re just another set of boys’ toilets.