A transgender teenager is suing his former school for discrimination after they refused to let him wear a boy's uniform.

The 16-year-old, who was born female, said that staff at Hereford Cathedral School told him it was a 'phase' and he was 'attention seeking'.

The teenager, who wished to remain anonymous, said the £13,000-a-year school didn't take him 'seriously', despite being supported by a family GP as he began his transition.

He is now taking legal action against the school under the 2010 Equality Act.

His mother told the BBC: "They made my child out to be a freak and someone who would contaminate other students."