Schools across the state are increasingly choosing to let go of the head girl and boy student leader roles, in favour of gender-neutral positions.

WA Secondary School Executives Association president Melissa Gillett said the move was part of a push to be more inclusive.

“I don’t think people are wanting to suddenly say, ‘well let’s not have anything gender based’,” she told Simon Beaumont on 6PR Mornings.

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“There’s more and more kids that… don’t want to identify with a gender at all, and you certainly don’t want to restrict them, if they’re good leaders across the school.”