A school in Leyland has come up with a radical way of tackling bullying - by making boys and girls share toilets.
This week Worden Sports College unveiled its brand new £85,000 communal facilities - the first of their kind in the borough.
Staff say the much-needed improvements strike a balance between 'security and privacy'.
School manager Jacqui Leach says the shared toilets will condemn 'head flushing' stories to the past.
She said: "The history of the toilets is that they were pretty appalling. We did a toilet survey with all of our 420 pupils and the consensus was they were pretty disgusting, smelly and some didn't feel safe using them.
"The student council visited Bramhall High School, in Stockport, who have unisex toilets and really liked the idea.
"The ethos is to make everybody safe, happy and comfortable. It is not full-on unisex, because there is still a small wall with sinks on either side and the cubicles are on opposite sides in blue and pink.
"It is good for the school to be leading the way. It is hard to tackle bullying when it is out of the way of adults and this is one of the ways we can try.
"Pupils don't flush heads, but toilets are one of those places where there is an opportunity out of sight."
- For more on this story, see this week's Leyland Guardian
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