Within Dutch international schools, school leaders are struggling to provide adequate care for transgender students, and are reliant on conflicting and sometimes outdated advice. This thesis examines the current literature along with the perspectives of school leaders on current supports available to transgender students. The findings are contextualised against a framework of change management to provide schools with a comprehensive and cohesive approach to supporting transgender students. Much of the current research is focused on providing an overview of the situation and the current realities faced by trans and gender non conforming students but does not extend to providing advice on how to proceed. The research questions concern assessing what is going well in terms of the current system, identifying the barriers faced by leadership in providing effective care, determining if the information available can be synthesised into a set of reasonable recommendations according to change management principles and finally providing a concise set of possible next steps. The key findings can be summarised as follows; Dutch international school leaders are by and large open and enthusiastic towards providing coordinated and cohesive support to trans students, however indeed they are struggling to determine the best course of action in many instances and cite a lack of available resources and training as a primary cause. The current system can be primarily described as “ad hoc” in nature and relies heavily on who works at a certain school as opposed to what is in place to support students. The final recommendations include employing a step by step approach informed by change management principles that would allow for a more reflective and less panicked process. This thesis could be considered as contributing to the development of the field of educational and leadership research as it advocates a novel approach in taking an emotive and complex topic and applying a comprehensive and cohesive plan of action that can be used ...