Why Are Schools Doing This?

[renegadefm]

Just had my partners daughter ring her in tears because her daughter, partners granddaughter was susspended from wearing the wrong type of trousers. This I should add is secondary school. 

This is just messing with the child's mental health. Besides the trousers she had on we're trousers of the right colour, and not leggings as the school was suggesting they are. 

 

This isn't the first time I have heard of issues like this at secondary schools around here. One particular indecent was where the child was given detention for wearing the wrong brand of trainers, apparently it should have been shoes. 

 

It beggers believe why are schools doing this to our children. No wonder they are growing up bitter and twisted or are suffering mental health issues. 

 

Surely they are there to learn and get an education, it shouldn't matter what they wear. 

 

 

[naomi24]

The school claims the child was wearing leggings - the OP says the garment was from Asda's Back to School range which clearly doesn't meet uniform requirements.

[barry1010]

So were they a problem because they were leggings, or because they were't bought from the official shop?  The official shop wasn't mentioned until somebody else mentioned it. 

[Canary42]

Another feature on other sites which we could do with here (but I doubt Ab's techies could manage it) is the ability for the OP to close off replies. This one's been done to death yet still it goes on and on and on and on and on . . . . . . . .

[Yes, I know I'm not helping 😁]

[jourdain2]

Rules are rules - as has been said again and again.

Most schools have 2nd-hand uniform sales - especially when the uniform is specific and more costly than the supermarket general school stuff.  My parents had to buy my uniform at one shop - I nearly drowned in the blazer when I was 10 and was busting out of it when I was 17 and I was still wearing the same skirt - but not rolled over at the waist any more!

My daughters stopped telling me about non-uniform days - because the wealthier kids arived in costly trainers, designer gear etc.. A level playing field is vital and the last Comp. I worked in abolished non-uniform days, which had been a good little help towards school equipment.

No-one has mentioned one of the very good reasons for not permitting trainers, except for Games. They lack the support  necessary for growing feet which are also supporting more and more physical growth and need to form in the correct position. This was explained to us by a physiotherapist.

If anyone is unwilling to kit out their child according to the rules, then s/he should remove the child to another school.  It is very poor parenting to expose the child to being singled out.  It is not the school's fault.

 

 

[renegadefm]

Just to clarify. They were trousers not leggings, but they were bought in the back to school range in ASDA, and they were £6.

To buy the trousers the school are dictating they should be bought from are £24.99.

 

I think from a parent point of view its a no brainer to buy the pair of trousers from the back to school range in ASDA.  Its a saving of almost £20 a pair.

 

So if you got 3 children that's a massive saving of over £120

 

As a parent who doesn't know whether to eat or heat, which would you do? 

[Neveracrossword]

I'd check the uniform rules before sending any children to a school.

[DDIL]

Contact the school and then contact the job centre or the DWP.

[pastafreak]

Have a chat with the school about affordability, ask if there are other options. Don't most schools have a shop or similar for second hand uniform? 

It's also wise to put money aside for new uniforms...parents know it's a necessity and should plan for it. 

[gingejbee]

This thread certainly has legs...with or without trousers/leggings/jodhpurs/jeggings!

[calmck]

If you buy uniform from other than the regulation shop you have to make sure they look the same. Example are pleated skirts, there are many different styles and trousers might not all look the same or be the same shade of blue for example. If Buying non uniform the parent has to research the style etc

[renegadefm]

calmck, 

Personally I don't understand why the schools are making such a big deal out of a pair of trousers, when they know with rising costs of everything, its a no brainer to buy the asda back to school range to save money. Its just trousers after all. 

I could understand if it was the wrong jumper, but black trousers are just that, black trousers. Its not like they were the wrong colour or something. 

Surely there are far worse things going on in the world to worry about. 

If Putin has his way we will all be wearing brown trousers!! 

[Atheist]

14:23

"Surely there are far worse things going on in the world to worry about."

I agree. Why are you spending so much time banging your head against a paper bag?

[bednobs]

and after 100+ answers of saying the same thing, have you thought that the cohort on this website may not be the best people to discuss it with if you're looking for validation?

[gingejbee]

^Looking at previous posts from this OP, I get that the idea is to drag out and argue the toss for as long as possible.

[renegadefm]

bednobs, 

I'm not seeking validation, and my aim isn't to drag it out. 

I just think times are hard for parents, I should know. 

I was expecting a bit more empathy I suppose. 

I just its wrong for schools to be bitching over a pair of black trousers, especially when the difference in prices are so vast. 

Its the principal of it for me. 

I actually feel sorry for parents who are struggling to put food on the table. 

[calmck]

Why not post a picture of the correct and incorrect trousers then we can see the issue

[vulcan42]

renegadefm. you have my sympathy, as I stated earlier, If schools want a uniform they pay for it. When I joined the RAF I didn't pay for my uniforms. I believe things have changed and they do now but  they get a clothing allowance instead.

My old grammar school had the right idea, they had a bright red jacket but happily accepted a grey one, which was a lot cheaper, providing the school badge was on it. I've noticed where I live that in spite of all the schools insisting on a uniform it hasn't decreased the bullying that goes on. To my mind the school should be far more interested in stopping that instead of chastising a child because her trousers are a different shade of black.

 

[renegadefm]

vulcan42, 

Word for word I couldn't agree with you more.