School Rules On Uniform

[DaisyNonna]

Have they changed much since you were at school or did you not have a uniform?

[DaisyNonna]

I was a bird who wore a Boater and the navy blue knickers

[DaisyNonna]

Not bloody likely!

[DaisyNonna]

V1th form girls could wear pencil skirts.
Had to walk down the stairs sideways.

[FrogNog]

What kind of schools did you lot go to where hats were worn???
I am clearly not posh enough for round these parts

[DaisyNonna]

May not be area but age!

[Buenchico]

We had random inspections in assembly to check that
(a) our socks were exactly the correct shade of grey ; and
(b) each sock had an embroidered name tag sewn into the top of it.
Anyone whose socks did not meet the precise requirements risked being sent home with a letter suggesting that, if the boy's parents couldn't ensure that the school's rules were adhered to, they should seek an alernative school for their son's education.

Being seen by a prefect, while on your way home from school, without a properly fastened tie and (most importantly) a school cap perched on top of your head was regarded as an extremely serious offence. (However it was nowhere as serious as being seen holding hands with a girl from the school next door; the punishment for that was immediate expulsion!).

I was actually quite annoyed when, just as I got to the sixth form, the rules were relaxed for 6th formers, allowing us to wear sports jackets of our own choosing. I'd been looking forward to having the red cuffs of a school prefect on my uniform blazer!

Here's the current uniform policy of my old school:
http://www.northgate.suffolk.sch.uk/nh/school_information/school_uniform

The school I taught at (in Sheffield) during the 70s and 80s was proud that it had abandoned school uniform. It's now got one!

[ummmm]

My kids went to the same school I did (upper) and they are much stricter now than when I attended.

[Kimdottir]

The one here is strict too. A choice of two styles of shoes and they get sent home if anything isn't perfect. Even the Sixth Form have to wear suits now.

[venator]

My daughter went to Withington Girls' school, probably the best school in Greater Manchester. I don't think there were any uniform rules for sixth formers. The general "rule" was "We expect our girls to know how to behave"

[jourdain2]

I am actually 'pro' school uniform nowadays. This stems from witnessing the horrors of 'non-uniform' fund-raising days. So many kids were humiliated. I couldn't afford the name-tag stuff and my girls began not informing me of the 'non-uniform' days - they told their teachers that they had 'forgotten' so they turned up in uniform. Also, at its best, uniform should say to a child that s/he is in work mode.