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to think that schoolchildren should not have to wear a sign saying they have 24hrs to get their uniform sorted?

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orlantina · 17/07/2017 15:33

www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jul/17/school-makes-pupils-wear-signs-if-uniform-doesnt-meet-standards

The idea being that by wearing a sign, it makes teachers aware that the pupil is aware of the issue and is going to get it sorted.

But I think that wearing a sign just also highlights issues and makes the pupils a potential target.

There are loads of reasons why a uniform might not be up to scratch in the morning. Not all of them are under the pupils' control.

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Aquamarine1029 · 17/07/2017 15:39

Having a child wear a sign like this is fucking outrageous. If the school had an issue with anything, they need to contact the parents directly, not publicly shame a child in front of their friends at school. FFS, these administrators are Neanderthals.

RebelRogue · 17/07/2017 15:41

Well pupils don't actually have any say about what they get sent in do they?

maras2 · 17/07/2017 15:44

Christ! It's like something from Jane Eyre.
I'm all for a sensible school uniform policy and reasonable ways of implementing it but that is just batshit Shock

ThreeLeggedDonkey · 17/07/2017 15:59

I still remember getting a detention for wearing the wrong colour headband at school, but I was never made to wear a sign. I'd have been mortified.

Surely a written letter given to the pupil would serve the same purpose, and could be shown to teachers if necessary.

CockacidalManiac · 17/07/2017 16:02

So many of these Academies are run by truly weird people, obsessive about the minutiae of uniforms.

orlantina · 17/07/2017 16:03

I wonder if it was discussed in the staffroom?

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MrsTerryPratchett · 17/07/2017 16:08

The sign would have been a badge of honour at my school (a thousand years ago).

Joinourclub · 17/07/2017 16:10

Really shit. Most of the time kids are wearing the wrong trousers/shoes/no tie etc it is down to the parents. The kids with the shittest uniform are often the kids with neglectful parents. It's very unfair to humiliate the kids in this way. I can think of many vulnerable kids that I have taught that would sooner have truanted than wear such a sign. Thus turning a minor problem into a major one.

Spikeyball · 17/07/2017 16:10

They could give them a card to carry but I wonder if they have been losing the card/note so they have put in on a lanyard instead as many schools will have registration cards on lanyards.
Although trying to force a stroppy teenager to wear a lanyard they don't like is going to be hard work.

JustadaftProfessor · 17/07/2017 16:13

Shame the pupils for the parents?

Yeah let's go back to that.

LurkingHusband · 17/07/2017 16:22

Why am I reminded about the story where they painted asylum seekers house doors yellow ?

British society seems to be getting much more stratified. Signs for this, papers for that, markers for the other.

If it had never happened in the history of ever, we wouldn't have to worry. But it has, so we do.

BlurryFace · 17/07/2017 16:23

That's really nasty, it's public shaming. As if they couldn't send a note home or call/email the parents.

I worked in a local shop where several times new hires or wore trainers on the understanding that they would buy proper shoes when their first paycheque came through because they had been unemployed for a long time and just couldn't afford the upfront cost straight away (until the big boss caught wind and put them on the company credit card). What if some pupil's parents can't afford new less shiny shoes in 24 hours?

wanderings · 17/07/2017 16:25

Reminds me of stories of Victorian schools, when unruly pupils would wear signs on their back such as "empty vessels make most noise", or "procrastination is the thief of time".

nokidshere · 17/07/2017 16:26

I don't see anything wrong with it to be honest. A lanyard with a message on it is not the same as a huge sign round your neck! The message isn't for humiliation it's to stop the child getting bollocked more than once by different teachers.

Better still, just wear the uniform properly then the issue doesn't even arise.

nokidshere · 17/07/2017 16:28

Public shaming? A lanyard is the size of a credit card, it can easily be hidden but shown to teachers when necessary.

All pupils over 16 wear them in my sons school in any case, and others wear them when they are not in class for other reasons.

SummerKelly · 17/07/2017 16:29

YANBU, but of course without proper school uniform the whole of civilisation might collapse Hmm

glitterlips1 · 17/07/2017 16:33

WTF? Shock

Pengggwn · 17/07/2017 16:37

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megletthesecond · 17/07/2017 16:39

I love how the wrong colour hairband qualifies as low level disruption 😂 .

Jaxhog · 17/07/2017 16:43

When I read this first, I was thinking a large cardboard 'shaming' sign. Then I thought, what next, stocks for parents who take kids out during term time?

But a lanyard badge to stop them getting stopped frequently is ok, I guess. But being constantly reminded by teachers would be pretty effective too.

JustadaftProfessor · 17/07/2017 16:47

When I read this first, I was thinking a large cardboard 'shaming' sign.

David Copperfeild.

nokidshere · 17/07/2017 16:48

It's no worse than primary school children wearing a sticker saying "we have visitors in class please check you child's hair"

Confused

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eyebrowsonfleek · 17/07/2017 16:51

That's beyond outrageous.

Our school puts stamp in the planner so that kid can show parent. If parent can't sort it out that day (Next do next day delivery if you order by 9pm) then parent can ask for a few days leeway.

TheFallenMadonna · 17/07/2017 16:54

It's a lanyard. I have to wear a "sign around my neck" every day, giving my name and job title.

StickThatInYourPipe · 17/07/2017 16:55

Isn't it just a lanyard? I can't understand the issue they just tuck under the jumper /tshirt and can show a teacher if asked surly?

Why waste teachers time continuously having a go? Once should suffice

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