Just read the bloody uniform policy!!!

I wear orthotics, as do many many people. I have absolutely no problem getting a wide variety of shoes for all occasions that fit my insoles.

It's not that hard to follow the rules they are going to school not a cat walk.

Agreed. There are some really rough and trashy parents who don't bring their children up properly. The parents have no standards and the children never had a chance.

No it is not a double standard at all because piercings are for ears (barring religious/cultural reasons). That's it. Period. End of story.

YANBU

My DD has autism and sensory issues and it can be a challenge finding uniform but I do not let her go to school in trainers or shoes with logos on, as that is deliberately breaking the rules.

What I find funny though and it used to happen regularly as a tutor, is that these parents say they can’t afford new shoes and have a go at you for it yet the shoes their kid is wearing are really expensive and I couldn’t afford to buy them.

Uniform is there for a reason.
I do think it should be flexible but only to a certain point.
If it’s no trainers then don’t wear trainers, if it’s no logos then don’t wear logos etc.

It’s very obvious why there are so many teens that are entitled and don’t follow the rules and it’s because of their parents who somehow think the rules don’t apply to them and their kid.

In the work place we have to follow rules, parents can’t look after precious little Jayden when he’s out in work and wants a wage.

School is the place to learn you need to wear what you’re told. It helps make everyone equal, and is a good foundation for broader discipline. I for one am glad of uniform and feel sorry for teachers having to deal with parents who are sometimes worse than the kids.

A puncture wound is a puncture wound, wherever on the body it is. As I said, double standards, and willing to use violent injuring force on a child to impose said double standards.

Piercings go in ears (with the exception of some religions/cultures), not noses or tongues.

The parents should have read the uniform policy carefully and bought the correct items. If they didn't like the uniform policy they didn't have to send their kids there.

Do you feel the same about ear piercings? If not, why not? Because that would be what I call "having double standards".

I'd probably rip it out of them myself.

So consensual nose piercings bad, assault and ABH on a child good? OK...

Tbf I don't see many high school kids running around playing tig. Lots wear ballet flats although I agree they aren't the best but it's not as bad as for primary.

I’ve been in a wheelchair most of my life so believe me I live the life too. You can’t expect everything in life to be designed with disability in mind. It’s only 60 years since we were all expected to be institutionalised, and if not, sit quietly in the corner and accept what you were given.

I’m a child of the 60’s and my parents had to fight for me to be accepted in mainstream school. Despite an above average intelligence the LA wanted me to go to a special school where I would have had no formal education - essentially I would have been schooled along with other physically and mentally disabled children and mostly played with toys all day. Thankfully they won the fight and I didn’t look back. In employment I faced discrimination every day. One look at the chair and the disability and I didn’t get the job - the excuse was always the same, that I wouldn’t ‘cope’. Until one enlightened employer gave me a chance, and again, I never looked back.

I’ve also worked in the benefits system and volunteered as a benefits adviser with disability charities. You only have to look at the contempt in society (encouraged by government) for recipients of disability benefits and the general apathy towards the hardships caused by recent welfare reforms to know that UK society doesn’t design anything with disability in the forefront of their minds. The Equality Act was supposed to guarantee access to public buildings for wheelchair users. It doesn’t, and because people don’t advocate for their rights, nothing is done. I’ve been refused entry into various public buildings because the chair is a ‘fire hazard’. The EA makes this illegal but it still happens.

Thankfully we’re a lot further forward now in a lot of respects, but there’s a long way to go and ‘pick your battles’ comes to mind. The Equality Act has enshrined disability rights in law and to my mind reasonable adjustment is a good tool for ensuring that someone’s disability doesn’t leave them at a disadvantage. But for it to be effective, it has to be adhered to, and from what people are posting here, schools are making it difficult for parents to access their legal rights, and that needs to be addressed.

My kids are going back in last term's shoes!

I just can't get past the "cost of living" vs 100 pound nike or vivienne westwood shoes. Crazy. Amazon have plenty of school shoes under 20 quid, some under 10 quid. What is the matter with people?

Surely Nike trainers are just as safe as other shoes. Flip flops and crocs not so much!

I think the policy banning them is very necessary. I cannot imagine what sort of 'school' would allow nose piercings. Probably in a very rough area, but not one I'd want my child to attend. And I as a parent would never allow a nose piercing, I'd probably rip it out of them myself.

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We must live close by. guv - I too live in a village near to the town/school so saw the post she made on Facebook with the jewellery petition.

I didn't agree with her stance either.

@fliptopbin that is disgusting and pure bullying from the school No wonder these schools dont want to sort bullying issues out when they are doing it themselves!

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Getting the nose piercing was silly. I'll agree there.

My comment was in response to the comment on people signing the petition. They're signing to say that they think the rule is stupid and should be removed. They're expressing civil opposition to a rule they consider to be unreasonable. This is perfectly standard behaviour and a good model for the adolescents.

The issue of the nose piercing in itself and the issue of petitions going around about the appropriateness of uniform rules are two separate issues.

Thankfully much of civilised society doesn't have the low standards Canada and particularly America has. To me it's just more proof how tacky, trashy and low standards America is. It's nothing to boast about. It's something to be ashamed about.

Whatever happened to good old Clark’s and Start Rite school shoes. £100 Vivienne Westwood ffs ! Ridiculous. If everyone stuck to the uniform list properly there would be no bullying and showing off with clothes and shoes, they’d all be wearing the same. It’s not really difficult is it ? God help all these little darlings in the real world of work ?

Yeah it’s maybe schools enforcing a rule they haven’t bothered to before