Just read the bloody uniform policy!!!

@SocialistSally

I would take what you’re being told with a lunch if salt tbh. If a classroom is genuinely exceptionally warm, I can’t see a teacher refusing permission to remove a blazer.

I suspect the teacher actually felt the room temperature was not exceptionally warm enough to remove blazers, which is fair enough.

Some people obviously have a different interpretation of lots! That's a very sparse list.
Only 4 state secondaries in the whole of London. Most areas have none at all.

I don't, however, think the Scotland list is complete.

No they did not.

So there's 3 schools in Scotland then
Anyone know about Wales?
Most of those schools were in London, which isn't an option for most of us.

Besides, the majority don't object to uniform per se, only excessively picky and pointless rules, that have no basis in either safety or educational attainment.

UK Independent, Primary & Secondary Schools Without Uniform (educationtay.com)

A quick google suggest 98% of uk secondary schools don't have uniform so there is little chance of having an option

However if you want to change this , ignoring the rules and getting your child sent home and missing education isn't the right approach . That's not putting your child first or at least valuing appearance over education

My sons school have a uniform but they’re allowed to wear trainers and hoodies over it. Only the 6th form students look properly smart

Are there? Whereabouts in the UK is that?

So is the uniform just for people to admire as they see your children going to and from school?

My son’s school didn’t allow blazers off yesterday. It was 31 degrees here! I was too hot in shorts and t-shirt!

^ I bet the teachers were in sandals and summer appropriate clothing. Not a blazer in sight.

I have lived in those countries without uniform - they have other rules. Uniform is one thing, a school can have any rule. It's just there to teach your children about the real world. There are rules in society we just don't walk around doing as we please
This. They have rules and often a dress code.

Let's be honest, the foolish parents who give into pester power and buy their 11 year old obviously non-uniform shoes with huge designer logos on them are the sort of parents who'd equally be moaning about the dress code because it's their child's right to wear/do (insert something else here).

It's a lack of maturity on the parents' part.

I don't agree 100% with every rule at DC school or every rule at every school I've ever worked at, but part of being a mature adult is accepting that places have rules. Nowhere will be ideal for every child and family, so either accept the package and make the compromises or find a different package with compromises you're willing to make.

Where I used to live, there are 21 primary schools and 7 secondary schools with no uniform.

Why do you think they did it then? Do you think that teacher was just on a power trip and enjoying randomly telling kids they had to do something for no reason whatsoever?

It's bollocks to say there are lots of schools with a no uniform policy in the UK.
I have one secondary school in my home town - it has a uniform. As do the schools in the next 2 nearest towns.

I have lived in those countries without uniform - they have other rules. Uniform is one thing, a school can have any rule. It's just there to teach your children about the real world. There are rules in society we just don't walk around doing as we please.

There are lots of schools in the UK with a no uniform policy. People can attend if they feel that strongly. I don't see the big deal.

Smock as in ocergarment with sleeves, velcro at the back. You would still need clothes! Smock was only worn in school, and not all the time.

@SocialistSally

Presumably they allowed blazers to be removed in very warm classrooms?

I hope this was challenged on health grounds?

These rules about not allowing blazers and tights off in a heatwave are utterly ridiculous and just show that school rules should be challenged.

I absolutely agree that in this particular case there has been a failure on the part of the parent in terms of adherence to the uniform policy.

However, it's pretty clear that schools, particularly academies, are increasingly enforcing frankly ludicrous uniform policies. There was another school yesterday where children were sent home for not wearing tights with their skirts. In 30 degree heat.

School uniform should be practical, comfortable, and affordable.

My child isn't suddenly going to learn better because he has a pair of grey trousers with a logo embroidered onto them that cost three times more than the plain ones in Asda.

He isn't going to learn better because he has to wear a tie, in a world where ties are going the way of the dinosaurs. DH doesn't wear one, and he is a company director working in the tech industry. And why is the default uniform choice an item of clothing that is almost solely worn by men in the adult world. What message does that send to our girls?

Uniform should consist of trousers, skirts, shorts in warmer weather, polo shirts, and jumpers or cardigans with sensible shoes that protect feet in science lessons etc. Absolutely no need for anything else. Most of the rules are about imposing selection through the back door and I wish we had a government that clamped down in it.

I’ve never heard of a ban on flip flops! I can wear flip flops (and have to the office). I often walk around. The office with no shoes on!

My son’s school didn’t allow blazers off yesterday. It was 31 degrees here! I was too hot in shorts and t-shirt!

Which was my second point: life is full of compromises and sometimes, to be blunt, you have to suck it up and deal with things you don't like/want.

Oh well, my post only applies to the school linked.

Yes as is life. Kids do get to an age where they notice what people around them are wearing and with the internet and social media, there’s no hiding such differences anyway, uniform or not. They’re not in school all day nor do they have blinders on from school to home and vice versa. Besides, many people these days have no issue buying brands secondhand or more and plenty are not paying full price or even half that.

Having a quick search for £100 VW black flats and found two pairs on Vinted for under £35 including shipping.

Hadn't even realised I didn't do the quote there tbh. But yeah, it's not the default for offices. I don't doubt the safety requirements may vary.