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AMIB to ask high school to rethink banning skirts for year 7?

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MaggyMays · 02/07/2024 10:28

AIBU… My daughters about to start high school and they have decided to introduce a new uniform policy with no skirts allowed for just the year 7’s. The years above them can have the choice! This seems grossly unfair. I'm sure its not following the guidelines correctly. Has anyone else come across this?

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Whydidmykitkatbreak · 02/07/2024 10:37

Is this really the battle you’re choosing to pick with your child’s new school? It will not harm your daughter not to have a choice of uniform, it’s not “grossly unfair” it’s completely normal for older year groups to have different privileges or uniform choices (or possibly it’s because they’re phasing out skirts but are letting older ones have skirts if they’ve already got uniform), and no sensible headteacher is going to throw out the policy they presumably have brought in for a reason just because a parent doesn’t like it.

Presumably they’re required to wear trousers, hardly an unusual clothing item, so what guideline don’t you think is being followed?

Edit - link to guidance is below. Which aspect do you think school is not complying with?

www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform/school-uniforms

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