DD14 school rules+uniform changes?

The trend seems to be going the other way into Michaela esque schools.

I'm interested.

If you look at Not Fine In School we can see how the ultra strict schools are causing so many problems for many students

This could work.

And really interesting to hear others perspectives from outside that are unimpressed by the super strict schools!

That’s what I thought. We should let kids have more options.
Let them have some pe type shorts or something.

My school (teacher) is basically like like. I’d be horrified if staff were routinely shouting at students - I think Ive shouted maybe three times in 12 years. Our students are fantastically well behaved because those are the expectations. We deal with behaviour that interrupts learning, occasionally have individual detentions but not a full timetables system as they’d be empty most of the time

Equality is a bad excuse. Equality shouldn’t be less choice.
Goodness girls have been rolling up skirts forever, other schools seem to manage it. And seems like the cctv sorted out whatever the allegations were.
So no skirts but can’t do detentions? 🙈

What's the name of the other school, in the north, that has implemented the same system?

What a refreshing read - I expect the pupils and teachers will find it is a much better place to learn and work. The head deserves a lot of praise for taking a different approach to the current 'norm'! If I had a school like this near me I wouldn't be dreading DS1 having to go to secondary school! Sadly our local secondary is going in the opposite direction.

Sounds interesting so I'm also following for your update in Sept. My daughters school is really strict on uniform/toilets/detention and I do wonder if a more relaxed approach would work better.

My DS goes to a private school with similar ethos. There is no uniform at all, teachers are called by their first name and there is a real effort to promote mutual respect between the students and teachers. Everyone is equal and has a say in how the school is run.

It works really well.

Sounds interesting to me (note I have no school aged kids yet and was nievely suprised by the vaping!) I hope it goes well, you'll have to keep us updated OP.

A lot of changes to get used to in a short space of time. No problem with making changes but things should be done gradually. Who would be happy if a new boss came in and made this amount of changes straight away? Give kids time to adjust.
Are the staff on board?

In an ideal world it sounds great but surely it would depend on the cohort. I'd be interested to see how the teachers react to it because it's them that would take the brunt of it all if it goes tits up! Hope it works though.

I used to work in a school where a similar approach happened.

After 15 years or gradual improvement to the point where it was approaching 'outstanding' the new head has just been releaved of his position following one of the worst ofstead reports I've ever read.

Good Luck.

I was just thinking this would be much better for my ND daughter. She is changing schools as she's not coped with shouting, constant punishment for being ADHD etc

Our local school has gone from this to the way yours was before.

School sweatshirts out, blazers in. Really rigid rules starting in September.

No parent or child wants this - it's going to be horrific. It was great the way it was but the new academy wants to be seen to tough on everything & it's awful.

PE three times a week sounds like a punishment to me.

Sounds absolutely brilliant.

My son is going to a specialist provision which is like this and I’m so so happy. Rather than the Michaela-emulating prison camps that have cropped up everywhere.

@cansu or maybe the students will appreciate being treated like actual humans and in a respectful manner so they won't piss around.

Exactly. 🙄

I would have loved this as a child.

But I do think black trousers in the summer will be too hot. Do they not get to wear shorts?

It sounds to me that they have abandoned all their standards for an easy life tbh. It wouldn’t be for me.

My neurodiverse DD would have been so much happier in this environment. She might have actually got a decent education.

My neurotypical DD would also thrive with this approach rather than just cope.

Unfortunately here we are stuck with strict uniform rules, detentions for every tiny infringement even if completely by mistake, the repeated message that if you don't pass your exams you are a life failure and a whole load of kids who finish education a shell of their former selves.

Sounds brilliant, give the kids trust and autonomy so they can learn for their own sake. Treat them like people. I think it’ll be great.

Sounds great! Which parts are you worried about?

No shouting will stop teachers with a quick fuse losing their temper and yelling (often frightening the wrong students and having no effect on the ones who were misbehaving!) Or frightening the whole class by suddenly screeching over something. Too many teachers are lazy or lack skills or persistence needed to gain respect from students. IME the teachers who are genuinely respected and/or feared are the ones who never raise their voice.
Also stops teachers handing out detentions, isolations and exclusions for trivial things. So many more effective ways to discipline.

Comfortable uniform, nicer more nutritious food,

This sounds great, I hope it works.

My DC is at a private school which has a similar approach (very few rules, mostly natural consequences, no uniform, detentions and other punishments are rare, teachers treat the students as reasonable people, there’s a lot of humour - some of the HoY emails are very funny) and it works very well. I’ve always wondered if that’s because the school is selective, or whether it’s an approach that can work for most young people.