Since when?

Do you really want growing feet to be in heels for 7 or 8 hours a day? I’d do her back and feet a favour and buy the black trainer type of shoes.

Our school is black polishable shoes, those would be spotted in minutes. Don’t make her first few days at a new school more stressful than it needs to be.

Airforce 1's are leather according to the JD website, I guess that's why they're allowed.
I'm surprised you thought those huge heels would be allowed - what did you think a heel was if it wasn't that OP?

Are patent shoes allowed?

I can't believe you thought those shoes would be acceptable however at the same time I can't believe that the school allows trainers and very expensive ones at that.

Is it just me that thinks, regardless of suitability for school or otherwise, that is one of the ugliest looking pairs of shoes I have seen in a very long time?

And some even claiming those aren't high heels!

Clearly NOT school shoes, even without reading the policy, since when have heels been part of a school uniform !

I am still convinced that the OP had had a wine last night and was on a wind-up but it’s a worry that there appear to be genuine parents on this thread who don’t know that high heels are unsuitable school shoes for 11-year-old children 🤯.

I put YABU based on the size of the heel, whether it’s uniform policy or not, an 11 year old damaging her feet wearing heels all day is ridiculous.

My DKs or dgks schools wouldn't allow patent or that heel either..I can't get over the prices shown for these shoes..

This. I h e worked in a number of schools - this wouldn’t have been allowed in any of them.

Those are heels ! Much higher than anything I could walk in.

When my girls were at secondary they had uniform checks and if the school tie could not be seen if they had a jumper on in the winter we got a text home.

However it was fine for girls to wear skirts so short you could see their bum cheeks through the see through tights.
Leggings were banned though even though they covered more.
Full make up with eyelash extensions and false nails were also allowed.
But a tie under a jumper was a big deal, it was madness.

YABU and silly. Those shoes have heels.

Also, there’s nothing wrong with well designed and well-fitting trainers.

Ours didn’t allow patent leather.

Me too, worked in schools and DS is in his 20's now and even when I was at school and the uniform was super relaxed NONE of the schools would have allowed those shoes.

Your school sounds like ours. You’re not unreasonable to think they would be fine but they won’t be.

Flat, comfortable, practical shoes eg black trainers are not a "batshit" rule.
High heeled platforms for an 11 year old is more batshit, imo.

They’re not high, they’ve got a small heel
They have a huge heel! Not a stiletto one but in no way is that a small heel.
https://www.deichmann.com/en-gb/p/graceland-loafer-schwarz-90188 is a small heel.

If this is your first child at secondary school then you need to prepare yourself for many years of bats hit crazy rules, especially about uniforms, that make zero sense and have zero impact on actual learning, but are held in more esteem than actually being in school willing and ready to learn. My DS got put in isolation for having the wrong coloured socks on!!

But either way, those are high heeled shoes!

That's not a loafer, it's a heeled shoe and not remotely practical for school or for growing bodies.

That’s just a media, day one newspaper photo. In Scotland few schools are really that bothered about uniform. They have a policy but not strictly adhered to. Private schools are strict but local high schools not as much. Out school is black uniform. They say no trainers yet everyone wears them. Girls are to be in knee length skirts, not adhered to. No hoodies but generally most boys wear them. Tie supposed to be visible, they aren’t, if worn at all. No visible logos yet most wear black and white converse, Nike hoodies etc. school bags are supposed to be black, that doesn’t happen. I’ve yet to hear of a child being sent home for any of the above, let alone hair styles, make up, leggings, football kit etc.

I am not saying all Scottish high schools are the same but the ones I know are. We live in a good, rural commuting town where the school does perform highly.

I was thinking this too, in what world are they not heels !
Whilst I agree with the OP in that I think it’s a shame that trainers are now seen as smart there must be other shoe options that aren’t trainers but don’t have that humongous heel !
Also, speaking as someone who was never allowed to have anything fashionable and was told not to follow the crowd, be different, bear in mind that teenagers want to be part of a crowd and to fit in. I always felt a bit different and slightly left out , I didn’t have the confidence to carry off “ different “

Patent leather and a high heel for a child and you think they look smart ! They look cheap

trainers are practical

The clue you missed wasn’t “women’s”, it was “adult”.

I’m honestly really surprised. Never in a million years would I have thought these weren’t appropriate school shoes. They’re not high, they’ve got a small heel. I think my secondary school had a shoe policy that was ‘smart’ shoes and it had a limit on how high the heel could be. So the shoes in the OP would have been acceptable. Obviously given that the OP has said their policy is no heels, I would definitely agree that these shoes do not meet that requirement and I wouldn’t have bought them. But without the requirement for the shoes to be flat, I think these are acceptable school shoes.