Do we stop wearing coats in high school?

Actually, you’re right! We had a cloakroom area with coat pegs at my secondary school. I wonder when it stopped being the norm? Maybe they’ve been replaced by lockers…which hardly anyone uses!

At my school lots of the kids wear coats but not at this time of year… it’s perfectly warm enough with a blazer or jumper + blazer here. By October/November, almost everyone wears a coat. Our site does mean a lot of moving between buildings though and we have an hour for lunch where they mostly have to be outside unless it’s pouring - I can see that a school where they’re barely outside from one lesson to the next and then have 20 mins in the canteen for lunch may mean they don’t need one and carrying it round all day is a faff.

Absolutely no way my teen DD will be seen dead taking a coat to school.Being frozen solid or soaked just doesn't seem to bother her. I have up after she kept losing her coat as I'd make her take it out be shed carry it rather than wear it and end up leaving it on the but, at school etc

We dont wear blazers at our school, so they where coats. I never understood having blazers for school. It's daft most high schools have them now.

At ours it seems to be jumper on over shirt even if it’s 25 degrees outside and never a coat even in freezing temps. I’ve given up trying to talk sense into DD - she’s old enough to decide to be uncomfortable if she wants.

no, they don't appear to wear coats at secondary or beyond. I presume at some point it goes full circle and they will start to wear them again.

DD had a 5-10 minute walk to school, but never wore a coat, rain, snow, whatever, just her blazer. It's the same with college, hoodie all year round, even catching a bus at 7am in winter, just a hoodie. she might add a scarf and gloves.

There isn't anywhere to put their coats, not all of them have lockers, and don't have time to get to them before/after school.

It sounds like this is the same everywhere. My, now adult, DD used to say this. She rarely, if ever, wore a coat for this reason as she would have to carry everything round all day.

It's mad isn't it. When I was at secondary school and even Sixth Form we had loads of coat pegs. I think there was always an area of cloakroom allocated to each form. You left anything valuable at your own risk, though apart from the occasional calculator nobody had anything really worth nicking then! But everyone put their outdoor coats there. In fact the teachers didn't want you bringing them in to the classroom.

Any teachers on here know why schools don't have cloakrooms anymore?

Coats are uncool around here too. We’ve been through the north face and Canada goose stage too. This year it seems to be hoodies under blazers and then taken off before registration and put back on after lessons/school.

Thin raincoat to put over the top if it’s raining. No extra coat for warmth, though one of my boys likes to wear one when it’s v cold outside as he likes being cosy. Beanie hat is often permitted when it’s cold out.

No coats here either. At most I can convince DS to wear a fleece lined waterproof jacket was long as it's under armour/ north face other generic acceptable brand and is small enough to fit inside his backpack. To be fair he cycles and it takes 10 mins, he will sometimes wear gloves if it's particularly cold.

Mine don't have to wear blazers until 5th and 6th year and as soon as my DS got his blazer he has refused to wear a coat ever since. Scotland so its always raining and freezing. Even in the snow he refuses a coat.

DD 2nd year still happily wearing coats.

Coats are only resorted too here in the depths of winter.

DS has a pac-a-mac for his backpack but it rarely gets used.

I focused on under-layering. Thermal tshirt to wear under his shirt, a school jumper, long sleeved shirts and then the blazer. Boots and thick socks that can come up to the knees.

A hat, scarf and gloves added seems acceptable around here.

To be honest, I think I'd be warm enough in a blazer over a school shirt and jumper on about 95% of days, myself - even in winter. Wearing a coat over a blazer would make me feel a bit bundled up and claustrophobic.

No coats are worn. Even though they have lockers to put stuff in. So my DD in Y9 walks home and gets soaking wet, which she seems to be ok with, or texts me while I’m in a meeting and WFH with a sob story about how wet she is. Which wouldn’t be needed if she wore a coat! She’s currently able to text her brother to pick her up in the car but won’t when he’s back at Uni. So she’ll get wet. She has a coat that fits her and she likes. But still this continues….will see what happens in the depths of winter, it may change or it might not. They do have to learn so I’m not worrying about it too much.

Having the same thing with my 11 yr old !! It was pouring rain last week but insisted a brolly and the blazer was fine!!

No coat (due to faff), blazer dragged around on the floor after them, bag held over head in torrential rain.

No coats because there’s nowhere to put them.

Neither of mine wore coats to secondary. My DS took a waterproof to school on day 1, put it un his locker and I saw it again when he emptied his locker to leave.
Children are waterproof from ages 11-16, didn’t you know?

They don’t have pegs in secondary school, and mine never used their lockers due to the extra faff of going to and fro on a big site. They used to carry everything they needed for the day around with them all day!

My child refuses flatly to wear one

No coat and if you are a girl, the shortest rolled up skirt you can get away with and short socks
Used to make me feel cold just looking at her!

I remember my mum complaining about this to other mums in the 90s 😂 Good to see some things never change!

No coat! Has a light raincoat that I can force them to wear if there’s a deluge! Even then that’s a struggle.

Mostly no coat but if it’s torrential rain he’ll put a thin raincoat on and when it was very cold he wore his lightweight “down” jacket (it’s not down but it’s that sort of thing) The key with both being they screw up small enough to put in his bag so he can carry them around easily.

No coats were worn by any of my lot at secondary school either. If they are cold it's their issue. They aren't toddlers

In fact year 3 dgs won't wear a coat either. Not that one in actually necessary at the mo as it's 20 degrees