Private schools - do any of them allow a relaxation of the dress code in summer?

Mine didn't, in winter we were cold in summer too hot. Apparently it was character building

My kids also fee paying, but you are their customers and while I don't expect the school to change every rule when one parent goes in and has a whine, I would expect that if enough of you get together and put it to them sensibly, they should at least listen and consider? I'm sure you aren't on your own thinking it's mad.

There is never a foolproof way of hiding uniform customisation, they are always on the lookout for that. And if they take a blind eye policy, then they'd be better off changing the policy and keeping it uniform, surely?

My DP (CEO) never wears a tie to work anymore, nor do any of his friends and colleagues.

Ties are for funerals only these days.

At my ds's school there's a summer rule, they inform you by text day by day if it applies, no ties, no blazers. They also are relaxed in that although there is a summer uniform - short sleeves/shorts, you can continue to wear winter uniform if it's cold and shorts any time of year you want. At the dd's school, it's summer dresses anyway, but when it was cold at the beginning of term they were all allowed to wear winter uniform or tights with their summer dresses.

Sounds like your school is being a bit rigid for modern times - we're not training them for the colonies anymore! Time to get the parents together to protest? You can't learn if you're about to faint from heat exhaustion.

Wearing ties to school is ludicrous and a complete and utter anachronism.

At my DS boys only full boarding school permission is granted for the boys to remove their ties and jackets undo their top button and roll up their sleeves they cant have a mixture its this or ties and jackets. At two other well known boarding schools I visited tis week the children were wandering around with no blazers ties jumpers etc. But at a well known day school I was also visiting on the hottest day so far a mother was telling me that the junior school boys were not allowed to remove either their jumpers or ties and senior school were not allowed to remove their blazers or ties. The female staff were wondering around in sun dresses, the building was very old and their was no air con. utter madness IMO!

How about contacting the school and asking if students can be excused from wearing ties during the hot weather.

In the absence of air conditioning wearing ties is ridiculous when it is hot. Students probably have seven layers of fabric round their neck.

Surely a bit of flexibility is possible from a school? No ties for two weeks, decision to be reviewed weekly? It should be possible.