Oh for the love of mike! Does your dd wear skinny trousers to school? I need help.

DD1 has had no end of stick because she wears trousers that sit on her waist and were a bit short (she'd grown - teens do).

I did relent and buy her some longer ones, but she refuses to have them hanging off her hips. Therefore, I expect, they will still offend certain girls in her class.

Honestly you would think that black trousers were simple.

My DD's new uniform is black and white tarten skirt, blazer and white shirt, all of which have to come from the school shop! Not a lot of room for arguments thank god! The "dress code" did make me laugh as you could see all the ways that the children had tried to push the bounderies in previous years. For example: only girls may have pierced ears (ears note...not anything else), they may only be pierced once and that must be in the lobe. The can only wear gold studs. "Shoes must be capable of being polished." That is an exact quote BTW!
They leave no scope for argument. Bliss!

Navy and white tartan kilt, blue revere neck blouses and navy school blazer for us - option to rebel - minimal!

My only battle is school bags!

peaksandtroughs if you are 'lucky' enough to go to a school with, say a blue tartan skirt, a yellow shirt, blue striped tie and brown blazer, perhaps that would work. But the reality is that most state schools have black or grey trousers, polo shirt (or shirt/tie), black shoes and a jumper with a distinctive school badge. Within even those items there is a huge amount of scope for bullying and shaming: wrong shape trousers, wrong length tie, wrong shoes (rocket dog v startrite anyone??) or (heaven forbid) handmedowns.

Its a battle ground and teachers police it. Please let me me minister of education just for one day and put school uniform right
and don't get me started on bloody pencil cases

I like my child being in a secondary school that enforces uniform rules because it stops children setting up their own dress code and bullying those that won't or can't conform to fashion.

I liked the fact that the school I taught in had a uniform because it gave the kids something to channel their rebelliousness into. Without the uniform, it might have been more important rules they were pushing against.

Honestly why don't schools just declare the uniform is a hoodie and jeans.

Then when the DCs wanted stupidly expensive ones we could smile and say fine, but that's your Xmas and birthday money.

Those trousers you have linked to were definitely the subject of a MN thread before. I think the school banned them.

I would definitely not be buying clothes for school with a big red "Miss Sexies" label on the backside!!

what a waste of teacher time

nelly i am filled with enthusiasm for the joy of the first few days of term looking at each child as they come into form, declaring shoes, hair, tie, trousers unacceptable...i wish wish wish that there was a law stating that only marks and spencer or asda r one type of trousers was the national uniform so there could be no more arguments. why DO parents allow their kids into school with bright red dyed hair, trousers that leave NOTHNG to the imagination and holister 'school bags' that cost ??????

I'm a head of yr. my school doesn't allow skinny trousers either although straight cut are ok as long as they r 'proper' trousers material.

also don't allow the stretch tight skirts either.

Is there nothing on the School's website about uniform policy?

I'd make her go back in the ones you've got with the proviso that you'll ask then and get her the skinnies if she's allowed.

I wonder if all those people who trained as teachers, fired with enthusiasm for education, actually thought they would spend their days yelling at people about the cut of their trousers.
just a passing thought..;)

DD told me skinny was ok but it wasnt and had to get new ones

I bought from the uniform warehouse online. Good service , pass picky DD test and picky school test, cheapish but dont last long . I hate uniform issues

I am a teacher and my school does not permit skinny trousers. Might be best to check with the school first.

most official school uniform shops locally will have a good selection if you can get there. try to avoid the 'miss sexy' label ones if you can (abhorrent, to my mind). I am a teacher and battle too but when we went to dd's new school before term ended to meet her form teacher i asked her to wear her trousers and got form teacher to say if they would be acceptable or not (they were). I think they are too lenient but hey ho that's one less battle for me!

My dd2 is a rebel without a cause! So she has decided trousers should be the cause. She has 2 pairs of miss sexies. Her school combatted this last year with holding a stock of tesco trousers whick they make the girls change into. This worked for a fortnight until every pair had been given out and not brought back. The ones she has cost less than a tenner each.

I remember always having to take in the bottoms of jeans and trousers myself. Suggest it to her, give her some guidelines such as where to take a line from on the side seams, stitch length etc, and you've given her the opportunity to develop a new skill :D

Your daughter is the one who wants them, so why not let her have the job of finding them? Tell her what the budget is and let her shop or go online or ask all her pals. Also tell her that if it turns out that they aren't allowed and a new pair is required to conform with the uniform policy, she can pay you back for the skinnies.

Our school specifies no skinny/tight fitting trousers for girls and none of those lycra waistband skirts either.

So glad I've got boys - much easier when it comes to school trousers - had the same Next one in every size since they started school!!

LOL at the 'after half term' comment.

As a new teacher I spent my first term waging war with my form with regard to uniform and make-up (year 10) and was much stricter than I intended to be long-term.

By January we had a compromise - they were all decently turned out. Not as rebellious as they wanted, but not quite within the school uniform guidelines.

Leave it a bit is good advice :)