summer uniform

Most of the female teachers wear short sleeve blouses or summer dresses. Then at the end of a lesson they'll say something like "oh, you must be hot in your jumpers and blazers, I didn't realize because I'm in short sleeves, I should have given permission to remove them."

In DDs school if the headmaster takes his jacket off, the kids can remove their jumpers. He never takes it off.

What are the teachers wearing in these schools where children have to wear jumpers, blazers and thick tights in 20 odd degrees?

DD in winter blouse and jumper (not allowed to remove jumper). Any girls or boys wearing a shirt must wear a tie.

Summer - polo shirt, no jumper.

Only trouble is, she gets the bus at 7am and has to choose to be freezing in the morning or boiling at school

some of these stories are just ridiculous!!

gosh reading this makes me realise how lucky we are here with sweatshirt over a white polo shirt. when it gets hot they remove the sweatshirt.

Reading these and feeling grateful that my children attend a school (overseas international school) that has no uniform.
Today was 22 degrees and ds 2 chose checked shorts and a navy T-shirt with white ankle socks and trainers.
His teenage brother was in shorts too ????
Feel really sorry for all your kids in hot clothes in hot classrooms. ??????

At my DSs' state comp, grey, v-necked jumpers are always optional. In the summer term boys or girls can wear a school logoed blue polo shirt if they want, no blazer or tie allowed with polo shirt, jumper still optional. In autumn, winter or spring, shirt, tie and blazer compulsory.

State secondary. No summer uniform and all students have to wear ties, woolen jumpers, and blazers. Girls have to wear thick tights year round. Students have to wait for permission to be given before removing jumpers and blazers, and it has not been offered yet this year. My daughter was quite hot yesterday wearing her jumper and blazer all day in the heat we've been having.

At DS's school it is the same uniform as in winter, with permission being needed to remove blazers. DS's blazer is at least woollen so he is not marinading in a soup of acrylic. Also, given that he is in Y7, it is nice and roomy so that should be cooler.

Have no idea re jumpers as the two that I bought last September are still hanging in his wardrobe, having been worn in aggregate for about 48 seconds.

I thought that the point about permission being needed to take them off was because of them all losing them. From emails going round in DS's class, it seems like most of Y7 could lose their own heads. Given everyone has lunchpasses/bus passes/mobiles etc in their blazer pockets, I suspect the school is a bit reluctant to unleash a huge blazer free for all unless it is really boiling.

Secondary - smart uniform polo shirt (good thick quality, house coloured collar stripe) replaces summer shirt / tie for both boys and girs. Can be worn untucked (unlike normal shirt). Blazers are worn, at least to school and between classrooms, until it is very hot and then a whole school decree is given. inside classrooms, blazers may be removed anyway. Jumpersb are optional with winter shirts, but can't be worn with summer ones.

School, in general, has very clear uniform rules, but they are in the main sensible - so if you wear a tie, it must be done up smartly, but in hot weather a comfortable alternative is available.

Our boys can remove their ties if temp rises and deputy head decrees; girls have same uniform year round- tartan skirts- but can have a short sleeved blouse. No ties worn by girls at all. Blazers can be removed in class if permission asked.
Thinking back to own schooldays, summer uniform was a gold linen (yes linen) dress, striped blazer and straw boater. nice.

Many schools do have a policy of saying no. There are posters upthread whose DDs have to wear opaque black tights in all weather. This is insanity. It's mad that secondary age children aren't trusted to regulate their own body temperature to make for comfortable and effective learning - this is why they should not have to ask to take their blazers off. I can't think of very many working environments where there isn't either 1) air con, so removal of suit jackets is not needed, or 2) common sense.

Sweatshirts and polos all year round. They can wear shirts and ties but none do. They're trusted to regulate their own body temps and add or remove the sweatshirt as they see fit.

All the other schools have brought in blazers, which look quite nice and obviously the pockets are good, but they're mainly speshul ones that have to be ordered at great expense from outfitters.

Sally the problem is that in some schools the diktat is to say no and blazers must be worn in the hottest of weather. Most schools do not have air conditioning, so you end up with overheated sweating pupils who are too uncomfortable to concentrate on lessons properly. How does that benefit anyone? Casual and productive is far better than smart but useless. I will never understand the UK obsession with style over substance.

State secondary summer uniform: girls - summer dress like the ones worn on Neighbours and home and away! Boys - polo shirt with logo. Cardigans/jumpers and wool blazers have to be taken to school but no draconian rules about wearing them if hot.

Well for my DCs school it is the most sought after and you'd have a reasonable chance of getting a place at another local school. They are also pragmatic when dealing with the students with really difficult home lives/issues rather than those just looking for something to rebel against.
Someone said that school uniform was why a lot of the most "creative" fashion designers were British.

Just reread my first post on this thread and realised how arsey it sounded - sorry. I didn't mean to have a go at anyone here, I was just surprised at how many schools seem to have what sound like very odd rules about uniform. It seems oddly infantilising to require teenagers to ask permission to take off a layer of clothing if they're hot.

if you or your children don't want to go with them then you should look for a different school.
Anyone tried to use 'the uniform is bonkers and I disagree with it' on an application appeal yet? There isn't a real choice of schools for most people.

I suppose the corollary is that if our (sensible) school rules change, I should withdraw my children?

State comp here. Shirt and tie swapped (optional) for official school polo shirt with logo on and jumper doesn't have to be worn with polo shirt. Very glad about this as exams approaching so polo shirts will be more comfortable! As long as skirts are no shorter than 2 inches above knee then black socks (any length) can be worn instead of tights or white ankle socks.
DD1 in 6th form so no uniform - but no shorts or cropped trousers, no bare shoulders or stomachs, no sandals in science labs.

amberthecat

I did try to question it, the reply I got was

'You chose to send your child here so you need to support the rules'