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Mumjane1971 · 14/07/2015 10:30

My dd14 and ds12 school recently tried to change the uniform but they got a 80%no vote from patents including me I want to know why they head wanted a new uniform the current uniform is fine and always would be
Current uniform
School sweatshirt
School polo shirt
School black trousers
School shoes or plain black trainers or plain black plimsolls
No heels or boots

Proposed uniform
School blazer
School shirt and tie
Black trousers
Leather school shoes
No trainers plimsolls heels or boots

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TantrumsAndBalloons · 16/07/2015 12:27

There's no way on gods earth a teenager can get by with 2 sweatshirt/2 polos and 2 pairs of 4.99 shoes in a year. And it's only washed once a week?

Sorry but I have 2 teenagers. I swear they go up a size every bloody day. And 4.99 shoes last about 5 minutes. You cannot get 6 months wear out of them.

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Mumjane1971 · 16/07/2015 12:20

How ? I offer my ds school shoes but he ops for the plimsoles like most of his friends and other kids at his school

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ProggyMat · 16/07/2015 11:42

Does anyone know if the 'lone shoe by the side of the road' is more, or less, likely to be a plimsol?

AndNowItsSeven · 16/07/2015 11:32

Yes, but then again the light isn't great under bridges.

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Mumjane1971 · 16/07/2015 11:10

? Most of the kids at my dd and ds school wear them plus there cheap and are school shoes in my eyes

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AndNowItsSeven · 16/07/2015 10:06

Op most people would be really upset if they could only afford £4 a pair shoes for their teenage son. You seem to revel in your bargain.
Their is something not quite right with your posts.

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Mumjane1971 · 16/07/2015 08:13

I would hate that lol I'm used to just buying 2 sweatshirts a year 3 polo shirts 2 pairs of school trousers and about 2-4?pairs of black lace up plimsoles at £8 for 2 pairs for my ds

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springlamb · 16/07/2015 07:37

Crested not created. The person who created the school blazer must be minted!

springlamb · 16/07/2015 07:36

DD's headteacher has a policy that students should be identifiable as students from X school whenever they are in uniform, therefore they have created blazers, jumpers and polo shirts so that there is always a school badge on show. There are also removable badges showing what year they are in. Blazers must be worn until the summer uniform text arrives, and when the winter uniform arrives we will return to blazers.
Mind you, they also operate a policy whereby next week I shall return DD's outgrown Yr7/8 blazer to the school shop and it will be resold at half price to incoming Yr7s and I shall receive the money for it. So £8 a year for the blazer isn't too bad.

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Mumjane1971 · 16/07/2015 07:23

Plus it's far more expensive

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Mumjane1971 · 15/07/2015 22:06

I think it's formal enough think tie and blazer as school uniform is over the top

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Happy36 · 15/07/2015 17:12

Think my dd and ds uniform is smart etc sweatshirt polo school trousers and ds plimsoles / dd vans

Well, under bridges, there are of course different standards of what counts as formal...

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Mumjane1971 · 15/07/2015 17:06

Think my dd and ds uniform is smart etc sweatshirt polo school trousers and ds plimsoles / dd vans

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Lonecatwithkitten · 15/07/2015 16:57

Sweatshirts and polo shirts loose their shape and colour so you get baggy, almost sack like tops in a variety of shades.
As the parent of a child with an ankle injury I value how important supportive shoes are in helping long term injury to improve plimsoles would not have helped.

TantrumsAndBalloons · 15/07/2015 16:22

It does look scruffy in my opinion- cheap plimsolls and a cheap sweatshirt.

Happy36 · 15/07/2015 16:06

Agree with Lonecatwithkitten, and many others. Blazers tend to last longer than sweatshirts, and leather shoes last longer than canvas plimsolls, so the cost of the two different types of uniforms is approximately equal over the school year. Also if you keep the blazer in good condition, it can be sold on when your child grows out of it (and, by the same logic, you can buy a secondhand one too).

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Mumjane1971 · 15/07/2015 14:52

Well they have been fine for my dd for 3 years and forc ds 2 years

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AndNowItsSeven · 15/07/2015 14:50

Plimsoles are not supportive footwear.

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Mumjane1971 · 15/07/2015 14:38

Also the governers take parents finances into account ie can wear plain white polo shirt and can wear black teainers and cheap black lace up plimsolls as alternitives to shool shoes

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Mumjane1971 · 15/07/2015 09:49

How do polo shirts and sweatshirts look scruffy ? Think there more practacle for school than blazers etc that's why 2/4 schools where I Live have sweatshirts and one of the schools which has blazers in converting to sweatshirts

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Lonecatwithkitten · 15/07/2015 08:32

I'm a middle ground person, sweatshirts and polo shirts I think get scruffy really quickly great as sports wear otherwise meh. Though I prefer the new lightweight sports tops to polo shirts.
I like smart skirt/trousers, blouse/shirt and proper jumper. Fortunately DD's senior school is also of the same opinion.
I do believe a school should inspire it's pupils to be proud of wearing their uniform smartly.

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Mumjane1971 · 15/07/2015 08:04

How is a jumper and polo shirt uniform scruffy ?

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TheFirstOfHerName · 15/07/2015 07:34

SoupDragon you'd be amazed at the number of people who join Mumsnet just to start a thread about their children wearing canvas shoes to school. It happens on a regular basis. Sadly, no one on Mumsnet seems to care enough, as they often seem to re-register under another name and then do the same again.

TheFirstOfHerName · 15/07/2015 07:30

Perhaps you should get together with this poster. I think you'd get on well.

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HPFA · 15/07/2015 07:21

I have two opinions on blazers:

  1. They look uncomfortable and I suspect their popularity is down to trying to look more like private schools which a state school shouldn't have to do. 2)When I went round the school we eventually chose for DD I thought how smart the kids looked in their blazers and I suspect it made me think this school seemed more "serious" than the others. So I'm either a raving lunatic or a hypocrite, but probably I'm the reason schools tend to like blazers! Incidentally, the massively oversubscribed school in the next city is one of very few to not have a uniform at all - so it isn't necessary for success if everything else is right.
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