Length of school skirt

For boys it's more about their arses hanging out of the top of their trousers.

Thankfully, that fad seems to have mostly blown over.

Short skirts or low trousers, no one wants to see arse at school.

Unfortunately though the policing of girls bodies doesn’t stop with these measures, they are still sanctioned if their trousers are ‘too tight’.

Tbf, they are relaxing it a bit now, but it was ridiculous.
DD hates it though, and wishes she could wear a skirt as she has been baking in this weather in black.

School trousers have to be the worst design ever the amount of trouble i have finding trousers that fit my perfectly normal child is unbelievable. Schopls need to calm down on an inch or two of skin rather than remove the only option that comfortably fit many a child.

Oh just put them all in trousers.

What a fuss over nothing

I think this might be the only way forwards given just how extreme the showing off of private parts (I do mean that literally) has become.

Outside of school I do wish girls would not show their privates but schools are trying to help people prepare for a world of work and in many jobs you can't show people your vulva - you will be let go if you continue to do so. That said, I saw the whole of the pants of a school boy the other day - he was wearing his trousers so low slung that it was under his bum. I also have no desire to see that. Perhaps jumpsuits are the way forwards for both sexes.

Same. And we were checked periodically (1970s grammar).

In my DC school the girls aren’t allowed to wear skirts at all, they must all be in trousers.

I’d just get the waist to fit, and go from there.

I do think that the rolling up of skirts has become much more extreme since I was a child. We used too want them to be mid-thigh. Now people show off their underwear.

I saw the pants gusset of 2 school girls yesterday whose skirt did not even properly cover their bum when standing. That's not knee length. It makes me sad to see young people feeling the need to show so much to strangers. For me knee length is 'around the knee', so just above is fine.

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This is my childrens school. It was outrageous. We sign a contract with school to say that we abide by their rules. Parents and pupils are taking over

At every high school I know the girls roll up skirts regardless.

God, we were rolling up ours in the 1970s. They'll never win 😄

And for people commenting on bits trouser length. It’s not the same. All boys trousers really seem appropriate. And any in slightly half mast tend to be those who’ve grown out of them and not quite replaced them. But they don’t seem to wear leggings/leggings and see through type trousers. What boys are policed on more than girls though are their shoes! Shoes drives me mad as what is sensible and comfy for one is not for another.

My daughter gave up wearing skirts after y7. They don’t have a specific supplier and just black skirts if they choose skirts a. But she’s a larger built child - adult size 12 but more a petite size. School skirts in children’s departments were awfully to get a good fit. She went for the pencil type and got the age 15-16 which seemed to fit her waist but was slightly below the knee in length. Most of the girls who wear those skirts have them so short they barely cover their bum but for some it’s the waist length that dictates the length as this are the much slimmer girls. I did mine John Lewis did some shorts that were in different waist and length sizes past a certain ‘age’.

She now wears trousers but that horrified me more than skirts as the school bang on about no leggings and no begging etc but the majority of girls wearing trousers seem to wear actual leggings or the really skinny fit ones that mask ally look like leggings. And many of the leggings are cheap and see through. But they don’t seem to police it. They girls even pull their jumpers right and tie them in bubbles at the back. The main things they police is wearing a jumper and if summer and take them off they must have a tie (y7-8 be neck so must have for anyway but y9+ round neck so tie only needed if no jumper).

Let’s presume, if it’s a mixed school, that they have rules for the boys trouser length. I’d be checking what the teachers wear very closely indeed.

DD's old head made the rule that 3x detention about skirt length means they have to wear trousers.

At the schools I've worked at knee length is a common sense guide so as long as it's hitting at the knee (under/on/skimming the top of the knee) nobody would say anything or notice.

Our supplier sold different lengths and waist sizes.

A lot of students do the dance of rolling the skirt up, unrolling it when asked, but that's part of being a teenager and most accept the reminder.

Knee length was considered touching the top of the knee in our school. Girl on left would be too short, the other girls fine (though ironically this was lifted from an article about these girls being sent home for wearing skirts too short)!

My daughter is quite short (5’0” at 16) so a skirt on here was much longer than her peers, which she was getting stressed about! So I used hemming tape on the bottom to turn it up a little, had to do that for 5 years and that was always fun on a pleated skirt! 😁

They all roll them up anyhow. I got my daughter the 'correct' length and she was mortified and ended up rolling it up about 6 times and getting detention!

Totally agree with this!
My dd's school skirts only come in 20" and 22" lengths. She's been wearing a 22" one since Year 7 when it was just below the knee. Dread to think how short it will be when she is in Year 11!

Personally, knee lenght sounds like a good lenght. I am horrified when I see how short are the girls school skirts. When they bend or jump I can see their knickers. It is for their own safety.

But I do understand that the skirts are sold not taking into consideration how tall are the girls.

I also think that skirt should be optional as the shorts should be optional. If a girl wants she should be allowed to wear trousers.

DD's school interpret it as "around the knee", so just below, on the knee and just above.

Most Y7 will start with below the knee and by June they are above the knee.

Rolled up skirt means immediate negative behaviour point but it only is really visable in Summer when they don't wear their jumpers and blazers. I told DD to ensure her blouse is pulled loose so thick sausage roll can't be immediately seen.

Most uniform shops sell the skirts in a variety of waist and length combination but ours also offers a tailoring if necessary and you are totally out of the usual sizes. These stupid pleated kilts are a nightmare and even my seamstress friend refuses to touch them to change her daughter's and paid for the service instead.

My DD's (all girls) school have the 'skirts must be around knee length' rule. They talk about it A LOT and proclaim that their uniform rules are 'strictly enforced'. In reality, once past Yr7, 99% of the girls roll their skirts up to buttock skimming length and absolutely nothing is done, (I assume the teachers have better things to do, like teaching). I do insist that DD wears a pair of black shorts underneath though!

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz this is why I hate school uniforms.
Everyone is a different body shape and clothes will fit differently.
If they are insisting on a certain style skirt it’s simply not going to fit or be the “correct” length for everyone.
Measuring the length of skirts is such a waste of a schools time.