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At your DD/DS senior school....if it goes to 6th form.do they wear the same school uniform as younger ones?

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RTKangaDYSONMummy · 19/03/2008 10:47

At DS school it goes 11-18 and they are thinking of making the 6th form wear suits from other shops as long as they are dark

They already wear different ties

  1. This makes the older boys look alot different
  1. More expense ie you will need to buy a new suit in year 11
  1. Pressure from parents/boys that can afford designer suits

What do you think?

Would you vote YES or NO?

What other reasons for & against can you think of?

TIA

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seeker · 19/03/2008 10:58

I think there should be no uniform for 6th formers. That's what happens in dd's school and it seems to work.

Original poster
RTKangaDYSONMummy · 19/03/2008 10:58

oke doke thanks

My DS is only 12 so it is a long time in future

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PenelopePitstops · 19/03/2008 10:58

loads of people i know who lived int he SE had to wear suits to ixth form and hated it. Its expensive and not really practical.

id vote entirely against and go with own clothes option but with some limitations, eg no short skirts no revealing clevages etc

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RTKangaDYSONMummy · 19/03/2008 10:57

it is a private boys school btw

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RTKangaDYSONMummy · 19/03/2008 10:56

It is to make them still smart and sort like the school uniform but different

I went to a comp 11-16 and then to 6th form college at different location so wore whatever I liked

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Taweret · 19/03/2008 10:55

I think making Sixth Formers wear school uniforms is really unfair.
Some of the boys look really uncomfortable - 6ft tall and wearing the same as 11 year olds.
I would vote against a uniform entirely.

gagarin · 19/03/2008 10:52

Suits? Yuk! Round here the sixth formers wear their own clothes - much better to see them all in jeans & jumpers than suits. I think suits make 17 year olds the laughing stock of the village....but that being said I would take advice from your teenagers and follow their lead.