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Is anyone else’s school attempting to get past new uniform guidance by labelling items “optional”?

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Newschool3 · 02/07/2026 17:37

For example, it is optional for children to wear a pullover in winter, but should they choose to, it needs to have a logo. Some PE items do not have logos, but school specifies specific colours with particular stripes (which I can only find at school supplier shop).

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concertinacornflake · 10/07/2026 22:37

RedStripeLeaf · 10/07/2026 19:53

@whiteskys I'm somewhat surprised that schools don't receive automatic alerts when relevant legislation and guidance is updated - this should not be a hard thing to enable.

They will get info sent directly, plus via unions and other sector organisations, plus they all talk about it at heads meetings, governors gatherings etc.

BurntBroccoli · 10/07/2026 23:23

Newschool3 · 02/07/2026 23:18

Re: the pullover I referred to as one of the examples, it’s not that the logo is optional, it’s that if they want to wear a pullover to school, it has to be the one with the logo. That’s not really optional is it?

So they have to freeze in a shirt in winter?

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