To not buy 'regulation' school uniform

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Because firstly it is much more expensive (1 school logo polo top for £7.50 when I can get two plain ones for £5).
Secondly the list states "only shirts (l/s or s/s) with ties. NO open neck blouses for girls. Dd2 hates tight things near her neck or feeling restricted thread hated the shirt tie combo even with top button undone so I have got her blouses with an open neck as she will be comfier.

Db was horrified (his daughter is also starting school at the same time) and he said I am wrong to deliberately get the 'wrong' uniform

In my last school if you didn't deal with uniform infringements you'd be in trouble because the teacher who did pick it up would ask the pupil which class they'd been in previously. Yes of course management were the main problem but it was compounded by parents who didn't communicate. You wouldn't have to waste time challenging a pupil if parents had advised school of reasons for child not being in uniform.

That was secondary by the way. I think inflexible uniform demands in primary are nonsensical.

personally I think the logoed tops look much better/ smarter. dd had 5 which lasted all year, none got lost or anything, they need naming obviously! So 7.50 or whatever times 5 is 37.50 for all year. So yabu unless you are very hard up and really don't have the money in which case talk to the school.

personally I think the logoed tops look much better/ smarter. dd had 5 which lasted all year, none got lost or anything, they need naming obviously! So 7.50 or whatever times 5 is 37.50 for all year. So yabu unless you are very hard up and really don't have the money in which case talk to the school.

DDs school has the most relaxed uniform policy - school colour is blue but you can wear grey or black too - all supermarket shopping friendly.

One girl often comes to school in a red school dress! She likes red, you see. I just don't get it.

tobysmum cost is relative really. I consider £37.50 just for 5 polo shirts hideously expensive. I buy all of mine from Asda, the little ones would probably be under a tenner for 5.
The only logoed stuff I have ever bought is a few sweatshirts in primary school (which were lovely,cheap and fantastic quality), blazers and ties in senior school (again very cheap), and a few things for PE, which lasted for years. It depends on the school really. The schools my children have attended have all been quite flexible in this area (wisely I think as there are a lot of poor families) and the children still look smart (and do quite well).
I just don't understand why some schools demand parents spend hundreds of pounds on school uniform. There's no need for it whatsoever.

Who ever liked wearing a school uniform anyway? I would buy the cheaper option but the regulation stuff. Uniform is one of the things kids need to comply with as it teaches them how to behave. If at age 25 she has a job with a uniform, is she going to say I don't want that to wear that shirt? She wouldn't keep her job if she refused the uniform.

No one really refuses to wear their work uniform Icerocket. For one thing, they're usually supplied by the company. For another, the person has an incentive to wear them, ie they're getting paid to do so.
There's no real reason for expensive school uniforms to be enforced.

There used to be some regulations about uniform being available from multiple suppliers. Does anyone know if the problem now is that, like other things, academies don't have to agree to it?

Erm, buy long sleeved polo tops for the winter...not rocket science? This is what I did when mine were in Infants.
They only had to wear shirt and tie for school photos and I reckoned they could cope with the odd day but kept the top button undone and did the tie fat and lose-ish.

My DS does not like tight things round his nor DH. Both were born with the umbilical cord round their necks (not dangerously so) and I've always wondered of there's a link...

they are not telling parents to spend 'hundreds of pounds on school uniform'

You know what I was getting at fatlazymummy. There are rules for a reason, all the way through life, school helps us to prepare for this.

She's 4 ice

She will have no idea of the uniform rules and in a couple of years will be able to put up with a bit more than she is able to right now. The poor thing has two canulas and other medical equipment that makes her self conscious no doubt and uncomfortable. Do you seriously think a minor adjustment that will barely be noticed is going to have any baring on her future? And why can't anyone grasp she's got enough to deal with