To find it outrageous that school inspects the DC's trousers

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And makes them change immediately into school regulation trousers if they are not the right 'cut'.

Black trousers are black trousers surely. DS wanted the 'skinny' type which are not actually skinny but less flappable than the standard fit. All the rage, plenty of DC wearing them. Store sells them as school trousers. They are school trousers.

School decides they are 'jeans'.

AIBU to think they should take their head out if their arse and concentrate on educating the DC rather than making them line up for 'inspection', as if they are army recruits?

Lower school HAS to wear trousers only sold by school uniform shop. They even put a colourful line down the side, like they are an army brass band, so they cannot sneak on reasonably priced trousers - £18 as opposed to £6 supermarket ones.

It is obscene. Why are they allowed to get away with it?

Before some idiot pipes up that I should disrupt DS's education by moving him if I don't like 'dem rulz', schools are a public SERVICE not a vehicle for boosting the ego of some limp dicked, power crazed twat .

as for uniform being a 'leveler' it's very visible who is better off at my dc's school.
clothes don't fit well and are very faded. plus there is a visible different in quality of some items.

I think that such strict rules about uniform are pointless too and can't believe that schools dontbmake it as easy as possinle for parents. Considering how such child poverty is around and how their focus should on getting kids to school, why focus on such detail?

Perhaps a balance between cheap and durable ?

All school uniform I know about is pretty cheap. But there’s no point specifying stuff that goes to rags in eight washes. That’s not even cheap in the long run .......

And most places have a hand-me-down system for outgrown uniform so you can get it really cheap if you like.

as for uniform being a 'leveler' it's very visible who is better off at my dc's school.
clothes don't fit well and are very faded. plus there is a visible different in quality of some items

well that's because it isn't truly uniform. If it were logoed items only then they would all have identical garments. Blazers and trousers don't fade in the wash, only primary sweatshirts fade really and it is more secondary age that need the 'levelling'

Yabu. Just follow the rules. Not difficult.

Even if it is logoed items etc it is still obvious. Kids from well off families get theirs replaced more often, the clothes look newer and if they outgrow them before the end of the school year they are replaced. Kids in poorer families often have fewer sets of the clothes so they look worn quicker and at the end of the year are often a bit too small/short. Also shoes, socks, coats, bags often give the game away anyway.

That me so buttface but it's still 100 times better than the kids with their worn clothes having to face the rich ones wearing new fashion gear in the latest in styles.

I tell you what would be 100 times better and that's for schools to take class based bullying seriously and put all the time spent policing how tight trousers are into building a properly inclusive environment that engenders true respect between pupils.

Of course what would be better again is if we actually had an equal society which would get rid of the horrendous ingrained class/status signifiers.

But no. We just tell our kids to wear blazers and pretend that that makes up for everything.

Even if it is logoed items etc it is still obvious. Kids from well off families get theirs replaced more often, the clothes look newer and if they outgrow them before the end of the school year they are replaced. Kids in poorer families often have fewer sets of the clothes so they look worn quicker and at the end of the year are often a bit too small/short. Also shoes, socks, coats, bags often give the game away anyway.
I find the complete opposite.The higher the socio-economic group, the less they care about keeping up appearances ,

Glad, we live in the U.S and schools in general don't require uniform (unless it is public school). It hasn't been my kid's experience at all that their clothes have been relevant. We don't buy fancy clothes and they have often had second hand and homemade clothes. They have been to five different schools between them, one with a lot of very rich families and never had a problem. It really hasn't been an issue.

It was an issue for me in secondary in the UK that required a uniform. I wasn't teased about my clothes but others very definitely were.

I am really not getting the problem with school uniform.They get loads of wear out of it and so new need fewer non-uniform outfits.It is much cheaper than the designer stuff teens want to wear.
Follow the uniform requirements!

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Yabu. Just follow the rules. Not difficult.

This.

I support uniform but I don't support single supplier uniforms.

You should be able to buy everything from a normal shop like Asda, M&S or wherever except for the tie, if there is one.

DS' school is not too bad as you can wear "normal" shirts and trousers but you have to buy a specific jumper (thankfully no blazer) and PE kit. I was annoyed about the PE kit initially as it's quite a bit more expensive than buying normal t-shirts and shorts from the supermarket, but it has washed well and looks good.

To the people who keep saying "why did you select a school with a uniform you don't agree with" - firstly a lot of people don't select a school, they are allocated it, and secondly, uniform rules often change, especially if there is a new head. So your child starts at a particular school with a particular uniform and then the rules change.

YA TOTALLY NBU

And anyone disagreeing is definitely U.

I feel like 'revolting' against uniform. My state comp in the 80s/ 90s had minimal uniform and no uniform in the 6th form. We got excellent grades and sent students to Oxbridge. This was because we had an amazing Head teacher who was actually passionate about education and not clothing.

Well said Merrymarigold!