School uniform logic

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Why is a (school) logo required on a PE polo shirt? Also why are boys not permitted to roll up their shirt sleeves but are permitted to wear short sleeve shirts? The rest of the uniform seems reasonable but I can’t get the logic of these. Btw I am not going to be having a go at school or embarrassing my child - prepared to accept there are reasons, just haven’t figured out what they are.

I’ve just moved DS school and DD is starting after the summer and one of the things I’m looking forward too is the relaxed uniform.

Navy trousers, shorts, skirt or pinafore. White polo shirt or shirt.
Navy jumper, cardigan or logo’d jumper.
Black shoes (which includes trainers as long as they are completely black - that always seems to rule out the expensive brands as many don’t have completely black shoes)

My ds school has uniform but it's quite casual. Polo shirt and hoodie. With logo.
Pe t shirts are logo and diff color for each Yr group which can be frustrating as he had his stolen last week and have had to replace for 3 weeks which can't be used in Sept.
they have Pe hoodies. Identical to the day wear ones but with Pe written under it..

Oh and they can wear black trainers. Which is great as always find getting ds shoes a pain.

Short sleeved shirts versus rolling up sleeves: once kids start customing their uniforms, things get scruffy pretty darned fast, and after scruffy comes dirty, or half-naked.

What an utter load of bollocks. Hilarious how rolling up sleeves = half naked. Bollocks.

I think that’s the same logic that schools that refuse to let kids remove blazers or jumpers (without permission from a teacher) use. It’s ridiculous. A slippery slope fallacy.

ties only for boys

Why? Very few workplaces requires ties now, schools shouldn't need kids to wear them either.

schools that refuse to let kids remove blazers or jumpers (without permission from a teacher) use. It’s ridiculous

I always told ds that if he needed to remove his jumper he was to do so and if the teacher had a problem with it, they could contact me. In practice it never happened, and ds often just left it at home. However, it is still an LA school, the academies appear to be laws unto themselves with no accountability.