School bans wearing jumpers between after Easter and before Oct half term

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https://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/education/parents-criticise-lutterworth-high-school-for-banning-jumpers-until-october-and-putting-pupils-who-wear-them-into-isolation-6578109

What a stupid rule!!!

Its been around 5c at 8am since the school went back after Easter.

Also October can be chilly too.

Yet teachers are wearing jumpers and cardigans.

What is to achieve from making your students shiver and become ill!

When I was at school we had to wear our jumpers and ties whatever the weather - including in 30+ degrees.

Good to know schools continue to make up pointless rules.

I remember we had to ask to remove out jumpers. I also remember when it was really hot and we were told we didn't have to wear our jumpers or ties

What a ridiculous rule. What happens to those who have a medical condition meaning they get cold quickly? Will they be put in isolation or be exempt?

It’s silly, kids shouldn’t have to be forced to wear a jumper or forced not allowed a jumper. My kid is type one and hates jumpers as his diabetes makes him feel hot, the school just allow him to go in his shirt no matter what month/weather.

Ah yes, because in the UK it's so common to have a choice of numerous schools to pick from when you apply, and totally up to you where your child gets given a place. 🙄

I cannot fathom for the life of me why it would be dangerous, or even just a bad idea, to allow kids to figure out for themselves how best to regulate their own body temperature.

I mean, we all vary in how we feel the cold or heat, don't we.

Discomfort is likely to increase distraction, rather than foster focus. How could that possibly be to the pupils' or school's advantage?

Why do schools do this kind of crap?

that doesn't make it reasonable though does it?

Very weird. What a way to make the school day more unnecessarily stressful for everyone. Imagine being a teacher and having to enforce/police all these arbitrary stupid rules, as well as do your actual job.

What does being put in "isolation" for breaching the rule teach the child anyway? You have to adhere to this completely random and nonsensical rule, not use or develop any of your own judgement about how to care for yourself, and if you don't comply, you'll be segregated from everyone else?

Stupid, excessively controlling rules like this shouldn't be possible in state-funded education.

The head of that school probably isn't really a good choice to lead a school.

UK schools seem more interested in creating endless stupid pointless rules than helping children grow, learn and be ready for adulthood.

Thankfully we left the UK and our DS was educated elsewhere.

He still wears a basic uniform with his long hair, earrings and eyeliner. The teachers commend him for his creativity and excellent academic results.

Or it's the first time the media have picked up the issue.

A stupid policy is a stupid policy.

So? No matter when it started, it's always been utterly ridiculous. And it still is. The fact it's not new is neither here nor there. The school are just lucky they haven't been taken to task on it before now.

The school should be focused on the kids' welfare, not their own image (or whatever bananas reason they think they have for doing this).

Good on the mums for calling the school out.

It literally is a new policy

What petty ridiculousness.

I cannot believe any education professional would think this important or reasonable. Banning the wearing of jumpers based on the calendar? Do people really go into teaching with a desire to police what time of year a child wears a jumper? Pathetic.

Surely it's an issue on very hot days?

Would you like to be forced to wear a blazer when it's 30 degrees?

It may be to stop kids tying their jumpers round their waists. I know of a school where they introduced a sleeveless jumper, allegedly for this reason. The kids hated the jumper and were cold in winter.

According to the article, the pupils had been wearing jumpers instead of the school blazer and parents had complained that the blazer wasn’t being worn.

Bat shit. What on earth is wrong with wearing a jumper after Easter? Bat shit bat shit bat shit.

I cannot fathom how over-worked and under-funded schools have the time to be caring about whether kids tie their jumpers round their waists.

If it’s not directly linked to educational outcomes or poor behaviour, they should let it go.

So glad i no longer get those type of texts.
I remember getting a text that my daughters tie wasn't visible when they did a uniform check at the front door.
They always ended texts with 'please give a reason', so I phoned up to enquire about it and was told unzipping her coat on the way through the front door wasn't good enough; ties must be visible at all times and she should have unzipped it before entering.

Considering the outfits others were wearing i asked if it was also policy for arsecheeks to be shown at all times as none of those parents were texted.

I'm so glad my children's schools are normal! Primary: joggers/ leggings/ whatever, red polo, blue jumper. Second hand school logo-ed jumpers and polos are collected every term and available for free from the village library.

Secondary - much the same, except they are a bit stricter with no joggers and jeans and no trainers.

The clothes are affordable, adaptable, comfortable and turns uniform into a non issue. It's not hard to get it right

UK primary school: ‘we are a rights respecting school !’ Teaches children their rights. Teaches them to be independent, to respect others, to wear the appropriate clothing for the weather etc etc etc

UK secondary school : ‘you can’t even decide what items of uniform you wear. We are in charge of everything’

The school's uniform policy is a blazer which is mandatory and a jumper which is optional.

The school says that in hot weather some kids wore their jumper, but refused to wear their blazer because the extra layer made them too hot. Staff would tell them to remove their jumper and put on the blazer. Kids argued and refused to comply. Time was wasted. Kids were punished. Bad feeling all round

So to mitigate against the few kids that broke the rule about wearing the mandory blazer, the school now says that in the summer term no one can wear the jumper. Therefore everyone will be cold enough to wear the blazer

Totally misses the point that teenagers are going to teenage. If you put arbitrary rules in place which they don't understand the point of, or agree with, teenagers are going to push back and rebel. Some more than others, some very much to their own detriment.

Nobody has ever convinced me that anyone will learn anything better if they're wearing a particular blazer during the school day. It's all just about moulding kids to comply with authority and has the unintended but obvious consequence of igniting division between kids and school over a complete non issue.