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Does anyone else consider the uniform when looking for a school ?

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mummyloveslucy · 04/08/2008 18:07

It sounds really silly but I have been put off certain schools because of there uniform. Our local one is grey and maroon. I don't like it at all. I love the navy and white. I think that looks really smart and crisp. Is it just me that does this? Don't misunderstand, if it was a fantastic school with an awful uniform then I wouldn't have a problem but when it's two schools that are both about the same, then I'd be going for the nice uniform.

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MrsWeasley · 04/08/2008 18:56

I knew a woman who chose a school because the uniform included a hat! She even had professional photos done (not just school photos) but then again she was as mad as a box of frogs.

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mummyloveslucy · 04/08/2008 19:01

No way savoycabbage, that is soo funny. It sounds just like my Mum too.

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MABS · 04/08/2008 19:03

oh well maybe it came into it mummyloveslucy Now she's at a brilliant senior school but yukky tartan uniform,no hat.

savoycabbage · 04/08/2008 19:03

I had reception. For PE I was told to 'walk the perimeter of the park.............'

I took them on the swings and slides that week and the next week we played football.

WALK THE PERIMETER OF THE PARK!!!

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mummyloveslucy · 04/08/2008 19:04

There is a state primary in our town that has kilts proper jumpers and tyes. It looks like a private school uniform and is often mistaken for one. Maybe I should have a look at that one.

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mummyloveslucy · 04/08/2008 19:09

Oh my word, you could just imagine it. I bet they were told to walk streight and keep their eyes front. They wouldn't want them dawdeling along scratching their bums and picking their noses would they??

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roisin · 04/08/2008 21:03

ha ha ha
Is this a wind-up?
Whilst I might have opinions on different uniforms, I can't imagine it would ever be on any list as an important factor to consider on schooling.

Actually when we were choosing secondary schools ds1 did comment on one of the uniforms (a 'scratchy' jacket), and I quickly put him straight that we did not make decisions based on such things.

Dottoressa · 04/08/2008 22:39

Hatwoman - was your school oop north? Surely there can't be many schools crazy enough to go for brown kilts.

DS does have a blazer, but I was given it by another parent in return for spending two days marking her MA dissertation. It saved me £60, so was well worth it (she actually gave me two, one of which will do for DD in due course!)

Yes, it is a private school. Even the acrylic jumpers are £25 a go (and we're not allowed to buy one in M&S and sew a badge on - they have to have "integral badge". I ask you). I have bought everything for DS in age 8-9, regardless of the fact that he was five (and quite slight) when I bought it all.

What really swung it for me was that the girls wear woollen pinafores and real cardis, and I have a horror of DD ever wearing polyester trousers and sweatshirts, which seem to be the local "uniform" around here. That said, her beloved Disney princess outfits (which I was also never going to buy) are made with so much polyester that we could start our own polyester factory...

SilkCutMama · 04/08/2008 22:42

I have discounted a school because they don't have a uniform at all

hatwoman · 04/08/2008 22:43

dottoressa - it was indeed up north. did you have the option of banockburn if you couldn;t deal with plain brown? You know they've changed it now - it's blue and green I think (if, of course, we're thinking of the same place)

Gobbledigook · 04/08/2008 22:44

I didn't really have to choose between schools but if I did, I would not like one without uniforms.

In addition, I prefer a 'proper' uniform - not the polo shirt and sweatshirt jobbies.

Although our boys wear polo shirt in summer and look nice but they look miles better in shirt and tie. Much smarter.

Gobbledigook · 04/08/2008 22:47

They wear shirt and tie in winter I mean - and they look lovely.

unknownrebelbang · 04/08/2008 22:49

No.

Hulababy · 04/08/2008 22:50

Yes, I supposed I did take note of uniform a bit. I much prefer DD's (very smart/formal) uniform to the colours/style of the other two girl's schools we considered. Uniform was definitely not one of the deciding factors though.

I like uniform for school. I think it has a definite purpose. Would always prefer a school with a uniform than one without (which does put me off I have to admit) - even at primary level. Each to their own.

unknownrebelbang · 04/08/2008 22:52

The polo shirt and sweatshirt is more practical (I find).

Our Yr 6's wear a shirt and tie and it does look smarter (in the morning).

The children like the distinction, especially as they share the class with Yr 5's, but having had one in each year for the last 12 months, the polo shirt is far more practical, and by lunchtime generally smarter.

hatwoman · 04/08/2008 22:53

hulababy - this thread has thrown up a fellow brown kilt wearer...

Hulababy · 04/08/2008 22:56

Yes, just thinking that. Must be same school. I was not a fellow kilt wearer, but I believe it must be the school that DD will most likely go to after she finishes at her prep school. Amd the uniform has indeed changed. The skirt in secondary part of the school is now incredibly short - and yes, niform is blue/green now. I am hoping DD stays slim with decent legs - ready for the skirt!

Hulababy · 04/08/2008 22:59

DD's school uniform has both boaters (summer) and felt hats (winter), both with matching coats.

colacubes · 04/08/2008 23:16

Er no!

hatwoman · 04/08/2008 23:40

i'd got into my head you were a kilt wearer...methinks it's edam then. I'm not good at mn names

Gobbledigook · 05/08/2008 09:29

I'm sure sweatshirts are more practical but they look scruffy

unknownrebelbang · 05/08/2008 09:34

They may not look as uber-smart as a shirt and tie, but they don't look scruffy.

And by lunchtime, DS3 in a sweatshirt generally looked more intact than those in shirts (boys mainly it has to be said), although thinking about one girl in particular, she was as scruffy as the lads in her shirt.

And for primary school, especially infants, they're far more practical.

Gobbledigook · 05/08/2008 09:38

I'm old fashioned. SHirt and tie everytime for me. When they are little they look quite cute when they come out with their little shirts untucked - it reminds me of the old fudge advert!

God, I'm mad as a bottle of chips aren't I?

unknownrebelbang · 05/08/2008 09:42

lol, well yes that's cute, it's the pen marks and general stains all over the shirts that's the pita. Worse somehow than on the sweatshirts.

All three of mine will be in shirts from September, plus DH's uniform shirts.

Good job I've taught them to iron .

gladders · 05/08/2008 10:17

i would not select a school purely on basis of uniform no.

it was actually a big factor in my discounting a certain school as am really really not a boater/blazer/tie kind of girl....

ds will go to school with sweatshirt/polo shirt combo - think it looks smart, is practical and easy for them to get on and off...

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