Sensible uniform policy

[MinervaMcGonagallsCat]

For once the Scottish Government has done something sensible and issued policy guidance to headteachers to be sensible, sustainable and inclusive their school uniform policies.

Schools issued with uniform guidelines to cut costs for families www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg5gxe5zd1o

When you read the shite that English families have to put up with on school uniforms I'm sure they can only hope that the Labour Government does something similar too.

So now I will be forced to fork out for a load of branded sportswear/trainers instead of an economical school uniform (including an inexpensive blazer), most of which are hand me downs from an older sibling. Fantastic!

Agreed.

Honestly how do Scot Government make such an arse of everything they touch?

Who would have even thought it was possible to write a 44 page essay on uniforms.
If it had been set as a school assignment most of us would struggle to write anything more than a page.

You won't be forced at all to buy "branded" wear. You may choose to but no one is forcing you to.

Have you met teenagers and the peer pressures they are under?

Yes I have had a teen and I have a pre teen.

Joggers will end up being branded and costing parents more. The kids who come in with Asda and Sainsbury’s plain joggers will get bullied by the kids in Adidas and Nike.

trousers, shirt, jumper, tie, boring shoes - at least everyone is on a level playing field. Scottish schools have lots of fancy blazers - a £30 blazer from M&S with a badge sewn on should do.

We already have peer pressure with coats and shoes- kids wanting to wear Nike Air Forces at £120 and North face jackets. I live in a ‘well-heeled’ town and I know that peer pressure would be immense.
The school currently discourages branded PE kit but most kids wear brands.
Dropping the uniform makes no sense to me at all. It will cost parents more in the long run and put even more pressure on less well off families.
Maybe we should be moving away from shirts, ties and blazers as this no longer reflects how people dress in the workplace but leggings, joggers and hoodies don’t reflect this either.

Unfortunately leggings, joggers, shorts and hoodies are perfectly reflective of the current office attire and not just on dress down days. I'm perfectly happy not to be wearing a suit every day but the majority of the office now look like they've barely dragged themselves out of bed or are heading for the gym in their break.

If their managers are happy they are doing a good job then I suppose it doesn't matter what they wear so I'm just an old fuddy duddy 🤷

Agreed, and it was the same in the early 90s levis and labelled trainers, kids have never changed.
LA Gear, Reebok pump, big massive baseball boots. Naf-naf sweatshirts as well, they were extortionate.

The school reintroduced the uniform for a reason it's just stupid that we are back full circle.

I was at high school in Scotland almost 30 years ago. My state school had no uniform and very few guidelines around clothing other than, I think: no midriffs/arsecracks on show, no visible underwear and no swear words on clothes. So we had kids with shitloads of piercings, pink and green hair, whatever they wanted. As well as normal stuff like jeans, hoodies, joggers etc obviously.

People were not bullied about what they wore whatsoever. Bullying did happen, but it was always about other things - usually things like physical appearance 😔

@EngineEngineNumber9 did your school eventually reintroduce uniforms?

I moved away years ago but I just went on my old school’s website and they’re all in ties and blazers! So, yes they have reintroduced it. Bah. I do understand the benefits of a certain level of uniform but I don’t understand the benefit of ties.

My old secondary was the same early 90s uniform slowly disappeared. Strathclyde Region prevented schools enforcing uniforms.

Not long after I left there must have been a change of policy because they relaunched it and enforced it.

If the not enforcing uniforms really worked and caused less issues schools wouldn't have felt the need to relaunch and enforce them.

I just think we are repeating history.