Question for teachers - why do schools enforce uniform policies so strictly?

[justanotherdaduser]

Partly inspired by the thread below, but partly also triggered by y7 DD's experience in senior school, I was wondering why senior schools go to such lengths to stamp out minor uniform transgressions?

I don't think for a second that schools are stupid or are just tyrannical for the sake of it, so there must be some thinking behind this? Maybe slovenly uniform affects outcomes? Does it? Schools like Michaela talk a lot about smart appearance. Is that an end in itself or is there an impact on learning too?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/secondary/4751506-school-skirts-why-is-it-such-an-issue

No this is what is happening in schools today. Most of these things have happened to my own kids or their mates.

I always think it’s pointless when it’s so strictly enforced, because surely it’s better having kids in class learning, in the wrong socks, than not being in the class at all, because they’ve been sent home.

I just can’t see how preventing kids being in the class learning could possibly be the answer to… create an environment to better help them learn?

Makes no sense