I remember my high-school was extremely strict on blazers for all years, they had to be the thick wooly type and worn everyday. Students used to get stopped at the door if they had a raincoat over the blazer, or in lieu of the blazer – and told to wear the blazer properly. The headteacher I had has since retired though, so I don’t know if the rules have changed.
They were costly too, about £80-£120. My mum used to get me a larger size so I could wear it for two years before needing a new one lol
I really don’t like the idea of central government assuming this much control over schools.
when I was at primary school, the sole branded item was the school tie. we were expected to have a white blouse or shirt, dark grey or black skirt or trousers, the tie, and a jumper of either red or grey. Relatively few would manage to put their tie back on after PE.
Secondary school, the uniform ~suggestion~ was largely the same, white blouse or shirt, school tie, black skirt, trousers, or slacks, dark blue jumper or cardigan, until 5th and 6th year, when we were encouraged to wear the school blazer (though you could obtain one of the correct colour from wherever you liked, and the school badge was available separately to be sewn on to the blazer). Otherwise, people wore just about whatever (except shellsuits due to fire hazards), though by the time I was in 6th year, there were branded sweatshirts that were becoming available to the younger pupils, the wearing of those was encouraged.
blazers for primary schools and for S1-4 seem a bit much to me, though some of my cousins had to wear such things (though, *they* went to the *good school* as my aunt would point out at every opportunity, while also mentioning how she had to buy the special mandated brown underwear as well, but it was alright because her husband earned that much)
Yeah blazers are bloody expensive and always sat stupid with the manufacturer my school used. Bout time.
If there was something like “Any uniform items beyond a school tie which are not available at supermarkets must be 50% subsidised by the school”, I wonder how many schools would find that shirt, sweater, trousers and/or skirt were plenty smart enough?
What would happen, other than bullying, if your parents just said “nope, Fred is wearing a t-shirt and jeans every day”
We only ever had blazers for perfects. I think the school has blazers for everyone now. Bit of a rip off.
Under Scottish law a state school cannot legally demand uniform compliance, it’s just guidance.
My high school didn’t have blazers when I was there, but they brought them out a few years after I left (so my sister was caught with that). Initially they just brought them out for 5th/6th years, meaning that even if you were leaving at Christmas in 5th year your parents still had to shell out a small fortune for a blazer, even though you’d only have the use of it for a few months.
Personally I’d be in favour of checking the hard drives of headteachers who are obsessive about uniforms but this is better than nothing I suppose
I really don’t understand why we make kids dress up for school when most people out there are wearing just jeans, t-shirt and a jumper or even worse, trackies.
Want some kind of uniform? Sure! But make it simple, casual and affordable ffs
Uniform should just be a jumpsuit. Cheap AF. No need for individual schools having uniforms
I’ll always remember the ribbing I got for having a girls blazer, that had been passed down from my sister, which the other guys knew somehow because the buttons were on the other side.
This was how I learned that, not only was I a lot poorer than my classmates, but they were fucking massive losers.
There was no school uniforms in my secondary school – though that was a few years ago now.
It did mean the wealthier kids got to show off in new gear though – which was not great. Especially if you were from a poorer family.
Should be compulsory for all genders to wear long trousers to school.
Don’t they just have school colours so the police know where the little shits are from 🤔
Growing up in north ayrshire our (Catholic) schools, primary and secondary, insisted on full uniform including blazers. The state schools had no uniforms, crazy that that was allowed.
I always felt I had a target on my back when I went to school, for good reason.
I wonder if this new ruling includes faith schools..or if it’s just ‘advisory’
Uniforms are a redundant, draconian relic of the past and shouldn’t even be a thing. There’s really no excuse for it, it does nothing for education other than distract from it. The excuses don’t even hold up – you don’t need to ‘learn’ how to wear uniforms for work, you just put clothes on. You don’t prevent bullying with uniforms, it happens anyway regardless. It doesn’t ‘breed discipline’ when the uniforms are customised and altered to suit each child anyway and no one takes them seriously.
Just scrap uniforms and let kids be comfortable when they’re meant to be learning.
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I remember my high-school was extremely strict on blazers for all years, they had to be the thick wooly type and worn everyday. Students used to get stopped at the door if they had a raincoat over the blazer, or in lieu of the blazer – and told to wear the blazer properly. The headteacher I had has since retired though, so I don’t know if the rules have changed.
They were costly too, about £80-£120. My mum used to get me a larger size so I could wear it for two years before needing a new one lol
I really don’t like the idea of central government assuming this much control over schools.
when I was at primary school, the sole branded item was the school tie. we were expected to have a white blouse or shirt, dark grey or black skirt or trousers, the tie, and a jumper of either red or grey. Relatively few would manage to put their tie back on after PE.
Secondary school, the uniform ~suggestion~ was largely the same, white blouse or shirt, school tie, black skirt, trousers, or slacks, dark blue jumper or cardigan, until 5th and 6th year, when we were encouraged to wear the school blazer (though you could obtain one of the correct colour from wherever you liked, and the school badge was available separately to be sewn on to the blazer). Otherwise, people wore just about whatever (except shellsuits due to fire hazards), though by the time I was in 6th year, there were branded sweatshirts that were becoming available to the younger pupils, the wearing of those was encouraged.
blazers for primary schools and for S1-4 seem a bit much to me, though some of my cousins had to wear such things (though, *they* went to the *good school* as my aunt would point out at every opportunity, while also mentioning how she had to buy the special mandated brown underwear as well, but it was alright because her husband earned that much)
Yeah blazers are bloody expensive and always sat stupid with the manufacturer my school used. Bout time.
If there was something like “Any uniform items beyond a school tie which are not available at supermarkets must be 50% subsidised by the school”, I wonder how many schools would find that shirt, sweater, trousers and/or skirt were plenty smart enough?
What would happen, other than bullying, if your parents just said “nope, Fred is wearing a t-shirt and jeans every day”
We only ever had blazers for perfects. I think the school has blazers for everyone now. Bit of a rip off.
Under Scottish law a state school cannot legally demand uniform compliance, it’s just guidance.
My high school didn’t have blazers when I was there, but they brought them out a few years after I left (so my sister was caught with that). Initially they just brought them out for 5th/6th years, meaning that even if you were leaving at Christmas in 5th year your parents still had to shell out a small fortune for a blazer, even though you’d only have the use of it for a few months.
Personally I’d be in favour of checking the hard drives of headteachers who are obsessive about uniforms but this is better than nothing I suppose
I really don’t understand why we make kids dress up for school when most people out there are wearing just jeans, t-shirt and a jumper or even worse, trackies.
Want some kind of uniform? Sure! But make it simple, casual and affordable ffs
Uniform should just be a jumpsuit. Cheap AF. No need for individual schools having uniforms
I’ll always remember the ribbing I got for having a girls blazer, that had been passed down from my sister, which the other guys knew somehow because the buttons were on the other side.
This was how I learned that, not only was I a lot poorer than my classmates, but they were fucking massive losers.
There was no school uniforms in my secondary school – though that was a few years ago now.
It did mean the wealthier kids got to show off in new gear though – which was not great. Especially if you were from a poorer family.
Should be compulsory for all genders to wear long trousers to school.
Don’t they just have school colours so the police know where the little shits are from 🤔
Growing up in north ayrshire our (Catholic) schools, primary and secondary, insisted on full uniform including blazers. The state schools had no uniforms, crazy that that was allowed.
I always felt I had a target on my back when I went to school, for good reason.
I wonder if this new ruling includes faith schools..or if it’s just ‘advisory’
Uniforms are a redundant, draconian relic of the past and shouldn’t even be a thing. There’s really no excuse for it, it does nothing for education other than distract from it. The excuses don’t even hold up – you don’t need to ‘learn’ how to wear uniforms for work, you just put clothes on. You don’t prevent bullying with uniforms, it happens anyway regardless. It doesn’t ‘breed discipline’ when the uniforms are customised and altered to suit each child anyway and no one takes them seriously.
Just scrap uniforms and let kids be comfortable when they’re meant to be learning.