School Uniform

[Thelife&times]

my daughter started high school in Sept 2020 her uniform cost us £250, blazer alone was £48 (she lost it after 2 weeks so has to replace)
tie £6
school jumper £13 then there was the cost of the P.E. Kit,tracksuit, 3 different p.e. tshirts.
When she was in primary school,I used to get her uniform from either Aldi or Lidl for under £20

100% this.
A couple of high schools in my area have an amazing school uniform shop that help parents struggling financially.
I will only ever have to clothe one at a time at high school, but can’t imagine the cost if you have 2/3+ at high school at the same time!

 

[StormSolitaire]

Just realised how limited options must be for parents nowadays. When I was a kid in the 90s everywhere sold uniforms- Littlewoods, BHS, Mothercare, Woolies, random lower budget shops- seems with most of the high street gone, the few shops that do stock it can charge silly prices.

 

[Tublet83]

Just realised how limited options must be for parents nowadays. When I was a kid in the 90s everywhere sold uniforms- Littlewoods, BHS, Mothercare, Woolies, random lower budget shops- seems with most of the high street gone, the few shops that do stock it can charge silly prices.

Not really all the supermarkets sell school uniform, it’s probably cheaper

 

[Pinkii]

I think its a terrible idea!!

school uniform is great as it creates equality, there is no rich/poor divide and kids don’t have to worry about that, but do agree it should be a basic uniform that you can get anywhere.

i remember non uniform day for me was a nightmare, Not wearing the right thing or whatever and people would be taking the mickey. It would always make me so anxious and if I could I would have skipped school on non uniform Days

I can’t even imagine what it would be like in this day and age without uniforms, kids already have so much peer pressure as it is from
Social media etc, they don’t need it from another source.

 

[mg89]

My secondary school didn't have uniform and I remember it was fine, individuality was encouraged. My Mum couldn't afford labels or anything so I rocked up with very plain/normal stuff and was never teased.

My younger brother goes to a primary school where everything has to have the logo - they can't wear their own winter coats, has to be the school's one that costs £40. This year they sent out a text saying gloves had to be a certain colour, as well as girls hairbands. I think it's madness. I'm a primary school teacher and support uniform but not to the extremes that some schools go to.

 

[bubbadabut]

I am in favour of school uniforms as long as the rules on where they are bought from aren't too strict. Our school allows uniform with the official logo as well as plain ones bought from supermarkets. It's only a primary though, I imagine the local secondaries are different and insist on all the official blazers, etc. I have 4 kids so not looking forward to that expense after kitting my kids out at Aldi/Asda all these years.

 

[Flower45]

As a mother of a style conscious daughter I like uniforms. On a non uniform day the pressure is huge to look cool I would hate if that was every day! On the price front yes the crested jumpers are expensive but they last a LOT longer than crap from Tesco. The skirts last years.

 

[Bitofthebubbly]

Just realised how limited options must be for parents nowadays. When I was a kid in the 90s everywhere sold uniforms- Littlewoods, BHS, Mothercare, Woolies, random lower budget shops- seems with most of the high street gone, the few shops that do stock it can charge silly prices.

I dunno, every major supermarket sells uniform now at such a cheap price and decent quality. Would the likes of mothercare and bhs be so cheap? I’ve never felt like my options are limited unless I leave it too late to buy new uniform and everything in the sizes I need is out of stock!

 

[DuckDuck]

My daughters school has decided to reverse back to an old previous school name .... she has 3bastard blazers at £30 each , school pe kit with the school logo on which socks itself was £15 and she’s lost 3 pairs in the year she hasn’t really been there , pe tops school logo , pe jumper school logo
They are ducked if I’m paying for more . She WILL be attending school in the uniform she has now unless the school give me a huge amount of towards new . I’ve only JUST bought more because she grew out of hers since being off since Christmas and only just going back
Don’t the school actually give a shiny one . I will be making noise A LOTof noise it’s not even going to an academy like all now are , it IS an academy they want to drop the Academy part.
Think Manor park academy so the logo is MPA but is going back to Manor park ... it’s not the name of the school by the way I just made that up but all it’s doing is dropping the academy part

 

[Ravenclaw24]

Totally agree with having school uniforms because they create a sense of equality no matter your economic background and spare a lot of potential bullying based on what he or she wore and how it looks. However I felt my school took the whole uniform thing a bit too far. You'd have to tie your hair in 2 braids with black ribbon- if not, penalized. No watch allowed before 9th grade- this didn't make sense to me as we could tell the time we'll before the age of 14. constant moral policing regarding piercings- a girl with more than a certain no of piercings by a certain age is publicly questioned by teachers and shamed. Lots and lots of moral policing and enforced controll. Not exactly uniform related but my school used to send prefects to conduct random classroom raids during PT period when the class was empty, and we'd come back to find facewashes,hair brushes etc confiscated and kept on a table in the front like guilty loot, and havE it taken away, never to see it again. Idk what's so wrong with bringing a face wash or a brush to school tbh. Was a very conservative school with a lot of control over the students.

 

[the_moonins]

My eldest’s school uniform and school shoes, PE kit and trainers cost me around £400.
I agree that they should have a uniform... but I think it needs to just be a school tie and be able to get everything else from supermarkets. My eldest has to wear a school issued blazer, tie and school issued jumper, and all of his PE kit is branded too. I don’t know why they can’t just wear black joggers/shorts and white T-shirt at least for PE. His PE kit cost £120... and as we all know, they grow out of everything or lose things

 

[Powpow46]

I'm another pro school uniform. But the branded uniform prices are shocking. £10 for a polo top with the school name on versus 5 tops without for the same price. Erm hello.
They're children, either stuck in a heated room sweating together, or playing outside in all weathers, rolling around by choice or being pushed around in dirt, grass and mud.
duck paying stupid prices for branded clothing.
Parents need affordable clothing. My girls had at least 3 pairs of trousers each and 5 blouses, working full time I honestly did not have the time to wash and dry 2 uniforms every day. On top of school, there's all the after school clubs and groups, brownies, swimming lessons etc. No time, to be washing and drying all night.

Primary and middle school were ok. High school was ok for me. But I did feel sorry for friends who had boys, that at 12 years old were 6ft 5, wearing size 12 shoes. Needing kitted out in blazers and trousers etc. Nightmare!

I remember our local high school tried to relax the uniform one year. Hoodies replaced blazers and ties. The kids looked like tramps. Blazers and ties were brought back, by request of the kids!

 

[Ceelea]

I'm a fan of uniform policy.

It unites students and is cheaper in the long run.