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Apr 29, 2024 · Schools should engage with parents and pupils when developing their uniform policy to ensure that it is suitable for their school community, recognising that the school community may change...
May 18, 2023 · Most public schools with uniform policies are in low-income neighborhoods (47% of high-poverty public schools required school uniforms vs. 6% of low poverty schools), emphasizing the class distinctions that uniforms were supposed to eliminate.
Sep 16, 2013 · School uniforms: guidance for schools. How schools should develop their uniform policy and procure uniform supplies. From: Department for Education. Published. 16 September 2013. Last...
Jul 15, 2024 · In April 2021, a new law was passed which required statutory guidance to be published on how schools should design and implement their uniform policies, with particular regard to the cost of uniform. The new law will help break down the barriers facing children living in low income families.
- Pro: promotes equality and inclusion. Uniforms should be a “social leveller”, Green told the “Today” programme. Wearing the same clothes “fosters a sense of inclusion and equity in school students”, said Education Times, and can help with “laying the foundation of an equal society”.
- Con: imposes extra financial burden. A Hull councillor has called for a uniform subsidy to help struggling families, saying parents were “having to choose between school clothes and essentials, like food and rent”, said BBC News.
- Pro: promotes discipline and focus. Uniforms became more common in the US in the late 1980s “with the promise that they would curb gang violence and crime”, said The Washington Post.
- Con: curbs freedom of expression. The growing support for school uniforms in the US is “one of the great surrenderings of liberty in modern history”, said Mark Oppenheimer for The New Yorker.
Nov 19, 2021 · A school’s uniform policy should be on the school’s website, available for all parents, including parents of prospective pupils, and be easily understood. Schools should make sure that...
Jul 15, 2020 · School uniforms are a key way of developing a sense of togetherness among students and staff, but the topic is still one of the most widely debated outside of schools. From dress codes to improved safety, in this article we’ll discuss the wide-ranging benefits of wearing school uniforms.
