School uniform - shall I be bloody minded?

scottishchick27

Poppy9 wrote: »

DD has only seen it happen in Y7. A female teacher inspected them during form (they have male form tutor) and she asked about 3 girls to go with her as they had the "wrong trousers". Not sure what happened. Probably the parents had a phone call, telling off and detention. Not sure if they could suspend children over the matter but I think they get sanctions.

I would be absolutely furious if my DD got a detention for wearing the wrong trousers. Thank god there isn't this kind of restrictions at her school. She can basically wear what she wants, black, grey or navy trousers, white polo shirts and either a grey cardigan or blue sweatshirt. I buy the schools sweatshirt cos it looks smart and lasts longer than Asdas.

hm71_2

I never cease to be amazed by this petty behaviour by schools. My ds & dd junior school had a policy of no more than a 3 cm sole on a shoe (think it came from the spice girls wearing platforms) but on one occassion they measured my sons training shoe & said the sole was to high!!! There was another occassion where a friend of mines son had to wear umbro trainers they were black as required but had a small umbro logo on the side in white, the teacher had took a permanat marker to them and coloured it in. needless to say they had a bill for new trainers. I am all for having school uniform as it does put children on a equal footing but it should not all be logo'd and extortionate. there is no difference between a school sweatshirt or an asda sweatshirt except the price.

pinkcloudnine

My DD2 school has only one supplier, & it's not in the school, in the town or even in the next town, its about 20 miles away!!!!!!
They do go to the school a couple of weeks before the start of the new year, but only for the yr 7 students; even then its a case of they never have the size, has to be ordered.
The rest of us have to travel. As to the cost, its £19 for a cheap acrylic jumper [with logo], £20 for skirt or trousers & £15 + for ONE blouse!!!!! :eek: The blouses are cheap poly cotton, either virtually see through, or the new version which is like cardboard, take your pick!
They are now thinking of changing the uniform to blazer, kilt, jumper, shirt & tie,I think they want to compete with the local private schools!!!
Heaven knows what that will cost. At least DD2 will be able to finish her time in the old uniform as she is is now in yr10.;)
BTW the school is an over subscribed Girls Grammer.

Dumyat

while I agree with school uniform I think this kind of approach is ridiculous.
a school sweatshirt or tie is fair enough, but regulation trousers!
our kids had a school sweat shirt at primary school and at high school the only compulsory item was a school tie (£3). they had to wear white shirts and black trousers/skirt, shoes (no trainers) and no football colours to be worn for PE. 5th and 6th years wear school blazer, but prices are not too unreasonable.

r.mac_2

Poppy9 - what a nightmare. I hope that your phonecall.meeting/letter gets some response. If they can't supply what they insist your child wears and are the only supplier then i don't think they can complain?!

I was also wondering the point of the school logo on teh trousers if it's covered by the school sweatshirt???? :roll:

Chloe - have a great term

miss_corerupted

i think if the children have a uniform so should the teachers as some can wear distracting clothes i.e low cut, short. If they are so strict on children. It should be a case of "Do as i do"

*Louise*

I think it's ridiculous that they are asking children to lift their sweatshirts so their clothing can be scrutinised

The bloody-minded ones are at the school, not the parents buying the uniform.

I would buy school trousers at Asda, and send DD with a note explaining that the school shop has no stock availiable - what can they do, send her home??

Have you thought about contacting the local paper as a last resort? Maybe get a group of parents together and give the school a wake up call.

Cloe_3

Thankyouu:)

Urr.. youu dont see your stomach when youu lift your jumper, well i dont think youu do:P.
Yeahh its the same for boys.
Except they have pockets in their trousers whereas girls have them so tiny youu can barely fit more than some coins in there, and they are really pointless:L.
Some people used to cut and stick the logos, but now youu get sanctions and detentions, if youu have the wrong coulour scarf, have coat/scarf/hat etc. on indoors, have no top button done up. And the uniform checks are more regualar.

.xo

moggylover

I don't think that it would be "bloody-minded" to buy plain black trousers (if Chloe can stand her ground) and send her in with a letter that woe-betides anyone who dares to take it out on her because the school was unable to supply the correct rubbish at the right time.

Where abouts in Wales are you - because talking to friends and family back in England, they seem to have less hassle about uniform than we do here - and my cousins son is in private school, and his uniform is still less expensive than the rubbish we get at Dyffryn Teifi in Llandysul, and much better quality.

I think we should all name and shame the schools that are guilty of this poor behaviour on MSE - and that maybe we could get a petition together from parents throughout the Country to send to No. 10 asking that they make it clear to schools that many of the current uniform policies are unreasonable and extortionate and that this practice must stop.

I really do not object to a smart school uniform, in fact I prefer it. However, there needs to be some realism on the part of the schools involved, and they really do need to be made to see that they cannot continue to take parents for a ride!

bestpud

I think my fisrt course of action here would be gathering opinions from other parents. The problem with everyone moaning about it, is many will only moan to other parents and shy away from making an official complaint.

There is always weight in numbers and you will get more to join in if they know they are backed up.

Plus, it is better for cloe if she is not alone with this. My dd would be mortified at having to stand out and be 'told off' for wearing the wrong trousers, but my ds would have been happy to fight the good fight, so to speak! So it does depend on the child though I guess.

If you can get enough of you together then ask for an official meeting with the Head and Governors, to put your case across. Be very clear before hand whether you are asking for them to abolish this rule though, or just make it easier to get hold of them.

If you can't gather support, you may be on to a loser tbh. The local press is always an option though, either way, but again, it depends very much on the child!

In the meantime, you've little option but to send her in an alternative and state why. I'd also be asking they don't embarrass my dd by making an issue out of something she clearly cannot avoid right now.

It's all daft imo! There is no need to have 'school' trousers and inevitably they will be more difficult because of the different sizes and shapes we come in. Tops are one thing but trousers cannot ever be a one style/size/type fits all. Plus, if it is about them looking good, then there is nothing worse than a pair of badly fitting trousers imo.

Jeez, they'll be asking you to buy 'school' shoes next! :mad: