Will Replacing School Uniforms With Tracksuits......

Revolting idea. Imagine a world full of youths in trackie daks. Why don’t they issue balaclavas as well ?

What is happening to our country? Fashion has gone out of the window. Tracksuits, jogging pants, leggings, over-sized jeans, elastic waistbands, trainers, sliders, I realise this is for comfort, but if you wear anything other than leisure wear nowadays you feel overdressed.

Me and my hubby love to get dressed up for a meal out, me a dress with court shoes, him chinos, shirt, blazer and brogues, but it makes you feel like you're going to a wedding when you see how others are dressed! We still do it though, leisure wear isn't our thing, unless we're lounging at home or gardening.

School children in tracksuits would look scruffy and slovenly. Who on earth came up with that idea? Tracksuits are for PE, not sitting in the classroom learning. Children need to learn that appearances count for a lot in the world of work, high school is one step closer to going forth into the big wide world to earn a living. Standards have dropped low enough in this country, in more ways than one, let's try to claw back some pride in our appearance, a school full of tracksuit clad youngsters would look like a ghetto - please no 😱.

Forgive me if this thread tackles a different idea, but you already started a 10 page discussion on this subject in February
mae13??

Here
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.gransnet.com/forums/chat/a1355893-Tracksuits-To-Become-Standard-School-Uniform&ved=2ahUKEwilzsH6mv6TAxUbUEEAHfckGqUQFnoECCEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw15uD237758I4-2Rjo6jWeJ

I thought it felt like deja vu! I wondered if I'd seen it on Mumsnet before I saw the light and came over to Gransnet 😉.

I think school tracksuits are a good idea for the younger years, Reception up to
and including Yr2.

They spend a good amount of time on the floor, tracksuits are easy for going to
the bathroom also.

At the primary school next door to me, they wear PE uniforms two days a week. This comprises of shorts, t shirts, sweatshirt and joggers when cold. All items have to purchased from uniform shop.

They still look smart and identifiable to that school.

Swapping one type of uniform for another ? Wow! What a news story . . .
So those who already complain that blazers are too hot over a school jumper will now complain that they are too hot over a hoodie or too cold if school jumpers are dropped too.
Track suits can look smart. Look at the athletes marching on at the Olympics. They need more effort to keep them looking smart, especially the cheap ones, and how many people actually iron any more.

Will they be allowed to specify tracksuits without hoods?
Otherwise the next government action after the phone ban will be to give schools permission to ban hoods up in school. Difficult when they allow head coverings for girls from other cultures. Imagine teaching a mass of hooded teens?
Although it could be good for neurodivergent children. My DGS would have even worn his hood up in our house if we’d let him.

Is uniform policy anything to do with the government, I thought it was local authorities and schools that decided on uniform policy? Sounds like a Daily Telegraph let’s whip up the gullible populace story to me.

This has been on here before I remember commenting on it
Why another ???
Yes Martav you found it
Why are you obsessed with the subject Mae13

Casdon

Is uniform policy anything to do with the government, I thought it was local authorities and schools that decided on uniform policy? Sounds like a Daily Telegraph let’s whip up the gullible populace story to me.

Is school policy on anything the government’s responsibility?
Or is that only when it will make a distracting headline?
Both banning phones and changing uniforms have been claimed to be making a contribution to children’s welfare.
Seems odd that one is acceptable and the other is not.
Just to help you out,
Your school's governing body decides the uniform policy. There's government guidance called Developing School Uniform Policy that gives advice on this topic.

If everyone is wearing the same clothes, whether tracksuits or matching clown suits, they are wearing a uniform.

It is time that uniforms were chosen for their practicality and usefulness, and if that means tracksuits, tracksuits it should be.

Children are far more likely to wear properly, uniforms that are practical and comfortable to wear. I can remember from my own school days and living near a secondary school when my children were young the many and various ways that unifom was manipulated in order to show our dislike of our uniform.

This obsession with uniform and how it was being worn, if my own childhood memories are correct, is limited to little old ladies like us and ex military types.

Well, as Granny gravy has said, in COVID, schools here decided that pupils should wear their PE kit to school on days when it would be needed. This is common practice now.
It solves so many problems for staff, managing changing rooms and lost kit, pupils, some of whom hate changing in public, and parents, who know when kit needs washing, trainers are outgrown and so on.
It has not resulted in any problems at all.
I remember some publicity years ago when my former school removed hats from the uniform requirement!

Mollygo

Casdon

Is uniform policy anything to do with the government, I thought it was local authorities and schools that decided on uniform policy? Sounds like a Daily Telegraph let’s whip up the gullible populace story to me.

Is school policy on anything the government’s responsibility?
Or is that only when it will make a distracting headline?
Both banning phones and changing uniforms have been claimed to be making a contribution to children’s welfare.
Seems odd that one is acceptable and the other is not.
Just to help you out,
^Your school's governing body decides the uniform policy. There's government guidance called Developing School Uniform Policy that gives advice on this topic.^

This is the government document as far as I can see. It doesn’t prescribe a type of uniform at all.

‘Our policy on school uniform

It is for the governing board of a school to decide:

rules about appearance
whether there should be a school uniform policy and, if so, what that should be
how the uniform should be sourced
These duties are placed on all governing boards by statute to ensure that school policies promote good behaviour and discipline among the pupil body.

We strongly encourage schools to have a uniform, as it can play a key role in:

promoting the ethos of a school
providing a sense of belonging and identity
setting an appropriate tone for education’

www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform/school-uniforms

BlueBelle

This has been on here before I remember commenting on it
Why another ???
Yes Martav you found it
Why are you obsessed with the subject Mae13

Surely it is just a post getting others point of views. So what if a post has been on here before and why is Mae obsessed, it's just her point of view.
Personally I like a school uniform, my children looked so smart and were aware they were going to school to learn. My son left school a bit scruffy where he got involved in the playground rough and tumble but who cares.

Definitely deja vu on this subject.

Yes, it's fine lots of First Schools already have this in place in my area. All 3 of mine have them in their individual schools. They are all uniform and the children like them.
Can't see any problems.

Tracksuits are easy to wash and their sleeves can be pushed up for hand washing. Children are at school to work and play,

Rafiachsin 300 answers on this subject just a couple of months back I don’t understand why another new identical thread is needed ….ll.llif it was a year or two ago maybe

Anyway as I said before I think it’s a good idea, they are comfortable, and can look smart and is a uniform

BlueBelle

Rafiachsin 300 answers on this subject just a couple of months back I don’t understand why another new identical thread is needed ….ll.llif it was a year or two ago maybe

Anyway as I said before I think it’s a good idea, they are comfortable, and can look smart and is a uniform

Ideas and events develop over time. There may be more reason this year to have track suit uniforms .

I understand that completely Caleo why not just add to your original thread then, it’s only a couple of months old

M0nica

If everyone is wearing the same clothes, whether tracksuits or matching clown suits, they are wearing a uniform.

It is time that uniforms were chosen for their practicality and usefulness, and if that means tracksuits, tracksuits it should be.

Children are far more likely to wear properly, uniforms that are practical and comfortable to wear. I can remember from my own school days and living near a secondary school when my children were young the many and various ways that unifom was manipulated in order to show our dislike of our uniform.

This obsession with uniform and how it was being worn, if my own childhood memories are correct, is limited to little old ladies like us and ex military types.

Hear, hear .... school uniforms are nonsense and wholly unnecessary.

Not only that they provide a focus for teenage rebellion and waste staff time policing the policy.

A few guidelines about decency and safe clothes for sport or lab work are all that are needed.

How do college students manage to get an education in mufti? .... they manage just fine of course, as do the few schools who di not stipulate a uniform.

It is all a throwback to the military ethos of public schools. Time we all moved on.

Because I don't know how to quote from it now that it has disappeared from our lists. A new thread is easier.

Luckygirl3

M0nica

If everyone is wearing the same clothes, whether tracksuits or matching clown suits, they are wearing a uniform.

It is time that uniforms were chosen for their practicality and usefulness, and if that means tracksuits, tracksuits it should be.

Children are far more likely to wear properly, uniforms that are practical and comfortable to wear. I can remember from my own school days and living near a secondary school when my children were young the many and various ways that unifom was manipulated in order to show our dislike of our uniform.

This obsession with uniform and how it was being worn, if my own childhood memories are correct, is limited to little old ladies like us and ex military types.

Hear, hear .... school uniforms are nonsense and wholly unnecessary.

Not only that they provide a focus for teenage rebellion and waste staff time policing the policy.

A few guidelines about decency and safe clothes for sport or lab work are all that are needed.

How do college students manage to get an education in mufti? .... they manage just fine of course, as do the few schools who di not stipulate a uniform.

It is all a throwback to the military ethos of public schools. Time we all moved on.

I agree, Luckygirl.

However what it to be said in favour of school uniforms generally , is that they don;t distinguish between rich and poor.

Moreover, tracksuit uniforms are not gendered but are what is called 'unisex'.

My school uniform was kilts. The blue squares made good pen wipers. One could lift the kilt at the back and stand over a heat source when the room was cold as it often was.

Don't sit on the radiators, you'll get piles 😱. Our teachers were always warning us of that when we sat on them in the big hall at lunchtimes 😂.