Michael Gove has made no secret of his belief that blazers and ties are the key to educational success. But residents of Totnes, Devon, couldn’t have been more surprised to hear that the education secretary has voiced strong opinions on plans to introduce uniform at their local school. According to the internet radio station Totnes [...]
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Archive | School uniform
Education in brief: Gove embroiled in uniform row | The Guardian
Posted on 14 February 2012.
Posted in History and Politics, School uniformComments Off
Skirts banned for Essex schoolgirls
Posted on 13 December 2011.
A school is banning skirts, because girls are showing too much thigh.
Posted in Learning, School uniformComments Off
Don’t wear uniform on way to school – you’ll attract perverts
Posted on 15 October 2011.
Police’s extraordinary advice to girls
Posted in Learning, School uniform, Special NeedsComments Off
Uniform shop erects barriers to control rush for new kit
Posted on 07 September 2011.
Parents were forced to queue around the block as a last-minute rush for school uniforms left some squabbling over plimsolls and dashing for the blazers.
Posted in At School, Learning, School uniformComments Off
School uniform costs ‘break the bank’ for poorer families
Posted on 04 September 2011.
Charity warns that rising number of academies and free schools is piling on extra pressure as clothing grants are axed
Posted in At School, Learning, School uniformComments Off
The politics of the school uniform
Posted on 01 September 2011.
A traditional school uniform has become an essential in classrooms across the country – and a drain on parents’ wallets. As the new term looms, Lena Corner examines the politics of academic attire.
Posted in At School, Learning, School uniform5 Comments
Parents queue for THREE hours to buy new school uniforms as headteacher launches dress-code crackdown
Posted on 28 August 2011.
Hundreds of frustrated parents queued for three hours to buy a new school uniform following a zero-tolerance crackdown by a new head teacher.
Posted in At School, Learning, School uniform, TeachersComments Off
School bans girls from wearing skirts as rising hemlines leading to ‘inappropriate attire’
Posted on 23 August 2011.
Headteacher says move comes after staff were forced to send pupils home to change
Posted in At School, Headteachers, Learning, School uniformComments Off
Boy unable to wear blazer due to broken arm kicked out of class during Ofsted inspection ‘for not wearing correct uniform’
Posted on 20 May 2011.
A school boy who broke his arm was forced to sit on his own all day because he wasn’t wearing his school blazer during an Ofsted inspection.
Posted in At School, Child Protection, Internet Kids, Parents, School uniformComments Off
School uniform bomber kills Pakistan troops
Posted on 10 February 2011.
A young suicide bomber in a school uniform attacked soldiers during morning exercises at a Pakistani army training camp today, killing 27 troops and wounding 40 others, police and the military said.
Posted in Internet Kids, Parents, School uniform, Tweens and Teens, World NewsComments Off
School uniform – in pictures
Posted on 19 January 2011.
Be it traditional, unusual, or non-existent, school uniform plays a vital part in school life
Posted in Internet Kids, Learning, Parents, School uniformComments Off
Should schools ban nose studs?
Posted on 07 January 2011.
They’re against uniform policy, insists a headteacher. It’s a human rights issue, retorts an enraged mum. Just how strict do we want school rules to be?
Posted in At School, Headteachers, Internet Kids, Learning, Parents, School uniformComments Off
Belt up! Pupils vote to wear school uniform that’s been in fashion since 1552
Posted on 28 December 2010.
Pupils at one of Britain’s oldest public schools have voted to keep their 450-year-old Tudor-style uniform – after plans to ditch it.
Posted in Internet Kids, Parents, School uniformComments Off
What did you do in the Skirt Wars, mum?
Posted on 21 September 2010.
What did you do in the Skirt Wars, mum?
Posted in At School, Internet Kids, Parents, School uniformComments Off
Teachers compared to Nazis after forcing pupils to wear Post-It notes
Posted on 17 September 2010.
Teachers compared to Nazis after forcing pupils to wear Post-It notes
Posted in Internet Kids, Learning, Parents, School uniform, TeachersComments Off
Cost of buying school uniform almost halved in last six years
Posted on 17 August 2010.
Cost of buying school uniform almost halved in last six years
Posted in Internet Kids, Learning, Parents, School uniformComments Off
School uniform prices ‘at their cheapest’
Posted on 16 August 2010.
School uniform prices ‘at their cheapest’
Posted in Internet Kids, Parents, Product news, School uniformComments Off
Tesco criticised by parenting group for selling mini-skirt as part of school uniform range
Posted on 07 August 2010.
Tesco criticised by parenting group for selling mini-skirt as part of school uniform range
Posted in Finance, Internet Kids, Parents, School uniformComments Off
Tesco’s £3.75 school uniform
Posted on 14 June 2010.
Tesco’s £3.75 school uniform puts retail giant top of the class in supermarket price war
Posted in Internet Kids, Parents, Product news, School uniformComments Off
Girls, you can take the skirts off
Posted on 21 February 2010.
Marie Woolf, Whitehall Editor
Posted in At School, School uniformComments Off
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