School Uniform Ethos

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uniforms have become a norm in schools that children have to follow. Since the Tudor times ‘where they would be asked to wear trench-coat jackets. As It ‘was seen to unite the children and give them all a sense of belonging and ‘uniformity’. Wearyourlogo.co.uk. (2018). Since then It has become vital to wear uniform, also the ‘Department of Education doesn't want to discourse why schools should have uniforms and, ‘’where they too strongly encourage schools to have a uniform as it can play a valued role in contributing to the ethos of a school.’’ uniforms, T. (2018). school uniform enhances children to be extra focused on their education as ‘Proponents debated that students will pay more attention to their classwork if they aren’t worried …show more content…

where this will help them to achieve better in school as they would have good attendance and by having good punctuality in schools will help them to achieve better academically as according to a University of Houston study by Professor Scott Imberman. ‘School attendance is connected to achievement, as when students attend school on a regular basis, they learn more.’ Wille.E, (2017) Moreover, the way Clothes can affect children's attendance is because some children come into school wearing incorrect clothing where they are sent home for the day not learning …show more content…

Broad, S. (2016) which can lead them to achieve better academically because they won’t have to stress about the other things going around them.
Though there are a lot of advantages of school uniform, however, there are some study's which show that having school uniform doesn’t affect how children progress academically in fact uniform has nothing to do with how well they achieve. In fact, the research established that students ‘’who don’t wear school uniform achieved better academically than those who didn’t.’’ Mergler .A, (2018) as the study indicated that the achievement was not affected by whether students wore a school uniform or not.
Also, Queensland University of Professor Jennifer Craik argues that ‘’uniforms are used to control certain attributes of the self that are deemed desirable by the school’.’ Mergler .A, (2018). Which often replicate the ethnic, gender group, aggregate the probability that those in the minority will be marginalised. As it is not rare for uniform procedures to state that shorts are for boys and skirts are for girls. Where some schools are informing their uniforms and introducing gender-neutral options. Melbourne, for example, introduced pants for girls

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