Firstly, and most importantly, school uniforms make students immediately visible and recognizable to staff, other students, and members of the public. You can instantly identify who belongs on campus ? and who does not. In addition, students wearing uniforms are much easier to spot in public. This means that if the unthinkable should happen, authorities stand a much better chance of locating a stray child. Secondly, a school uniform creates a sense of belonging. Students who wear a school uniform feel a much stronger degree of loyalty, acceptance, and self-esteem than those who do not. School uniforms have proven themselves to be effective in reducing discrepancies in social class, and thus, reduce taunting or bullying. When every child wears a school uniform, parents do not have to worry about not being able to afford brand names and more expensive labels, and students do not have to worry about the stigma of wearing less prestigious brands.
Considerations to Make When Choosing a School Uniform
If you are considering implementing a plan for school uniforms, or changing an existing uniform, you will undoubtedly be met with a wide range of options. Here is an overview of some of the most important considerations you should make when choosing a school uniform:
- Student Preferences ? Though students tend to rebel against being ?the same? as everybody else, there are ways to make school uniforms more enjoyable. Choose comfortable, high-quality fabrics, and flattering cuts for the uniforms. You can make the students feel more involved in decision-making by taking a school vote on the color of a shirt or the position of a logo.
- Durability ? The administration will become greatly unpopular with parents if the uniform you choose is not durable. School can be an extremely rigorous endeavor, which means that normal fabrics can tear, rip, or become stained at a moment's notice. Our uniforms are built for endurance. Many have features such as stain protection, a double knee, or double stitching to ensure that they go the distance.
- Climate ? No parent wants to spend hard-earned money on school uniform items that will not be worn frequently. Choose school uniform items that suit the climate and will keep students warm, comfortable, and productive. Our school uniform items come in a great many fabrics and styles to suit all different types of climate.
- Branding ? Embroidered logos are exceptionally stylish, classy, and durable for items like shirts, which will be worn on a daily basis. If you are considering more affordable t-shirts for school teams, for example, we also offer heat transfers which can be implemented in any fashionable style you desire. School uniforms are an excellent option for safety, unity, and reducing the back-to-school headaches parents inevitably experience. Our extensive school uniform range offers an incredible variety of colors, textures, and styles for your consideration.
School uniform manufacturers have until recently only supplied a range of averaged school uniform for nursery, primary and secondary schools. What size is an average child? How many times have you been into a high street store looking for boys and/or girls school uniform and the sizing is not equivalent to the age. In my experience this can vary dramatically. An average 5 year old could fit into anything from a 3 year old to an 8 year old depending on where you shop. The majority of high street outlets cover themselves by adopting dual age ticketing ? 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13 and then adult sizes ranging from XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL. As a leading school uniform supplier we use a traditional approach by using tailored sizes. For example for sweatshirts, sweatshirt cardigans, knitted jumpers and cardigans, polo shirts and fleeces we primarily use chest measurements in inches and then we use the age guide 1. The same applies to boys and girls blazers ? as the fitting is more critical the school blazers are sizes in 1? increments ? to find the equivalent age all you have to do is subtract 22 ? for example a 33? blazer in age is approximately a 11 year old 2. Trousers for boys and girls have waist measurements and overall inside/outside leg measurements. This is particularly useful for short / long leg length 3. Shirts and Blouses are measured either by collar size for boys or chest size for girls. Boys school shirts are in half inch increments 4 and girls school blouses are in divisions of 2? 5.
Boys and Girls school uniform has always been a problem if they are a small size or a large size. You may be able to go up or down a couple of sizes but the garment never seems to hang right and it needs to be hacked and altered extensively. Thankfully traditional school uniform supplier such as localschooluniform.co.uk still use tailored sizing for petite and bigger children. This means that your child will look good without having to alter the uniform. Small waist trousers have less material around the top of the leg so they do not look baggy and are typically half elasticated so they flex to the waist size without pinching. For older children there is the option of a static waist as well as elasticated. There is a greater choice for boys at the moment as manufacturers cater for slim fit, fully elasticated, half elasticated, shorter leg, longer leg, sturdy fit / comfort fit. The good news is that manufacturers now also realise that girls need the same fittings ? these will become more available as consumers demand customised fitting for their children.
Sizing can be a bug-bear for parents and children when ages are used. A small 10 year old will feel very conscious when they only fit into a 7/8 school uniform ? much better to have a tailored approach where he/she fits into 28? sweatshirt, 11? collar, 28? Trouser. The same is true for larger outsize children.
It would be great if all manufactures and retailers adopted the above principles.
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