Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 22897

Schools: Uniforms

Tabled: 9 January 2025
Answered: 17 January 2025

Question

Damian Hinds

ConservativeEast Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason a school tie is not permitted as an additional item of branded uniform in primary schools in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
School uniforms play a valuable role in creating a sense of common identity among pupils and reducing visible inequalities, but too many schools require high numbers of branded uniform items, with parents reporting uniforms are their most significant cost...

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