Why is a school uniform so important to students?

A shirt, tie and blazer may not be the ingredients for my favourite outfit, but if I were given the choice, I wouldn't throw away the idea of school uniform. Wearing a uniform is a badge of pride, creates an identity for a school and is an important part of being a school student. read more

School uniforms allow school intruders to be easily identified, which is extremely important in a world of school shootings. Similarly, if a student is kidnapped or leaves school at an unauthorized time, they are more easily identifiable to the authorities if they are wearing a school uniform. read more

The actual answer is because schools that require students to wear uniforms require them to wear uniforms. That’s it. It’s important because they say it’s important, and because they made a rule that they get to enforce. There is simply no empirical evidence that points to any benefit to wearing a school uniforms. read more

Wearing a uniform is a badge of pride, creates an identity for a school and is an important part of being a school student. “Uniforms show that you are part of an organisation. Wearing it says we’re all in this together,” Jason Wing, head teacher at the Neale-Wade academy in Cambridgeshire, says. read more