Debates over uniform are a timeless and neverending distraction for teachers, parents and pupils. A thick blue woollen trench coat over a white shirt, breeches and yellow knee-length socks is claimed to be the first uniform in Britain, worn by the poor pupils of Christ's Hospital school in London. More than 450 years have passed and Christ's Hospital has relocated to leafy Horsham but its pupils still sport a remarkably similar uniform – breeches, yellow socks and all. Last September, pupils even voted to keep their ancient uniform which, unusually, the school buys for them. Uniforms were introduced at charity schools during the reign of King Henry VIII to instil discipline and that, roughly, is where the debate in Britain remains today.
Except that teenage ingenuity continues to push the boundaries. "Girls' skirts are getting shorter by the minute or should I say the second they leave my form room," says one year 10 tutor. "If their skirts aren't being rolled up by the means of a carefully crafted process on the way to their next lesson, they get their parents to buy elastic bands to wrap around their tiny waists.
Debates over uniform are a timeless and neverending distraction for teachers, parents and pupils. A thick blue woollen trench coat over a white shirt, breeches and yellow knee-length socks is claimed to be the first uniform in Britain, worn by the poor pupils of Christ's Hospital school in London. More than 450 years have passed and Christ's Hospital has relocated to leafy Horsham but its pupils still sport a remarkably similar uniform – breeches, yellow socks and all. Last September, pupils even voted to keep their ancient uniform which, unusually, the school buys for them. Uniforms were introduced at charity schools during the reign of King Henry VIII to instil discipline and that, roughly, is where the debate in Britain remains today.Except that teenage ingenuity continues to push the boundaries. "Girls' skirts are getting shorter by the minute or should I say the second they leave my form room," says one year 10 tutor. "If their skirts aren't being rolled up by the means of a carefully crafted process on the way to their next lesson, they get their parents to buy elastic bands to wrap around their tiny waists.
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