Dress codes in Schools

Kentish Express 4th February 2010

The high profile article on Ashley Long's unfortnate hair cut caught my attention.

While it is clear that upholding uniform dress codes is integral to any secondary school, the decision in this instance seems a little strange.

Given that the hair cut was an accident, one would have expected the parents to communicate the situation with the school. Most schools have a policy of lunch-time detention, after-school detention and then exclusion.

A sanction of three days exclusion seems quite high for such a meagre offence.

The paper goes on to mention 29 exclusions for failures to uphold uniform guidelines which I applaud. Parents are responsible for the uniform of their children and also responsible to teach them that responsibility. It is a pleasure to see this being upheld.