Boarding School Uniforms: Destinctive Aspects--Day Children
Figure 1.-- Day children at boarding schoolsxare expected to dress up the evening to go home. This means the full school kit including blazers abnd ties. Some schools still have caps. Some schools are stricter than others to ensure that they are smartly kitted out.
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Most prep schools were once mostly boarding schools. Some did not even accept day children. Others accepted only a small number. This has gradually changed as parental attitudes toward boarding younger children has shifted. Today day children are important at most preparatory boarding schools. Often they tend to be younger boys, but some older boys are also day students. Some boarding schools have even converted to day schools. The schools often require the day children to come to school dressed in their blazers and ties. Some still required caps as well. Some schools had casual summer uniforms that the day childre wore to school, but this was not very common. After arriving at school they would put away their blazers and in some cases take off their ties. And then in the evening the children dress up again to go home. Some schools are stricter than others to ensure that they are smartly kitted out. Here schedules can vary somewhat, but there is commonly a specific time for the children to be picked up. There are variations with the size and location of the school.
