English School Uniform: Activities--Traveling Uniform


Figure 1.--The boys at this English school came to school in their caps and blazers, but then took them off and hung them up once at school. The boy on the left is violating a school rule by not wearing his cap.

Regulations on the traveling uniform varied from school to school. Most schools wanted to put their best face forward and had definite rules on how the boys should be dressed in public when coming to school. This they required the boys to come to school in their blazers with their ties properly tied. State primary schools, even those with uniforms, often did not have blazers. Many other schools did have blazers. At some schools boys would come to schools in their blazers, but just wear their jumpers while in class or shirts in the warm weaher. This included the boarding schools with day boys. The baorders often did not wear their blazers much, only on Sunday and other special days. Most schools required the boys to dress up in their blazers when taking school trips or when traveling at the beginning and end of term. Caps were also required although by the 1980s theybhad been dropped at many schools.

Coming and Going to School

Regulations on the traveling uniform varied from school to school. Most schools wanted to put their best face forward and had definite rules on how the boys should be dressed in public when coming to school. This they required the boys to come to school in their blazers with their ties properly tied. State primary schools, even those with uniforms, often did not have blazers. Many other schools did have blazers. At some schools boys would come to schools in their blazers, but just wear their jumpers while in class or shirts in the warm weaher. Most schools required the boys to dress up in their blazers when taking school trips or when traveling at the beginning and end of term. Caps were also required although by the 1980s they had been dropped at many schools.

Boarding School Terms

This included the boarding schools with day boys. The baorders often did not wear their blazers much, only on Sunday and other special days. Many of the children traveled by train until the 1960s when it became increasingly common for pasrents to drive the children o school. Some children came to school for the beginning of the term in casual clothing, but the full dress uniform was much more common.

School Trips

Many schools required the children to wear their dress uniform for field trips and other school trips. This opten meant caps and blazers at ptrivate schools. Caps began to decline in popularity in the 1960s, but blazers are still common. Many primary schools did not have dress uniforms and blazers, so they were dressed less formally for school trips--mostly field trips. Proimary children commonly wore their sweaters to such fireld trips with non-uniform jackets in cold weather. Private schools dressed more formally and had more trips. In addition to field trips, the children made trips for games with other schools








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