Figure 1.--Most private schools wanted their pupils to look smart when coming and going to school. Mosr boys were required to wears their caps and blazers, although caps became less common in the 1970s.

How the children looked when coming to school depended a good deal on the type of school. State primary schools included both schools with uniform and without uniforms. Most state secindary schools had uniforms. The schools with uniforms often had regulations about how the children should be dressed when goming and going toschool. Regulations on the traveling uniform varied from school to school. Most private 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. There were substantil differences over time as scool uniform conventions and styles varied over time.

Types of School

How the children looked when coming to school depended a good deal on the type of school. Regulations on the traveling uniform varied from school to school. State primary schools included both schools with uniform and without uniforms. Most state secindary schools had uniforms. The schools with uniforms often had regulations about how the children should be dressed when goming and going to school. The state primary school uniforms tended to e very basic. These were variously enforced. Schools without uniforms were much less demanding about how the children came to school. Most state secondary schools had uniforms. The uniforms were similar, but generally less elaborte than those at private secondary schools like the public schools. Most private 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.

Lolipop Ladies

A perennial English education favourite is the "Lollypop Lady". Her role is to enable children to cross busy roads safely on their way to and from school. Her job title is derived from the "lollypop" shaped hand-held pole which is used to help show car drivers where she is in the road. Most of the people involved are middle-age ladies living neaer the school. Often the children becomne very attached to the ladies who they seen every day, sometimes for years.

Chronology

There were substantil differences over time as scool uniform conventions and styles varied over time.

Created: November 17, 2003
Last updated: 7:09 PM 6/24/2004