Rejected petition Encourage individual schools to remove uniform policies

Rejected on 5 April 2022

Encourage schools not to enforce a uniform policy. Instead, create a dress code, decided by each individual school with input from teachers, parents and, most importantly, children. This will only take an email to every school and person of power in a school pressuring change, and surveys.

School uniforms create an unnecessary gender divide. They don't allow students to have a say in how they present. They are also harmful to transgender children. Even if a school lets a child socially transition by letting them wear the correct uniform, they will practically be carrying a sign around their neck telling their peers that they are transgender. This leads to large risk of bullying and invasive questions. Or, the child will have to stay in a uniform that doesnt suit them.

Why was this petition rejected?

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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Require schools to have gender-neutral uniform policies: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/597731

Ban school uniforms in English schools: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607158

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