People on the street: Is our approach to school uniform fair?
With summer nearing its end and families preparing for the return to school, we wanted to ask the people of Manchester whether they think that the approach to uniform in this country is correct.
Transcript
00:00I've just been down onto the streets of Manchester talking to people about school uniform
00:03and that's because with the summer nearly over, parents and families are now spending close to hundreds of pounds
00:08on blazers, t-shirts, trousers, all of which might need a specific branding or logo on them.
00:12I think there's a massive lack of self-expression as well.
00:15I feel like obviously the school uniform can be fine, but I feel like there could be choices of colour
00:19or maybe like piercings or hair dyeing, like in my school you cannot do that.
00:23Down at centre school say, hey don't come in hot pants or tank tops.
00:28Some guidelines, but really rules, not really a big fan of it.
00:32Parents that buy the kids a Manchester United top, people say well that's very expensive
00:38but they get a lot of wear out of it and it's the same with school wear as well.
00:44We think that uniform is part of that, so that everyone is at a similar level playing field
00:51because I think if there were no uniforms then it is just opening it up to people from different backgrounds
00:57and not having the same money.