By Izaak Wright
School uniform today!
Summer Uniform
Winter Uniform
Would no school uniform make your
morning easier?
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14
12
10
Students
8
Students' Parents
Teachers
6
4
2
0
yes
no
no answer
both
maybe
Explaining why no school uniform would
make your morning easier/ not easier ?
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12
10
8
6
Students
4
2
0
Students' Parents
Teachers
Would no school uniform make your morning easier?
Analysis
• About 97% of the students’ parents and around 77% of the
teachers think that having no school uniform would not make
their morning easier. However about 71% of the students think
that it would make their morning easier.
• The main reason the students’ parents (43% of responses) like
to have a school uniform is that they don’t have to think about
what their children wear to school.
• There was a variety of reasons given by the students but the
most popular response (35%) was that they want more choice.
• Few teachers answered the question correctly! Of those who
did, the main reason for wearing a school uniform was to
reduce bullying and peer pressure.
School uniform is a bad idea?
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9
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7
6
Students
5
Students' Parents
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Teachers
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2
1
0
strongly agree
agree
neither agree nor
disagree
disagree
strongly disagree
no answer
Do you think school uniform would be good for
only school trips instead of all of the time?
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16
14
12
10
Students
Students' Parents
8
Teachers
6
4
2
0
yes
no
no answer
both
maybe
There should be more mufti (non-uniform) days?
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12
10
8
Students
Students' Parents
6
Teachers
4
2
0
strongly agree
agree
neither agree nor
disagree
disagree
strongly disagree
no answer
What other solutions do you have to reduce the
amount of time we wear uniform?
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7
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5
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2
1
0
Students
Students' Parents
Teachers
How can we reduce the time we wear school uniform?
Analysis
• 30% gave no response
• Of the 70% who did answer here are the most popular
responses:
– 70% of the teachers and 45% of the students’ parents like the uniform
and therefore do not want to reduce the time it is worn.
– Overwhelmingly 41% of the students wanted to wear uniform only on
specific days.
If we keep school uniform how could we
improve it?
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8
7
6
5
4
3
Students
2
Students' parents
Teachers
1
0
How can we improve school uniform?
Analysis
• The main suggestion (31%) from students was no tie, while 15% of
responses also put forward the idea of wearing a polo shirt all year,
instead of just in Summer. In fact most students (81%) wanted a
more casual uniform in some form.
• The teachers gave a variety of responses, however, the two most
popular were to have a better quality uniform (15%) and to reenforce the existing uniform rules (also 15%). Teachers also
suggested introducing a blazer, changing the colour of our uniform
or abolishing the tie (each scoring 11.5%).
• Students’ parents showed a preference for a cheaper uniform
(18.5%), although they also agreed with the students, proposing
that the polo shirt be worn all year (10%) and suggested too that
the uniform be made from better fabrics (10%)
Bad Points about school uniform!
Category
Students’ parents
Teachers
Students
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Non-iron
Wear for longer periods
Too expensive
Eliminate from uniform,
polo shirt instead
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Top buttons done up
Open neck blouses
Needs to be tucked in
Want different colours for
boys and girls
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Shouldn’t have to have top
button done up
Mark easily
Hate
Uncomfortable
Too expensive
Trousers/Skirt
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Skinny trousers for girls
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Skinny trousers for girls
Not always suitable
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More freedom in choice
Hate
Too expensive
Too tight
Polo shirt
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Poor quality
Too expensive
Too casual
No badges
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Gets grubby
Not smart
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Too expensive
Tie
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Easier to clean
Old-fashioned
Untidy
Too expensive
Eliminate from uniform
No-where to write name
Too much time to tie
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Tied properly
Eliminate from girls
uniform
Causes too many problems
Uncomfortable
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Has to be done up precisely
Hate
Scarf instead of tie for girls
Annoying
Too expensive
Better if machine washable
Eliminate from uniform
Uncomfortable
Shirt/Blouse
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Bad Points about school uniform!
Category
Jumper
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Socks
Coat
P.E. Uniform
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Other comments
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Students’ parents
Non-iron
Not compulsory in
Summer
Better if machine
washable
Very poor quality
Should be wool
Too expensive
Don’t like girls colour
No badges
Girls able to wear white
socks with trousers
Any socks allowed
Brighter coat
Get more children to wear
it
Not popular
Blazer instead
Too Casual
Dangerous colour
Advanced notice to avoid
bringing all kit
Too expensive
Changes too frequently
Rugby shirt is poor quality
Too much
Bad material for girls top
and skort
Blazers would be useful
Too expensive
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Teachers
Frays easily
Prefer same colours for
boys and girls
Torn cuffs
Rolled up sleeves
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Students
Can’t roll up sleeves
Too expensive
Too warm
Poor quality
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Re-enforce one colour rule 
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Dangerous colour
Have to wear school coat
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Too big
Want different colour
Too expensive
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Needs to be warmer
Too much
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Too expensive
Too much
Get rid of one colour rule
Too expensive
Bad Points about school uniform!
Analysis
I would like to highlight the main points here:
• Students
– Tie: Don’t like the fact that you get told off if you don’t have your tie
done up precisely
• Teachers
– Trousers / Skirt: are not always the appropriate style
– Tie: is not worn properly
• Students’ Parents
– P.E. Uniform: there is too much of the P.E. Uniform (to wash, take in,
etc)
– Shirt/Blouse: they have to be ironed (should be non-iron)
Good Points about school uniform!
Category
Students’ parents
Teachers
Students
Shirt/Blouse
•Sensible
•Preparing you for what you
will wear at work
•Smart
•Low cost
•Easy to iron
•Smart
•Good that you can have
long or short sleeve
•Warm
Trousers/Skirt
•Available in most places
•Smart
•Low cost
•Non-iron
•Smart
Polo shirt
•Good colour
•Love P.A. one
•Smart
•Easy to look after
•Nice for Spring and
summer
•Comfortable
•Easy to wear
•Cool
•Good colours
•Cool in summer
•Comfortable
•Smart
•Comfortable
•Good in Summer
•Cool
•No tie
Tie
•Smart
•Smart
•Smart
Good Points about school uniform!
Category
Students’ parents
Jumper
•Smart
•Warm
•Washes well
•Like colour
Socks
Coat
•Available in most places
•Good quality
•Warm
P.E. Uniform
•Skort is a great idea
•Smart
•Practical
Other comments
•Smart
•Well thought out
•Helps stop bullying
•Represents the school well
•Removes pressure on
children and parents
•Well suited to the age group
Teachers
Students
•Good that girls have one
colour and boys have
another
•Smart
•Warm
•Comfortable
•Warm
•Like colour
•Good that girls have one
colour and boys have
another
•Comfortable
•Nice Fleece
•Encourages children to
keep Warm
•Smart
•Comfortable
•Good that you can wear
your own one
•Warm
•Warm
•Good that rugby top is
reversible
•Smart
•Comfortable
•Good that everyone looks
the same
•Smart (when worn
correctly!)
•Saves time in the morning
•Show you belong to a school
•Something to be proud of
•Reduces bullying
•Reduces theft
•Represents the school
•You’ve got something to
look forward to when you
get to 6-form
•Cuts out the need to be
fashionable
Good Points about school uniform!
Analysis
Again, I would like to highlight the main points:
• Students
– Polo shirt: like to wear it in Summer
• Teachers
– Polo shirt: it’s comfortable
– Jumper: it’s smart
• Students’ Parents
– Tie: it’s smart
– Other comments: the uniform in general is smart
Would school jumper/sweatshirt/Jacket worn over the
top of Mufti (non-uniform), be a better idea than full
uniform?
16
14
12
10
Students' Parents
8
Students
Teachers
6
4
2
0
yes
no
no answer
both
maybe
An improved uniform?
Teachers’
perspective
Teachers’
perspective
I could not make an image of the
parents’ perspective because their
answers were too varied!
Students’
perspective
Conclusions
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Conclusions on the whole presentation
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My recommendation
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From the results, my biggest recommendation for my school uniform is no tie!
But my personal opinion and preference is no uniform!
What I learnt from the project
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The students, on the whole, would prefer no uniform; however if they had to keep it they would
want no tie and polo tops all year round.
Overall, students’ parents want to keep uniform, but they would like the uniform to cost less, for
their children to wear polo tops all year round and for the uniform to have better fabrics.
The teachers, all in all, would also like to keep school uniform and would prefer a smarter approach
to the uniform with a blazer, they would also like to have a better quality uniform and they want the
existing rules for uniform to be re-enforced!
In my research I learnt new skills on PowerPoint and Excel.
I also learnt that researching and doing questionnaires are harder than I thought they were.
I learnt how to do questionnaires correctly – i.e. making sure about the ethics, not having leading
questions, getting people’s permission for anything including them etc.
I found out that my strengths are creating the questions and analysing the data
Comments on the whole experience from data collection to analysis
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I already knew I was nervous face to face but I realised just how nervous I was face to face surveying.
I am also very nervous to present, and therefore nervous right now!
However I feel that I have now gained confidence by facing my fears and doing the research!