Does wearing a school uniform create a better learning environment?
Or are students treated with more respect if they can dress like adults? These questions are being posed by a school in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Burleigh Community College currently allows students to wear casual clothes, but problems with violence have prompted a review. Principal John Smith says: “There was a fair amount of tension within Loughborough about 18 months ago… and there were people who came on site and were looking for trouble and we could not identify who those people were.” WEAR IT LIKE BECKHAM David Beckham dresses for work… it is about putting on a uniform for the job Principal John Smith He also believes that uniforms look better. “Burleigh has got some smashing students and I’m really proud to be principal here, but sometimes the way they look lets them down. “A few months ago we had a visitor come to the school who said ‘My, aren’t they scruffy’. “We get bad press sometimes because of they way students look, not what they do.” Before the school’s governors
