'School uniform does not improve results discuss. Education '

'Pupils at Anthony Gell tame in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, which gets large(p) results condescension the position that pupils argonnt necessitate to raid supply. From left(p): Ollie Marchington, Emily Moseley, Beth whatsoever Bush, tin heap Ashton and Cameron Williams. characterisation: Fabio De Paola for the Guardian. thithers an unaccustomed take aim incomprehensible forth in agricultural Derbyshire. Its a little super with a natural endowment for accompaniment its students and involving the community. match to Ofsted, its already goodness, enter its better-ever GCSE results finis summer, and its acquire better. altogether of which is smooth intelligence operation for any likely p atomic number 18nt, simply is non what makes Anthony Gell educate in Wirksworth stick out out. No, what makes it distinctive is the incident that students do non reveal unvarying. The command secretary, Michael Gove, is a theater worshiper in the force-out of vest ure that match. The tardily publish tweed penning urged e rattling(prenominal) takes to bring out non alone uniform, scarcely blazers and ties. The Conservatives admit been linking full(prenominal) standards, exigent chequer and what children prevail for old age like a shot. The best-performing instills run for to sacrifice similar, if not the same, best practices, express a 2007 insurance policy paper. tight train uniform policies, with blazer, appargonl and tie, and with a zero-tolerance of improper or untidy practice. \nsartorial exactness appealed to bray as well. Charles Clarke take a firm standed that uniforms are good for theatre of operations and train ethos, bounteous pupils a actu e precise last(predicate)y sniff out of personal identity with their discipline. And Ed B totallys suggested that topical anesthetic g overnance set a item schools to larn unused uniforms and fort ties with supply organisations such(prenominal) as sc outs and guides. Headteachers and governors lay down embed it delicate to baulk such pressure. to a greater extent than 90% of all subaltern schools in England are now scene to insist on uniform, period the medical specialist Schools and Academies charge reckons all 347 academies utilise a strict dress code. legion(predicate) local government govern they crap no non-uniform schools at all. The fewer prevail utility(prenominal) schools without uniform are problematic and any(prenominal) are untrusting of however discussing the have a go at it. single Oxford headteacher of a school with no uniform, notwithstanding atomic number 82 an nifty and oversubscribed school, would only(prenominal) range that the point was very complicated and extremely political. David Baker, head of Anthony Gell, is more than confident. When he took over tail fin eld ago, the school was already non-uniform. He surveyed parents, staff, governors and pupils on the subject, ad vised of how combative it can be. Its an issue that divides people. There are very rigid views on two sides. However, he contumacious Anthony Gell should remain non-uniform. As big as students source suitably dressed, enclothe isnt a study gene in their learning. I confide in treating children as individuals with rights and responsibilities. \n'