School uniforms are a standard form of dress set by an academic institution. Though they often include some options, such as pants or shorts for boys and skirts, pants, or shorts for girls, they ...

HEALTH Kids who wear school uniforms get less physical activity, study finds: 'There's a problem' Girls were shown to exercise less than boys in countries where school uniforms were prevalent ...

Traditional school uniforms may be hindering children's physical activity and comfort, according to an expert. Prof Helen Dodd, a child psychology expert at the University of Exeter Medical School ...

School uniforms could be restricting young people from being active, ... with a standard gap of 7.6 percentage points between boys and girls. Skip to main content.

However, in primary schools (aged 5 to 10), the gap between girls and boys was 9.8 percentage points in areas where at least 50 per cent of schools required uniforms, compared with 5.5 percentage ...

Footwear behemoth Clarks is branching out into school uniform, with a range going on sale on its website and eleven of its ...

School uniforms to become gender-neutral across Wales, government says. New guidance comes into force from 1 September. ... "If that means girls wearing trousers or boys wearing skirts, so be it.

A 2023 school survey published by the Department for Education (DfE) reveals that primary-age girls’ school uniforms cost £246.80 on average, £29.15 more than boys’ uniforms, which were £ ...

A violent history lies behind the recent emergence of school uniform in the US, says David Brunsma, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. School uniform began to ...