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Require schools to allow students to wear skirts

Submitted by David Arthur Wood on Monday 7th July 2025

Published on Tuesday 29th July 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 29th January 2026

Signatures: 179

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BANNED ~ CORE ~ debates ~ Demand ~ Education ~ Energy ~ Equal ~ express ~ Ignore ~ learning ~ local ~ Schools ~ Values ~ Young people

Petition Action

Require schools to allow students to wear skirts

Petition Details

Some schools are removing skirts entirely from uniforms, erasing choice under the guise of equality. We think this isn’t inclusion, it’s control. Let’s stand together and demand that this be debated now.

Additional Information

We think uniforms shouldn’t be used to enforce conformity and banning skirts could limit self-expression and set a precedent for further restrictions.

We think preventing students wearing skirts could:
Over-centralise control: Imposes blanket policies that ignore local community values.
Stifle debate: Eliminates parents’ and students’ voices in uniform decisions.
Erase individuality: Denies young people the choice to express themselves.
Distract from core education: Focuses energy on appearance over learning.
Mislabel conformity as equality: True inclusion offers options, not bans.


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