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To: Cavendish Learning Trust
Retain Current Uniform at Stafford & Roselands Federation
We request that you do not change the current uniform on the basis that it would be wasteful, costly, bad for the environment and unsettling for children who have been through enough upheaval.
Why is this important?
We are currently the only school in Eastbourne with purple, it is popular with the families. The children voted for it only two years ago and it forms part of their sense of school identity. Many families have a stock of purple uniform that they hand down to younger siblings, all of which would be wasted if a new uniform is introduced, a poor example to the next generation in environmental terms. Providing parents with one jumper, one PE shirt and a bag still involves considerable outlay for parents at a time when finances are difficult for many. We believe the proposed changes to be utterly without good reason and the money spent on subsidising new items could be better spent on educational items.
