7.4              School Uniform

The wearing of a school uniform by students may be prescribed in school rules which are incorporated in the School Code of Behaviour taking due account of the requirements of the Equality Acts 2000 – 2004. It may be enforced on the grounds that parents, in enrolling their child in the school, have implicitly or explicitly accepted the Code of Behaviour.

Boards of Management should be cognisant of the conflicting rights of the student to attend school and the right of the school’s Board of Management to include in its rules an insistence on uniform. The enforcement of rules, including a uniform rule, should be done sensibly and should not bring about unnecessary conflict.