The school says the move is practical - but it echoes a wider debate over the role of uniforms.

BBC News NI having been looking at they key aspects of the new guidelines.

Proponents say relaxed uniforms make life easier for children and are much more practical for physical play.

To uniform or not to uniform? For an increasing number of school districts and institutions that is, indeed, the question. But we’re not here to hash out the merits of the arguments on either side of ...

State law offers a $10-per-child incentive for district-wide school uniform policies. National surveys indicate school uniforms positively impact classroom discipline and peer pressure. Students at ...

As students from elementary age to grad level across the country head back to school this month, parents are grappling with how to pay tuition, buy school supplies, and fit in all of those ...

There’s something about a student in uniform, muses Principal Rudolph Saunders as he scans the busy lunchroom here at Stephen Decatur Middle School. Under Decatur’s policy, all students wear the ...

The Ministry of Education plans to conduct a nationwide survey on school uniform prices targeting schools across the country. This aims to thoroughly assess the current situation to address the ...

Many families have trouble affording them, but school uniforms can be important to learning, said Racquel Johnson, a social worker at Walter L. Cohen High School. “When they (students) look good, they ...