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<p><del class="ministerial">The governing body or academy trust of an individual school
is responsible for setting their uniform policy. The Department does not collect information
about individual schools’ uniform policies.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Schools
must have full regard to their obligations under equalities legislation and act reasonably,
fairly and flexibly in the interests of all their children.</del></p><br /><p><ins
class="ministerial">The governing body or academy trust of an individual school is
responsible for setting their uniform policy. The Department does not collect information
about individual schools’ uniform policies.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our
guidance to schools on school uniform is clear that schools must have full regard
to their obligations under equalities law, and act reasonably and fairly in the interests
of all their students.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We would expect all schools
to act flexibly in response to reasonable requests to vary their uniform policy.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">The Department's guidance on school uniform is available online:
<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-uniform</a>.</ins></p>
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