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The current uniform, since 2004, consists of a blue and red polo shirt with the Rainbow logo on it, a red hooded jacket and a choice of either tracksuit bottoms, leggings or cycling shorts, which the girls are encouraged to pick themselves. All items come in the Rainbow colours of light blue and red.
School uniforms are believed to be a practice which dates to the 16th century in the United Kingdom. It is believed that the Christ's Hospital School in England in 1552 was the first school to use a school uniform. [4] Students were given a uniform that most notably consisted of a long blue coat and yellow, knee-high socks. [5]
The first written reference to a uniform for boys was in 1222 when the Archbishop of Canterbury mandated that students wear a robe-like outfit called the "cappa clausa". [ 3 ] In the early 16th century charity school pupils were given second-hand clothes, in 1552 the Christ's Hospital charity issued an obligatory uniform to its scholars.
The boys' uniforms are made of shirt with long or short sleeves, long trousers with various colours set by their school and girls uniforms with similar colours are often a shirt and a skirt. Many schools require students to wear shoes, ties and ID cards, and schools has strict policies with hair styles and required to comb their hair down and ...
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Both girls and boys were provided education through the dame school system. Dame schools generally focused on the four R's of education — Reading, Riting, Rithmetic, and Religion. [29] In addition to primary education, girls in dame schools might also learn sewing, embroidery, and other "graces". [30]
Leweston School, previously had a girls' only senior school, later became fully coeducational; Manchester Central High School for Girls, which merged into Manchester Academy in 1967; St Martha's Catholic School for Girls, became Mount House School, and as of 2018 is coeducational; The Peterborough School (fully coeducational since 2010)
Admiral is an English sportswear brand, with a manufacturing emphasis on clothing for association football.Founded in 1914 in Leicester, Admiral is one of the oldest sports brands in the UK and was originally an undergarment brand but switched to the manufacture of apparel for sports that have included cricket, cycling and athletics, as well as football.