Image source, BBC/Sarah-May BuccieriImage caption, Approved uniform at Sirius Academy West gets a green sticker
BySarah-May Buccieri , in Hull and Grace McGrory- Published3 minutes ago
Parents of children at a secondary school say sessions being held to approve uniform ahead of the new school year are proving helpful.
Sirius Academy West in Hull has hosted its first uniform approval day of the summer so children's trousers and skirts could be checked.
Clothing is tagged with a green sticker when it has been authorised.
Mark, whose daughter is going into Year 7, said: "It's all stuff like this that causes hassle at the beginning of the year... [It] puts kids out of sorts, especially at the start when they should be progressing, gaining confidence, instead of getting criticised."
Image source, BBC/Sarah-May BuccieriImage caption, Sirius Academy West is helping parents make sure their children's uniforms are approved
In a post on social media, the school outlined its "uniform expectations", which include trousers and skirts being black, and skirts being the same material as blazers and a pencil-fit style, sitting just above the knee.
Mark said it was a "loads better" idea allowing uniform to be checked in advance.
"If everyone is the same, it teaches you in life you've got to have uniforms depending on your job," he said.
Laura, whose children are also going into Year 7, said she found it helpful to get trousers she had not bought from the school's official supplier checked.
"It's fine if you can afford to buy them off the website, but it's not great when you've not got a lot of money," she said.
"[It] is very helpful that they will approve other trousers and stamp them for you."
Image source, BBC/Sarah-May BuccieriImage caption, Parents of children at Sirius Academy West in Hull have been invited to get their uniform approved
Cheryl, another parent, said she found the dates of the drop-in sessions inconvenient, but she agreed that it could make things easier in September.
"It's a little bit of a faff, but I can see why they're doing it if it's such an important thing that they've got to have it right," she said.
The BBC has contacted the school for a comment.
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