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Schools should make every effort to limit the cost of school uniforms or risk enforcement action, according to new advice issued today.

The guidance, which was published following a three-month consultation, urges all schools to have a school uniform, but warns that any set policy must be affordable, non-discriminatory and sensitive to the needs of pupils.

In particular, the guidelines warn that schools that have exclusive contracts with suppliers may be subject to enforcement action under the terms of the Competition Act. Overly expensive uniform policies may also fall foul of the School Admissions Code, which places a statutory duty on all governing bodies to ensure that their policies and practices do not disadvantage any children.

Schools minister Andrew Adonis today launched a prospectus encouraging successful private schools to get involved in academies, on the same day that the Girls’ Day School Trust announced that it is applying for Birkenhead High School to become the latest successful independent day school to convert to an academy.