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What does the uniform say about a school – and its pupils? Sophia Martelli investigates

 Every parent at some stage has to ask themselves: ‘Which school will suit my child?’ It’s a serious matter and no one — surely? — would consider it on the basis of the fetchingness (or not) of the school’s uniform. But it might be rather entertaining if one did. So which of the UK’s independent schools get top marks for style, and which are bottom of the class?

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It is, of course, a matter of taste, and some schools’ uniforms are wackier than others; whether these teach pupils fashion exuberance in later life is open to question. If they did, however, Tony Blair might have more interesting dress sense: pupils at Fettes College, Edinburgh, endure a brown blazer with magenta stripes, or a pale sea-green tweed jacket matched with a long, formal dark green tartan kilt (and that’s just for the boys).