Private schools still generally have blazers, but boys often wear just their jumpers during the school day. Prep schools most commonly had jumpers with trim in the school colors. Not all prep schools had them, but many did. Even prep schools did not always the regulation jumpers were worn. This varied from school to school. Many Anglican schools also had these sweaters. They were less common atstate primary schools, but not unknown. A factor here was the cost. Plain grey jumpers were less expensive. Boys at many comprehensives in the 1990s began wearing mostly jumpers without blazers. An English reader reports in the 1990s that boys at comprehensives began to less commonly wear their blazers. Most of the children, boys and girls, seem to usually wear just their sweaters.
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