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oAre you of the belief that they should be compulsory, or do you answer the question, should kids wear school uniforms, with a resounding no?

Uniform helps to create a strong sense school culture and a sense of belonging to a particular community. As such it promotes discipline and helps to drive up academic standards, which is why a uniform is being used in schools.
Uniform acts as a social leveller, under which all students are equal in the eyes of the school and of each other. In schools without uniform students are often competitive and worry endlessly about their appearance and the clothes they should wear. Students without expensive designer clothes and trainers may be singled out as social outcasts, or thought as being from poor backgrounds. For these reasons many parents prefer uniforms as they save them money on buying clothes for school wear.
Uniform has practical benefits when students are outside the school building. Being easily identified with a particular organization may make students more aware of their behaviour while travelling to and from the school, leading them to act more considerately, e.g. to other passengers on buses or trains. On organised trips away from the school it is much easier for teachers to ensure they haven’t lost anyone and to monitor behaviour, than if students wore their own clothes and blended in with the crowds.
Uniform prepares students for life after education, when most will be expected to dress smartly and appropriately for work, to a company dress code. We start preparing the students for life when your older as the work place is very serious when it comes to uniform.
Uniform makes it easy to check that every student maintains a smart appearance and is dressed appropriately for their classes. In schools where students are allowed to dress as they like, in practice a constant battle has to be fought by staff to ensure that what the students choose to wear is not inappropriate, e.g. because it is too revealing,... [continues]

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