We’re big believers in common sense ideas that actually make a difference — and the Always Active Uniform movement from Youth Sport Trust is exactly that.
👕💥 Let kids wear clothes they can move in, and guess what? They move more.
It seems so obvious. And yet, most UK schools still require children to wear leather shoes, tights, ties and blazers — clothes designed for a world that no longer exists.
We think it’s crazy that a system built to prepare children for the future insists on dressing them for the past.
Let Them Move
At Moki, we track physical activity in primary schools. And what we’re seeing is clear: when schools adopt the Always Active Uniform, daily movement goes up — significantly.
Take Dame Dorothy Primary in Sunderland. They’ve embraced active uniform policies, and the results are hard to ignore:
🏆 They’re currently #3 on the Moki League
📈 Posting 51 active minutes per child, per day
That’s massive. And it’s all being tracked using Moki — so it’s not anecdotal. It’s real data.
Why It Matters
If we want movement to be part of the school day — not just something that happens at breaktime or PE — then children need to be dressed to move.
You can’t expect a child in a tie, tights and stiff shoes to run around at lunch or join a quick dance break in class. But change their footwear, swap the skirt for joggers — and suddenly, you’ve created the conditions for natural, joyful movement.
A Small Change With a Big Impact
The best thing about active uniforms? They’re low-cost, easy to implement, and they remove a barrier to movement that exists in plain sight.
📊 Schools using Moki can measure the impact of those changes, so they know exactly what’s working.
🎥 Watch Dame Dorothy explain their experience
🔍 See the Youth Sport Trust research
We’re here to back movements like this with data — and to help schools track what’s working.
Because when you measure movement, you start to change it.