Shaftesbury High School

Shaftesbury High School

 

Uniform
The following terms apply to clothing worn in school:
YR 7, 8, 9 Aspire & OASIS
Tops: Blue Polo shirts with black sweatshirt.
Bottoms: School trousers or school skirts.

YR 10 Aspire & OASIS
Tops: Black Polo shirt with black sweatshirt.
Bottoms: School trousers or school skirts.

YR 11 Aspire & OASIS
Tops: Black Polo shirt and black sweatshirt.
Bottoms: black school trousers/school skirt or black jeans, plain black tracksuit bottoms, plain thick black leggings.
Footwear All years: Closed toe, flat shoes or dark coloured trainers. No shoes with heels, flip flops or mules to be worn in school. Mules or ballet shoes should not be worn for any sporting/vocational or outdoor activities.

PE: Pupils may change into appropriate sports attire of their own for P.E. or Football.

Offsite/ Outdoor Education Activities: A change of clothing should be brought for outdoor education to enhance hygiene. Trainers or strong shoes should be worn if going out on sporting or outdoor activities. Appropriate work-wear including uniform, overalls & boots may be required when attending motor vehicle/ hairdressing/construction courses and must be worn.

Jewellery: Pupils will be asked to remove any jewellery that is deemed to be inappropriate for a specific activity. Large hooped earrings and nose rings are inappropriate for safety reasons. Pupils are permitted to wear earrings and a nose stud. Pupils are not permitted to have any other visible piercings e.g. eyebrow, tongue, lip etc.

All pupil clothing must comply with the following dress code rules:

  • Coats/Hoodies: Pupils must take their hoods down on entering the school premises & they should remain so during school time. Coats are only permitted to be worn during break times.
  • Polo Shirts: Must cover up breast/chest area & midriff.
  • Skirts: Must be of an appropriate length and must be worn with thick black tights if above knee height.
  • Leggings/Tights: Leggings must NOT be sportswear & tights must be thick enough so that underwear is NOT visible.
  • Trousers, Jeans & Tracksuit Bottoms: Must be worn at an acceptable height, this would be at the top of the hipline & hygiene rules should be respected with hands remaining outside of the garment.
  • Hats & Gloves: Must be removed on entering the school premises & should not be worn in school.

!! Pictures, logos or language on clothing considered to be inappropriate would include pictures of, or wording about illegal substances & images of semi-naked or naked people.

!! If for any unavoidable reason a pupil arrives without the correct uniform they may be given appropriate uniform for that day and be expected to wear it while on site and returned to staff at the end of the day. Any pupil refusing to wear the alternative clothing supplied by us will be in breach of this agreement and parent(s)/carer(s) will be contacted with the option to either provide alternative clothing themselves or to collect their child from school. Transport will not be provided by school.

Sanctions for Not Wearing the Correct Uniform

If pupils arrive in school not complying with this arrangement then they will be provided with a plain sweatshirt/T-shirt and/or tracksuit trousers to wear so that they can continue with their school day.  Any pupil refusing to wear the alternative clothing supplied by us will be in breach of the school uniform agreement and parent(s)/carer(s) will be contacted with the option to either provide alternative clothing themselves or to collect their child from school.  Transport will not be provided by school

Extra Items of Uniform/Replacements

In all cases additional uniform items/replacements are available from school and will need to be paid for in cash by parents/carers at the time of ordering.  Unfortunately we cannot accept cheques or debit/credit card payments at the current time. Please contact the school office for an order form on 01257 249803 selecting option 1 or click this link to download a copy to complete.

Off Site/Outdoor Education Activities

A change of clothing should be brought for outdoor education to enhance hygiene. Trainers or strong shoes should be worn if going out on sporting or outdoor activities.  Shoes with heels, flip-flops, mules or ballet shoes should not be worn for any sporting/vocational or outdoor activities.

Appropriate work-wear including uniform, overalls & boots may be required when attending motor vehicle/hairdressing/construction courses and must be worn.