Uniform and Equipment

It is essential that all students come to school fully equipped and prepared for learning. This means that each student, every day, needs bring the following equipment:

These items are checked every day in registration (via equipment mats or verbal checks). If a student is missing an item they are given an Amber Warning and a sticker in their Student Organiser and will need to report to break time detention in S20 before 10.45am. If they fail to attend they are placed in a 30 minute detention on the same day. Also, if they fail to bring their equipment 3 times in a week they will be placed in an hour long detention on Friday.

Uniform is checked each day in tutor time.  Correct uniform is defined as:

If a student arrives at school with the incorrect uniform or infringing the uniform policy they aregiven an Amber Warningand a red dot in their Student Organiser. Theywill need to report to breaktimedetention in S20 before 10.45am. If they fail to attend they are placed in a 30 minute detention on the same day.

If a student regularly infringes our uniform policy then further sanctions will apply.

Uniform can be purchased through Kiiwii clothing. Throughout the year we host uniform pop-up shops.  Please check our events page for any upcoming opportunities.  

Students are not permitted to wear hoodies or non-school issue jumpers on the Academy site. If a student is found wearing these items they will be immediately confiscated. On a first offence the garment will be confiscated, taken to the main office (where it will be stored in a locked container) and returned at the end of the day. If a repeat offence occurs then the garment will be confiscated, taken to the main office (where it will be stored in a locked container) and returned only to a parent or carer. Refusal to remove and hand over a hoodie or non-school issue jumper is a serious breach of our Expectations for Learning.

Students are not permitted to wear jewellery to school apart from a maximum of one stud in either or each ear and one small ring. If a student has a nose piercing, it must have only a clear or flesh-coloured retainer, no stud. No other visible body piercing, such as a tongue piercing, is allowed. Students who contravene these rules are asked to remove the items and the item(s) are confiscated. On a first offence the jewellery will be confiscated, taken to the main office (where it will be stored in a locked container) and returned at the end of the day. If a repeat offence occurs then the jewellery will be confiscated, taken to the main office (where it will be stored in a locked container) and returned only to a parent or carer. Refusal to remove and hand over a piercing is considered a serious breach of our Expectations for Learning.

Hairstyles must not be extreme, e.g. with bright unnatural hair colours (pink or green for instance), with more than one colour, or shaved into patterns (including lines). Hair must not be shorter than a number 2 cut, and must be kept clean. Should a student come to school with an extreme hairstyle, a member of the core leadership team will work with the parents and student to come to a decision about a reasonable timescale for alteration, normally less than one week. Should the student not be willing to cooperate with this timescale, they will not be allowed to attend lessons. For example, if a child has patterns shaved into their hair, they should seek to even out the hairstyle each day until the pattern has gone.

Students should not attend school wearing excessive makeup or coloured nail varnish. This also includes no nail extensions, acrylic, gel, long and/or pointed nails. If they do so they will be asked to remove it, which they will be expected to do.

All students must wear the correct PE kit. If they fail to bring PE kit to their lesson, alternative clean PE kit will be provided which students are expected to wear. They will also be issued with a breaktime detention.

Failure to wear the kit provided will result in consequences being issued and in extreme cases the student will be removed.

Correct PE kit is defined as: