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Online: www.skschooluniforms.co.uk
Location: 44-46 Chartwell, Riverside, Tamworth, B79 7UG
The school PE kit, tie, badge and girls trouser/skirt are of a specific make and are available from our uniform suppliers. All other
items can be purchased from a range of specialist suppliers as well as local supermarkets and other retail outlets.
Parents are asked to contact the school if in doubt before purchasing uniform.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ALL ITEMS OF CLOTHING ARE CLEARLY NAMED. STAFF WILL INDICATE THE KIT REQUIRED FOR PE
ACTIVITIES.
Students may be sent home if their appearance is deemed inappropriate. The school reserves the right to decide whether
any individual’s choice of clothing is acceptable.
All too often, students arrive in school wearing inappropriate trousers or shoes which they have purchased from uniform
sections of high street stores but which are not in line with our uniform policy. We want to avoid parents having to replace
these items to meet our expectations and so the following information has been produced to assist in making appropriate
choices first time. GIRLS TROUSERS/SKIRTS MUST BE LOGOED AND PURCHASED FROM ONE OF OUR APPROVED SUPPLIERS.
Shoes and boots (additional guidance)
Shoes/boots should be entirely black, flat-heeled (no higher than 2.5cm) and leather or leather style in appearance. They should
not have any logos or writing on them. Plain, ankle-height, black leather or leather-look boots are permitted. Shoes and
boots should be worn with trousers covering ankles and have only black laces.
Unacceptable items include: canvas, fabric or suede trainers or trainers with visible logos, high heels, suede, pumps, canvas,
boots that are above ankle-height, and coloured or multi-coloured laces.
Trousers and Skirts (additional guidance)
Boys: Plain black, tailored and suitable for business wear. Unacceptable items include: cords, cotton or denim and trousers that
are skin-tight.
Girls: Our uniform suppliers provide a range of trousers and skirts in different styles. Trousers and skirts should be logoed, plain
black (keen length) and from one of our approved uniform suppliers. Unacceptable items include: trousers or skirts that are
do not have a logo and which are not purchased from one of our approved suppliers. Hipsters, cargo style, skin-tight
trousers, leggings, jeggings, stretch trousers, denim, shiny fabrics and any coloured external labelling are not permitted.
Jewellery
No jewellery other than a watch, school badges and one small, plain ear stud per ear may be worn. The school will not
accept liability for these items. The wearing of other jewellery and body piercings is not allowed for health and safety
reasons e.g. rings, nose studs, tongue studs, eyebrow and navel rings, and necklace chains.
Items of jewellery and wrist watches should not be worn in PE, Games and Swimming lessons.
PLEASE NOTE: it is not an acceptable excuse for a student to ask to wear unapproved jewellery to prevent a pierced ear or
nose from closing up. Covering piercings with a plaster or other item is also not acceptable. In these circumstances, a
student refusing to remove an item of jewellery will be placed in isolation and parents/carers contacted.
Makeup/Hair styles
Year 7 and 8 girls are not allowed to wear makeup. Year 9, 10 and 11 girls can wear a discrete amount of makeup (i.e.
almost unnoticeable). The school reserves the right to decide whether any individual’s use of makeup is acceptable.
Year 9, 10 and 11 girls can wear discrete nail varnish that must be neutral in colour (i.e. non-bold colours and non-
decorative). False nails are not permitted. Refusal to remove nail varnish will result in isolation and parents/carers
contacted.
The school reserves the right to decide whether a hairstyle is ‘extreme’ in either style or colour. Colouring that stands out
and is obviously different from the student’s natural hair colour (e.g. pink, blue, green, red etc.), tramlines, shaved areas
that leave hair at different lengths and hair shaped into patterns are not acceptable.
PLEASE NOTE: Hair dyes take several days to wash out and tramlines/shaved areas take several days to grow back. Please
save experimentation for the six week summer holiday.
Equipment
A set of basic writing equipment (to include pens, red pen, pencils, ruler, eraser, sharpener and protractor)
A calculator
An appropriately sized school bag suitable for carrying school equipment and essential personal items (not handbags)
The following items should not be brought into school: Tippex, chewing gum, expensive personal items, an excessive
amount of money and make up.