Uniform
At Springwest Academy, our school uniform is a vital part of our identity and culture. It fosters a sense of pride, belonging and equality amongst our students, ensuring that everyone arrives at school ready to learn and prepared for the professional world beyond our gates. We hold exceptionally high expectations regarding uniform, hair and jewellery. We expect all students to uphold these standards every day.
Our primary focus is always on excellent Teaching and Learning. We want to completely avoid a situation where students miss valuable lesson time or are removed from their peers due to preventable uniform or appearance breaches.
To prevent any loss of learning time, we ask that families familiarise themselves with our detailed guildelines below before purchasing items. By working in partnership to ensure your child leaves home fully compliant with our policy we can keep the focus exactly where it belongs: on your child's education, progress and success.
Uniform and Appearance
To ensure our uniform is affordable, we have 4 items which need to be purchased from our School Uniform Shop. Please use the following information to purchase the rest of your uniform
- Blazer
-School Bag
-PE T Shirt
-Tie
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Further Clarification |
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Blazer - Navy blazer branded with the Springwest Badge |
This is a compulsory uniform item to be worn at all times and must be purchased from our supplier. There is a boys and girls version of the blazer. |
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School Bag - Springwest backpack with logo |
This is a compulsory item and must be purchased from our supplier. No other bags are permitted and will be held in pastoral zones if brought into school. |
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Ties |
There is a different coloured stripe for each Year Group. The colour remains with them as they move up the school. Ties must be formally knotted up and covering the top button and should be at least 5 stripes in length. |
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Shirt - A plain white shirt formal shirt with a collar |
Shirts must be sufficiently generous to tuck into skirts or trousers with either long or short sleeves. The top button should be done up. |
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Pull Over - Navy school V neck jumper |
Navy 'V' neck with school badge. (NB: It is not essential to wear a jumper but if a jumper is worn it must be a school jumper. Crew neck jumpers, sweatshirts or 'hoodies' are not allowed). A school jumper is not a substitute for a blazer. |
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Trousers - Tailored plain black straight cut trousers which are sufficiently tailored to keep the shirt tucked in |
Trousers must not be skin tight/skinny leg or boot cut and must have a natural hang. If there is any doubt about the correctness of the trouser they will be judged as non compliant.Belts must be plain black and without large distinctive buckles. |
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Skirts - Plain black and pleated |
Must be worn properly at the waist, without being rolled up. Mini skirts and tubbed skirts are not permitted. |
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Socks/tights - Can be plain black or white |
No coloured or fluffy style socks. Plain black tights 40 denier tights. Socks may be worn to the ankle or worn to the knee but not over. Pop socks are not permitted. |
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Outdoor coats - Must be black or dark blue |
These may be worn to and from school but must be removed upon entering the school building. No hoodies are permitted on site. A plain dark coloured sensible coat without stripes,designs, patterns or slogans or large logos. |
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Hair - Hair band, ribbons, clips and other item used in the hair should be white, black or navy |
Hair must be smart, natural and formal. Dyed hair of any type, or any other type of distinctive extreme hairstyles are not permitted. This includes hair extensions, braids and stripes. No shaved designs are allowed to hair or eyebrows. Head scarves should also be black, white, grey or navy in colour with no embellishments. The school reserves the right to decide what is extreme but if parents are in any doubt please consult with your child's Pastoral Mentor (PM) or Head of Year (HOY) beforehand. |
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Jewellery - One single stud earring only to be worn in each earlobe |
Students are permitted to wear a single discreet nose stud (no hoops). Hooped earrings are not permitted. Excuses that they have only just been pierced are not acceptable excuses. Students are able to wear a non smart-technology watch. |
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Make-up - Must be minimal |
This should be discreet (including eye lash extensions). Students will be instructed to remove any excessive make-up/lashes. It is the school's discretion to decide what is and isn't appropriate. |
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Nails |
Acrylic nails, false nails or nail varnish of any description are not allowed at school in any circumstances. If a parent/guardian is planning on treating their child to some new nails, then they must make sure that this happens over a holiday period and that nails are completely removed before returning to school. |
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Shoes - Plain black formal shoes |
No trainers are accepted. Shoes must be able to be polished. Patent leather is acceptable, suede is not. Shoes cannot have coloured laces. |
What happens if my child arrives without full school uniform?
Students will be given 24 hours to rectify incorrect uniform. We ask families to contact us to discuss if there is a problem. If any item such as a hooded jumper, excess jewellery or a mobile phone is confiscated then the student can collect it at the end of the day for a first occurrence. If the same issue occurs again within a term, then we will insist that a member of the student's family come into school to collect the item. Pupils not in full school uniform may be withdrawn from lessons.
PE Kit
Students should wear the following Springwest Academy PE kit for all PE and Dance lessons.
All students must have a Springwest Academy Navy T-shirt. This is bought directly from our online Uniform Shop.
Parents can also purchase the following from the school shop:
- Springwest Academy Navy 3/4 Zip Top
- Springwest Academy shorts and/or tracksuit bottoms
- Navy Blue Football Socks (for PE only)
During cold weather students may choose to wear more than one of these items but no other additional items may be worn apart from their own plain black or plain blue base layers.
Alternatively parents are able to purchase:
- Navy 3/4 polyester Zip Top (no obvious logos)
- Navy sports shorts and/or tracksuit bottoms (no obvious logos)
- Optional navy under layer for the winter months
- Navy sport socks
It is important to know that:
- Leggings/flares are not permitted to be worn at all for PE or Dance
- Footwear - Students will also require suitable footwear for the activity they are participating in. Generally, this will be trainers which will need to be correctly fastened. Trainers must be clean when being used for indoor PE
- Plimsolls and canvas shoes are not suitable for PE
- During the Winter months students may require studded football boots for lessons on the field
Summer Uniform
After May Half Term students have the option to wear black tailored shorts to the knee as part of their summer uniform. Blazers are optional but all other items of uniform remain the same.
How do I order uniform?
To purchase uniform please click here. When ordering from our suppliers they have advised us that delivery to your home can take between 5 and 7 working days. Families can have uniform delivered direct to school for free, provided the order is made by 4pm on a Monday. Delivery is likely to arrive to school by Wednesday of the same week.
