Uniform

At Holy Trinity, we believe that school uniform helps children feel part of our school community. It promotes pride, a sense of identity, and positive behaviour. It also removes pressure to follow trends and ensures that all children are treated equally.

Aims of Our Uniform

We want our uniform to:

Promote pride in our school
Create a sense of community and belonging
Be practical and affordable
Support equality between children
Provide good value for money
Be appropriate for health and safety

Our Uniform

Children should wear:

A red polo shirt
A royal blue sweatshirt or cardigan (with or without the school logo)
Black or grey skirt, pinafore, or trousers
Grey or black shorts (summer option)
Black school shoes (no trainers)
Optional: A plain headscarf in school colours (close-fitting for safety)

Our Summer Uniform is:

Red or blue gingham summer dress
Grey or black shorts
A red polo shirt
Black school shoes (no trainers)

Our PE Kit is:

Children should wear their PE kit to school on PE days:

White polo or plain white T-shirt
Black shorts, joggers or leggings
Royal blue school jumper
Plain black trainers

Footwear

Children must wear black school shoes (no trainers)
In winter, plain black boots may be worn (no fashion boots like Uggs)

Hair and Jewellery

To ensure safety and maintain a smart appearance:

Hair should be tied back if long
No extreme hairstyles (e.g. tramlines, patterns, shaved styles below a number 2)
Hair should be natural colour (no dyes or coloured tips)
Hair accessories should be small and in school colours
Jewellery is not permitted, except for:Small stud earrings (must be removed or covered for PE)
Watches (smartwatches must be disabled during the day)

Important Notes

All clothing must be clearly labelled with your child’s name.
We are unable to take responsibility for lost items.
Modifications for medical or religious reasons can be discussed with the Headteacher.

Equality and Oversight

The Governing Body and Sycamore Trust regularly review our school uniform policy to ensure it remains practical, affordable and inclusive for all families.

The importance of cost consideration

We have ensured that our policy does not discourage parents from applying for a place for their child at Holy Trinity CE Primary School. We have adopted DfE guidance that states, "No school uniform should be so expensive as to leave pupils or their families feeling unable to apply to, or attend, a school of their choice, due to the cost of the uniform."

In determining our uniform supplier, we have given high priority to cost considerations. We can demonstrate how best value has been achieved and we will keep the cost of supplying the uniform under annual review.

We always endeavour to make sure that the school uniform is easily available for parents to purchase. We are keeping compulsory branded items to a minimum and we always avoid specifying expensive items of uniform eg expensive outdoor coats.

Human Rights, Equality and Discrimination considerations

Some religions and beliefs require their adherents to conform to a particular dress code, or to otherwise outwardly manifest their belief. This could include wearing or carrying specific religious artefacts, not cutting their hair, dressing modestly, or covering their head. Pupils have the right to manifest a religion or belief, but not necessarily at all times, places or in a particular manner.

The school must balance the rights of individual pupils against the best interests of the school community as a whole. Nevertheless, it should be possible for most religious requirements to be met within our school uniform policy and our local academy committee will act reasonably through consultation and dialogue in accommodating these.

In formulating our school uniform policy, we have given due consideration to our obligations not to discriminate unlawfully.

Complaints and challenges to school uniform policy

Disputes about school uniforms should be resolved locally and should be pursued in accordance with the school’s complaints policy. We have a complaints procedure in place to deal with issues such as a complaint about school uniform. Our current uniform supplier is Monkhouse. We have established an agreed procedure to deal with parental complaints about the supply and quality of uniform with the provider.

The academy partners are willing to consider reasonable requests for flexibility in the uniform policy for an individual pupil to accommodate particular social and cultural circumstances.

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