St Godric's

The Department for Education strongly encourages schools to have a school uniform. This page sets out the school’s policy and approach on uniform and confirms the school’s commitment to providing value for money to parents and ensuring that no pupils is discriminated against due to their gender, disability, religion or belief, economic circumstances or social and cultural background. 

The school uniform helps ensure that pupils of all races and backgrounds feel welcome. It protects pupils from social pressures to dress in a particular way; and nurtures cohesion, promoting good relations between different groups of pupils. 

This policy follows the DfE statutory guidance, ‘Cost of school uniforms’, published November 2021 and takes account of the non-statutory guidance, ‘School uniforms’, published June 2023.

Our Local Governing Committee expect pupils to wear school uniform for the following reasons:

• it fosters a sense of identity and belonging to a school community
• it promotes a sense of pride in the school, in line with our ethos and values
• it supports positive behaviour and discipline
• it is practical, comfortable and appropriate for activities in school
• it is affordable
• it helps pupils to feel equal and encourages cohesion
• it has been designed with health and safety in mind

Uniform table key

• O / R – optional or required item
• B / G – branded item required or generic (e.g. supermarket)

Uniform

Item	O / R	B / G
Burgundy sweatshirt or cardigan (school logo optional)	R	Either
White polo shirt (school logo optional)	R	Either
Black/grey trousers or skirt	R	G
Red or burgundy checked dress	O	G
Black/grey shorts or skorts	O	G
Black school shoes	R	G

PE uniform

On PE days, children should come to school in the PE kit which comprises of: 

Item	O / R	B / G
Plain black shorts (just above the knee), joggers or leggings	R	G
Burgundy PE t-shirt	R	Either
Burgundy school sweatshirt/cardigan/hoodie	R	Either
Trainers or plimsolls	R	G

Our School Uniform

Our school uniform consists of the following:

• Sweatshirt
• Sweatcardigan
• Polo shirt
• Grey trousers/skirt (bought separately)
• Black shoes (bought separately)
• PE t-shirt
• Black PE shorts (bought separately)
• Polar fleece jacket
• Shower proof fleece
• Backpack

How To Order

Please visit PMG Schoolwear  website where details of size, colour and prices of all school uniform items are available.

Pre-loved uniform

To reduce costs to parents, Friends of St. Godric’s keep a stock of donated second hand uniform and encourages parents to pass on uniform that their child has grown out of. Pre-loved uniform is available on request (please speak to a member of the office staff) or at one of our termly coffee mornings. 

Footwear

It is strongly recommended that all pupils wear ‘sensible’ black school shoes for school. We do not allow children to wear boots or trainers everyday as they do not always provide adequate protection or support. Trainers or plimsolls must be worn for PE. Where children wear boots in the winter, school shoes should be brought in a bag to change into.  

Jewellery

For health and safety reasons, we do not allow children to wear jewellery in school.  For health and safety reasons, earrings will not be accepted under any circumstances.  Inexpensive analogue wrist watches can be worn, but SMART watches or Fitbits are not allowed. Watches should be removed for PE lessons.

If you wish to have your child’s ears pierced, we ask that you do so at the start of the summer holidays to ensure that by the start of the autumn term there is no need for earrings to be worn. 

Hair

The school does not permit children to have ‘extreme’ or socially unacceptable haircuts that could serve as a distraction to other children. Hair longer than collar length must be tied back for both boys and girls. No dyed hair is allowed.