Appendix 3 - Dress Code

Appendix 3 – Dress Code

Everyday school dress during the Autumn and Spring Term:

Jackets – Must be worn at all times and not carried. They can be removed in lessons. Formal, smart suit style jacket, dark in colour. Tweed jacket.

Shoes – Smart, formal, black or navy, leather or suede shoes, loafers or flat shoes only. No ‘supergas’ style shoes, no thick soled shoes, no trainers, no canvas, pumps or casual shoes. Brown shoes allowed in 6th form only.

Trousers – Dark, formal, tailored, trousers, chinos or cords. Must be ankle length. Cannot be jeans or ‘jean-cut’ trousers with external rear pockets or studs.

Skirts – Formal, knee length (or palm width above the knee), black, navy, smart skirt. No cord or denim. Tights must be worn with a skirt, black, opaque or natural.

Shirts – Shirts must be worn at all times. Smart, fitted, formal, pale colour or discretely striped, tucked in. Girls can have their top button undone. Must have a collar.

Jumpers – Dark, formal, fitted, plain, smart V-neck jumper. No sports brands, stripes. No fleece material or sports brands.

Quarter zip – Dark, formal, fitted, plain, smart. No fleece material or sports brands.

Gilet - dark, formal, fitted, plain, smart. No sleeves. No sports brands.

Tie – Must be black. Sports team, club, house or society tie can be worn. Black tie on a Monday. You cannot wear your own tie. This is done to encourage you to join a sports team, club or society.

Outer coat – Must be smart, plain, formal. No ‘puffa’ style padded coats. No sports branded coats.

Hair – Sensible hair styles of natural colour. Hair tied up for mass. Boys should be clean shaven.

Make up and jewellery – Discrete and simple jewellery allowed. Stud or sleeper in each ear. Discrete make up.

Sunday Mass

• Dark suit for boys and girls. Full Tweed suit acceptable. • Skirts must be of an appropriate length in respect of the Abbey Church. • White plain shirts for boys and girls, tucked in. • Black school ties or house ties only are to be worn by all boys, except for School Monitors who must wear a Monitors tie. No other ties are acceptable. • Black, leather shoes only. Brown shoes may only be worn with a tweed suit. • Girls must wear long hair up. • Make up must not be excessive, one pair of stud earrings only

Summer term – In the summer months, AFTER THE DEPUTY HEAD HAS ANNOUNCED ‘SUMMER DRESS CODE’, the following changes to the dress code apply. Jackets are optional. Ties are optional. Pale/light/natural coloured trousers are allowed. Shirts must always still be tucked in. Top buttons can be undone.

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