School Uniform

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  General

  

  • School Uniform Guidance 2019-2020 File
  • Free Uniform form pdf File
  • School Grants for Uniform Leaflet File
  • Free Uniform form File

    Get £125 to buy school uniform, equipment, sports kit and kit for activities outside of school for your child.

    Learners eligible for free school meals can apply for this grant for the 2020 to 2021 academic year if they are:

    ·         entering reception class or year 3 in primary school

    ·         entering year 7 or year 10 in secondary school

    ·         aged 4, 7, 11 or 14 in special schools, special needs resource bases or pupil referral units

    For Year 7 learners the grant is £200, recognising the increased costs associated with starting secondary school.

    Funding for looked-after children is available in every school year.

    To apply for this grant please contact your local authority.

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  Uniform Supplier

   

  Brodwaith	https://schoolwear.brodwaith.co.uk/
  Orchid	www.orchid-schoolshop.cymru
  All Sewn Up	https://www.allsewnupbangor.com/
  School Wear Wales	https://www.schoolwear.wales/
  Lana's prints	https://lanasprints.com/ysgol-friars-41-c.asp
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  Reminders / updates

  Hair:

  • Hair dyed or streaked with natural colours is permitted, unnatural colours such as green and pink etc. are not.
    

  • All over shaves / close-cropped hair below a number 2 are not permitted. Differences in hair length i.e. close-cropped hair (with fades) with long hair – permitted IF the styles could be deemed ‘a short back and sides’.
  • Patterns / words / logos / partings shaved into hair – not permitted.

   

  Piercings:

  • No facial piercing permitted (this includes nose, eyebrow, lip, clear or any other facial piercings)
    

  Trousers / Skirts:

  • Trousers must be smart, plain and black.
  • Skirts must be smart, plain and black; and of an appropriate length.
  • Full length, full height black, plain, tights are permitted.  Patterned tights / stockings which are not full tights are not permitted.
  • We recommend that tights should be a 60 denier at least.