Post-16 Information

• Blazer or Jacket.
• Smart V-neck or round neck jumpers or a waistcoat may also be worn underneath a blazer or on their own with a shirt. If you wear a roll neck jumper it should be accompanied by a blazer over the top.
• Formal skirt or formal dress (regardless of style or shape will need to be of appropriate length) or formal trousers or shorts.
• Blouse or shirt – should not be low cut, bare shoulders or backs. Bra straps and midriffs should not be visible.
• Formal plain, polishable shoes (no trainers or canvas shoes – Vans, Converse or similar. No flip-flops, sliders or Ugg boots).

• Skimpy shorts or hot pants
• Sheer, low-cut tops or spaghetti straps
• Hats of any kind (in lessons)
• Sunglasses (in lessons)
• Over-sized brand names, slogans or logos
• Hoodies
• Tracksuits
• Denim
• Trainers/canvas shoes including Converse or skater shoes
• Ugg boots, flip flops or casual sandals such as Birkenstock
• Soiled, frayed, ripped or faded clothing

Whilst we understand that in an emergency situation you will need to arrange for your child to see a medical professional at short notice and may not be in a position to inform us in advance of this; in other non-urgent cases we ask that GP, Hospital, Dentist/Orthodontist and other medical appointments are booked for dates and times outside of school hours.

Where this is not possible, we ask firstly that you try to book them at a time when your child does not have a timetabled lesson, and secondly that confirmation of the appointment date and time, either via an appointment card or letter, or by way of a telephone call or email, is provided to Karen Marsh, who will then enter the information on to the schools’ register.  Failure to provide appropriate confirmation of the appointment will again result in the absence being classified as “unauthorised”.

We understand that it is important for your child to undertake their test in daylight hours and therefore at certain times of the year it may have to be carried out during School hours.  However if this is the case then we require sight of the confirmation letter issued by the Test Centre so that the information can be entered on to the register.

We will not authorise absence for driving lessons, which can quite reasonably be arranged outside of school time.

We also expect students to inform their subject Teachers of any periods of authorised absence so that work can be provided to students that they might miss in the lesson if they are not present on that particular day.