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Top half: three compulsory, branded items
Polo shirt with collar and embroidered school crest. Students may choose to wear a white vest or Tee shirt underneath the polo shirt.
Quarter zip with embroidered school crest and reflective detail on front, arms and back; a unique, innovative student safety feature.
PE and sport round-neck Tee shirt with printed school crest: compulsory only for new Year 7s September 2025 onwards.
Top half: plus an optional item for warmth
Polo shirt with collar and embroidered school crest. Students may choose to wear a white vest or Tee shirt underneath the polo shirt.
Quarter zip with embroidered school crest and reflective detail on front, arms and back; a unique, innovative student safety feature.
Optional blue gilet, with embroidered school crest. This will be the only additional outer layer permitted to be worn in classrooms and corridors.
Bottom half: non-branded, ‘high street’ choices
Standard, black school trousers. Available from a very wide range of high street suppliers.
Black school skort. Looks like a skater skirt, but has integrated ‘cycle shorts’, avoiding key issue with short school uniform skirts. Available from a range of high street suppliers. Black tights may be worn underneath.
Standard, black school shorts. Year-round wear. Available from a very wide range of high street suppliers.
Buying guidance, including links to suitable items and images of unacceptable variations, now published on following slides.
Churston school uniform 2025: a guide to suitable choices of trousers, shorts, skorts and shoes
Black trousers
Standard, black school trousers. Available from a very wide range of high street suppliers.
Versions sold as ‘Slim leg’ or ‘Plus size’ are acceptable.
Tight, fitted trousers and leggings
Cropped trousers
Joggers
Unacceptable trouser variations
(not exhaustive, provided for guidance)
Flared trousers
Links to examples of suitable trousers
Next Black School Formal Straight Trousers
M&S Black Girls Slim Leg School Trousers
Black jeans
Black chinos
Black shorts
Standard, black school shorts. Year-round wear. Available from a very wide range of high street suppliers.
Lightweight sports shorts (with or without logo)
Tailored, fitted shorts
Unacceptable shorts variations
(not exhaustive, provided for guidance)
Links to examples of suitable shorts
Next Black Regular Waist Flat Front School Shorts
Short shorts!
Shorts with additional buttons or turn-ups
Cycling shorts
Jersey (tracksuit material) shorts
Black skort
Black school skort. Looks like a skater skirt, but has integrated ‘cycle shorts’, avoiding key issue with short school uniform skirts. Black tights may be worn underneath.
Lightweight sports skorts
Branded sports skorts: including VX3 PE skort
Unacceptable skort variations
(not exhaustive, provided for guidance)
NB: no skirts are permitted as school uniform
Stretchy mini-skorts
Skorts with belts
Skorts with slits
Pleated skorts
Black shoes
Shoes should be sensible, comfortable and exclusively black, without stripes or additional colours. Students should wear grey, black or white socks. If you choose to wear socks with black tights, these should be black to match the colour of the tights.
Non-black detailing
Unacceptable school footwear
(not exhaustive, provided for guidance)
Boots
Shoes that are not black