Uniform

At Wixams Academy, we expect students to take pride in their school uniform. High standards of dress complement our highly aspirational culture for all and help prepare students for appropriate dress standards in many fields of work.

Whenever the school uniform is worn it must be complete and not mixed with non-uniform clothing (or sports/PE kit). 

To view our Uniform Policy alongside our other Secondary Policies, click here

Parents of students in receipt of Free School Meals may qualify for support with uniform at any time during the school year. Please contact your child’s Head of Year.

Our uniform suppliers are Uniform Direct: www.uniform-direct.com

Telephone: 01522 510016

Email: customerservices@uniform-direct.com

Compulsory Uniform

•  School blazer, Navy with Wixams Academy Embroidered Logo
• White shirt with a school tie.
• School tie, worn to cover the buttons of the shirt. A minimum of eight thick
  navy stripes must be visible.
•  Suit-style, full length mid-grey trousers 'worn on the waist.'
• Academy tartan skirt. Regarding skirt length, they must be 'worn as they are
  made' and should not be rolled-up or otherwise adjusted.
•  Plain black formal leather style flat shoes
•  Unbranded plain black, grey, white socks.
•  Plain black tights to be worn with or without short, non logoed socks
•  School bag suitable size to carry all books and equipment

Optional:

•  Suit-style, mid-grey knee length tailored shorts
•  V-neck, knitted grey jumper
•  Head scarves must be in plain fabric and in the school's colours of grey, black
  or dark blue. The full face must remain visible.

Hot Weather: Uniform Blazers and ties are not to be worn, top button undone.

Sportswear

Kit List:

•  Navy sports shirt with Wixams logo
•  Navy/Black shorts
•  Navy skort
•  Navy socks (Field Games and to be worn over shin pads)
•  White sports socks (PE)
•  Training shoes with suitable instep support
•  Shin pads
•  Mouthguards are strongly recommended for hockey and rugby. It is the PE Department’s policy that pupils will not be able to take part in hockey or rugby without the use of mouthguards and shin pads.

Optional:

•  Navy Fleece
•  Navy base layer top
•  Navy technical long sleeve
•  Navy base layer leggings
•  Navy tracksuit trousers

Appearance

Coats, jackets, hats, gloves and scarves may be worn to and from school and outside the buildings at break and lunch. These must be plain, if logoed this must be subtle and not be sports or sports team branded. Coats must worn as well as and not instead of the Blazer. Outdoor clothes are not to be worn during lessons, in the dining hall, at movement times between lessons or in the school buildings.

Hair

Hair must be kept tidy. Extremes of length or styles are not permitted. Hair past the
collar must be tied up at all times in all health and safety situations such as Science
laboratories, workshops and PE lessons. Families must ensure that their child avoids unconventional styles. The school reserves the right to insist on re-styling if it considers the style inappropriate.

Make-up and Jewellery 

Students are allowed to wear minimal subtle make-up. If this is noticeable students will be expected to remove any make-up identified. This includes but is not limited to nail varnish/extensions, fake eyelashes/eyelash extensions, eye make-up, foundation, lipstick. Glitter and dental adornments removed. Expense of removal is not accepted as a justification and pupils may be removed from lessons until remedied or sent home.

• Students may wear small (less than 2mm across), simple studs in their ears.
• No other piercings are permitted and must be removed (not covered up).
• No visible necklaces or bracelets.
• Students may wear a watch. - No smartwatches (i.e. Apple Watch).

Equipment 

To support learning and ensure students are fully prepared for lessons, all students should bring the following equipment to school each day (and ideally to the transition days – items will be provided if needed): 

• 2 black or blue pens 
• 2 purple pens 
• 2 sharp pencils 
• 2 whiteboard pens 
• Highlighter 
• Pencil sharpener 
• Rubber 
• 30cm ruler 
• Protractor 
• Scientific calculator 
  (recommended: Casio fx‑83GTCW or Casio fx‑85GTCW) 
• A reading book 

Optional:

•  Highlighter pens 
• Colouring pens or pencils
• Index/flash cards

Mobile Phones

Mobile phones should be switched off and in bags at any time you are on school site. The school will confiscate any item found, store it securely and return it to the student after the first confiscation only. Second and subsequent confiscations will result in families having to come to the Academy to collect the phone. This resets each academic year.