Uniform
The school uniform at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is as follows:
|
Item |
Optional or required |
Branding |
How to acquire |
|
Red Jumper or Red Cardigan |
Required |
School logo on left-hand side (optional) |
Branded sweatshirt and cardigan available from school supplier and second hand from school office. Red jumper or cardigan can be bought from regular retailers. |
|
White Polo Shirt |
Required |
School logo on left-hand side (optional) |
Branded polo shirt available from school supplier or plain available from regular retailers. |
|
Grey or black trousers/skirt or grey or black pinafore dress |
Required |
No branding |
Available second hand from school office and available from regular retailers. |
|
Sensible, plain black shoes |
Required |
No branding |
Available from regular retailers. |
|
Team colour t-shirt (PE) |
Required |
No branding
|
Available from regular retailers. |
|
Plain black shorts (PE) |
Required |
No branding
|
Available from regular retailers. |
|
School book bag |
Optional |
School logo |
Available from school supplier. |
|
Red school fleece/coat (for outdoor wear only) |
Optional |
School logo on left-hand side |
Branded coat and fleece available from school supplier. |
PE Kit
On PE days, your child should come dressed in their school uniform with a change of PE in a separate bag.
Our school PE kit consists of
- Coloured t-shirt (your child has been allocated to a coloured team - red, blue, yellow or green)
- Black shorts or black jogging/tracksuit bottoms;
- Black zipped hooded top for colder weather;
- Pumps or trainers.
Jewellery
On health and safety grounds, we do not allow jewellery to be worn with the following exceptions:
- Small stud ear-rings in pierced ears *
- A watch (Smart watches are not allowed in school)
- Jewellery related to specific religious reasons (please inform the Headteacher in advance)
- Medical identification bracelets.
*School encourages that, if parents/carers wish to have their child’s ears pierced, this should be done at the start of the summer holidays. Children must be able to remove earrings for PE or swimming lessons. For safeguarding reasons, staff cannot remove a child’s earrings and children need to remove them themselves. If a child has just had their ears pierced and cannot remove their earrings for 6 weeks under advice for healing, then plasters need to be worn which are applied and removed by the parents. We cannot take responsibility for any items of jewellery that go missing in school.
Makeup
The school rules on makeup are as follows:
- No make-up is permitted
- False nails and nail extensions are not permitted
- Nail varnish is not permitted
- Temporary tattoos are not permitted
Hairstyles
The school reserves the right to make a judgement on where pupils’ hairstyles or hair colours are inappropriate for the school environment; however, will ensure that any such judgements do not discriminate against any pupil by virtue of their protected characteristics. Each individual pupil’s scenario will be considered where any judgements on appropriateness are to be made, and parents will always have the freedom to complain via the school’s Complaints Procedures Policy.
Pupils with long hair must ensure that this does not impede their vision, cover their face or provide a health and safety risk. Long hair must be tied up during PE lessons.
The following hairstyles are not considered appropriate for school:
- Brightly-coloured, dyed hair
- Headwear with bold patterns or colours
- Excessive hair accessories such as Jojo bows
School bag
Pupils must use an appropriately sized waterproof bag to carry their books and equipment. It should hold A4-sized work books comfortably without causing any damage.
Non-uniform Days
Schools have a statutory duty to be politically impartial therefore children must not wear clothing with political or offensive writing or images. School reserve the right to ask children to cover up or remove any inappropriate clothing.
This includes, but is not limited to:
- Clothing which is revealing; for example, exposing bare midriffs;
- Flip-flops or backless footwear, due to health and safety issues;
- Clothing with offensive logos or text (e.g. swear words)
The usual School rules for Jewellery, hairstyles and make-up apply for non-uniform days.
School uniform supplier
Our current school uniform supplier is:
Pinders Schoolwear
Old Town Hall
1 Howard Street
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S65 1JQ
0114 2513275
Branded St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School uniform (jumpers, shirts, bags, hats etc.) can also be purchased from Pinders School Wear online at https://pindersschoolwear.com but plain uniform without school logos are also acceptable.
Uniform assistance
Throughout the year, school will hold uniform sales where families, for a small donation, can purchase good quality second hand uniform. However, if families are struggling to afford uniform, the school will hold second-hand school uniforms in the school office and access to these uniforms will be made available upon request made to the headteacher.
Parents are invited to donate their child’s uniform when they no longer need it.