School uniform expectations:
Our expectations for daily school uniform:
- Black or grey trousers or skirt, shorts or pinafore or green gingham dress
- A white polo-shirt (with or without the school logo)
- A green jumper or cardigan (with or without the school logo)
- Black shoes or plain black trainers (no bright coloured or white trainers)
- No leggings or short cycling shorts are permitted as part of the school uniform
- Children require indoor black pumps
From September 2025, children will no longer be required to wear coloured T-shirts for PE sessions.
Instead, all children should wear the following:
- A plain white round-neck T-shirt, with or without the school logo (no
- other logos, pictures, or prints please)
- Plain black shorts or black PE trousers
- A plain black tracksuit top if needed for colder weather
- No short cycling shorts
- Trainers
All uniform is available on the Vortex Website: https://www.vortexschoolwear.co.uk/Primary-Schools/Shawlands-Primary-School/
PE – additional information
Children should wear plain black tracksuit bottoms, shorts or leggings with a plain white t-shirt.
Sensible trainers.
Children must not wear any jewellery or watches.
Long hair must be tied up.
Earrings must be removed for PE and cannot be covered by a plaster.
(If you are wanting to get your child’s ear pierced, we suggest doing this at the start of the Summer holidays so that they have time to heal.)
FOOTWEAR:
Outdoor Footwear – Sensible, safe, flat-heeled shoes or trainers – no high heels or flip-flops
JEWELLERY
As part of the school’s dress code, the wearing of jewellery is restricted to a wristwatch (for people who can tell the time or are currently learning to do so) and, if relevant, small ear studs for safety and security reasons.
MAKE UP
Make up and nail varnish are not permitted in school.
Extreme hair colours and styles are discouraged, and may prevent children from representing school on sporting or other events.
LOST PROPERTY
All items brought to school should be clearly labelled with the child’s name.
Lost property is collected in the plastic boxes in the school hall. At the end of each term we empty the lost property for pupils and parents to claim their belongings. Whatever is left will be used by school as spare or donated to charity. On occasion we organise a sale of any second hand or unused uniform at events organised by the Parent Council. School cannot be held responsible for loss or damage to personal property, so would recommend expensive or valuable items are not brought into school.
For further information, please see our uniform Policy on the policies page.
Indoor footwear- all pupils in Y1-Y6 (unless for medical reasons they require specialist footwear) must have plain, black pumps with their name and class clearly marked in each pump
