Uniform

Uniform Policy

Throughout Budehaven Community School, our expectation for exemplary behaviour, both in and out of school, is reflected in our expectation of uniform compliance. We expect and trust that parents and carers, students and staff work together to promote fairness and consistency and to prevent valuable school time being diverted to following up on breaches of uniform policy.

(See our uniform Policy here)

Year 7 Uniform for September 2026

Bearing in mind that we are likely to make considerable changes to school uniform for the next academic year, when your child enters Year 8, we do not want you to have to spend more this year than you need to, in order to ensure your child wears the correct uniform.
To this aim, the uniform for our new Year 7 cohort will have the following adjustments:

Uniform expectations

All new Year 7 pupils from September 2026, for one year only, will wear the following:

• SWi APTUS essential Navy Bottoms; either shorts or tracksuit bottoms. No other bottoms are permitted. Non-SWi tracksuit bottoms, or shorts are not permitted. 
• SWi APTUS essential Navy T-Shirt or SWi APTUS collared sports top. 
• SWi APTUS ¼ Zip training Top. 
• SWi long navy socks (optional).
• A pair of plain black or plain white sports trainers, appropriate for PE. No Vans-style trainers are allowed. 

Please note, hoodies are not allowed in school.  

SWi APTUS Website

Our uniform was designed with the distinct purpose of differentiating between leisure and learning time. It was chosen to foster a smart image for students and to encourage them to be ready to focus on their work, free from distractions. We strive to support our students to develop themselves academically and socially and prepare themselves for life after school where a dress code or other restrictions may be expected.

Wearing the Budehaven School uniform, means that all students are ambassadors for our school and we hope all our students take this responsibility seriously. Taking pride in our school uniform demonstrates a commitment to our high standards of conduct and support of our shared values. We hope it indicates a sense of loyalty to one another and a commitment to look after what we have, our buildings, our equipment and our environment. It encapsulates our pride in our school community.

General Guidelines for the Budehaven School uniform are summarised as follows:

• Smart Grey, tailored trousers or shorts (available from a number of suppliers, including supermarkets such as ASDA or Tesco).
• Footwear School footwear must be plain black with no other colour, unless it is a PE kit day, whereby students can wear any suitable trainers.
• Grey Pleat style skirt Available here.
• Navy Blue school blazer embroidered with crest

OR 

• V-Neck jumper embroidered with the Budehaven crest

Students can wear both a blazer and jumper if they wish to.

Blazer available here Or plain navy school blazers can be purchased from a number of suppliers (e.g. Asda, Tesco, Marks and Spencer),  along with the purchase of an embroidered school badge (available from the school).

Jumper available here Or plain navy v-neck school jumpers can be purchased from a number of suppliers (e.g. Asda, Tesco, Marks and Spencer), along with the purchase of an embroidered school badge (available from the school).

Please note that this is the only jumper allowed in school. Hoodies and other sweatshirts/jumpers are not permitted

• Light blue school shirt or blouse. Long or short-sleeved.
• Budehaven Community School tie: Tie available here or from the School 
  (In the case of pupils who, due to sensory needs, struggle with a standard tie, we can purchase clip-on ties)
  
  This uniform is statutory for all pupils
• Reasonable adjustments for sensory needs

Socks and tights

Socks need to be black, white, grey or navy

With the exception of the school tie, parents/carers can choose where to purchase uniform. 
If buying a plain navy blazer or jumper, please contact the school to purchase an iron on embroidered badge.

If you still have any queries relating to uniform, please contact Mrs Bennett

PE Kit

The supplier of our PE kit is SWi Schoolwear Purchase PE Kit here

PE kit expectations including photos of what is acceptable and what is not acceptable:

Items that can be worn:

• SWi APTUS essential Navy Bottoms; either shorts, skort, leggings or tracksuit bottoms. No other bottoms are permitted. Non-SWi leggings, tracksuit bottoms, skorts or shorts are not allowed. (We are providing plenty notice of the removal of the allowance to wear non-standard items, in advance of September 2026). 
• SWi APTUS essential Navy T-Shirt or SWi collared sports top.
  (Please note that Sports Leaders’ Red T-Shirts are only permitted to be worn during events where Sports Leaders are leading activities. They are not permitted within the school day from September 2026). 
• SWi APTUS ¼ Zip training Top (optional). 
• SWi long navy socks (optional). 
• A pair of sports trainers, appropriate for PE. No Vans-style trainers are allowed, as they are not suitable for PE activities.  

PE Kit to be worn to school on CORE PE Lesson days only. 

If pupils attend PE extra-curricular clubs on days they do not have PE timetabled, they will be expected to change into PE kit at 3:15pm.

Any PE clothing items that do not conform to the expected kit above, will be exchanged for correct kit on the day, and parents and carers will be expected to correct any incorrect items. Pupils will be expected to wear these items and fully engage in the lesson, without question. If this happens on several occasions' sanctions will be put in place and the privilege to wear PE kit to school may be removed.

Pupils are permitted to wear the school jumper, blazer and coat in addition to the PE kit on cooler days. Pupils will be expected to remove these to participate fully in their PE lesson, this will be at the PE teachers’ discretion, considering the weather and safety.

If you are facing significant hardship, please contact Miss Miles via Class Charts with regards to discussing a suitable provision of PE kit.

If a pupil is unable to be active in PE lessons, a note of explanation must be provided from home via class charts and a written note to hand to the pupil's PE teacher. If for a long period of time, a medical note will be required. Where possible, excused pupils will still take part in the lesson but in an alternative role such as assistant leader, coach or referee. It is important that they still attend with their full PE kit. They will be required to change if they fail to do so.

If you have any questions or queries regarding the PE kit provision, please contact your child's PE teacher, form tutor or Head of Year on Class Charts.

Please see our full uniform policy under the Policy section of the website.