Uniform and equipment

Our school uniform provider is Juniper. You can order items marked * from their website.

Second-hand items

Any unwanted items of uniform may be given to the school office. We host regular second-hand uniform sales where good quality items can be picked up for low cost.

Students are required to bring the following items to school every day:

A reading book (either from home or the school library)

A 100% book (a revision booklet given out each term)

A clear pencil case containing the following eight items:

• 30cm ruler
• Rubber
• Black or blue pens (x2)
• Green pen
• Pencil (x2)
• Whiteboard pen
• Whiteboard rubber
• Scientific calculator (Casio Fx-83 or Fx-85)

Students are given a pencil case containing all items - aside from the scientific calculator (which they must purchase) - when they join Ark Soane at the start of Year 7. Students must replace any items they lose. All equipment is available from the school equipment shop each morning. Ark Soane is a cash free school and so charges for stationery purchased from the shop are taken from IPay accounts.

Equipment is checked each day and students missing any item of equipment receive a 15 minute reflection after school.

Students must also have a school water bottle which can be filled up before school, at break or at lunch and must have a school rucksack & PE kit bag.

We will supply your child with a laptop (which should not normally be brought into school), exercise books for all their subjects, revision guides, printed resources and the use of textbooks where needed. They can also borrow subject material from our library.

We ask that all clothing is named, including shoes, so that lost items can be returned to their owner. The school cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage of pupils’ property and valuables. All mislaid items are placed in the lost property box located in the school office. Please ask the school office if you wish to look through this box. We endeavour to return all named property, but give unclaimed lost property to a local children’s charity at the end of term.

Hair: Professional, smart haircuts and natural hair colours only. No extreme hairstyles i.e., no Mohicans, tramlines, shaven partings or eyebrow designs

Belts, if worn: unbranded black leather/leather-look only

Headscarves, if worn: navy blue or black only. No patterns. Pins must be navy blue or black

Hair accessories: navy blue or black only. No bows or ornate clips

Jewellery: no jewellery may be worn, with the exception of a simple (not “smart”) watch and a small silver or gold stud earing in each year.