DOs and DON’Ts of SIXTH FORM DRESS
‘Sixth Form pupils are not expected to wear School uniform, but their dress and appearance should be in a style that would be appropriate for a formal business environment, as well as in keeping with a School environment. The School reserves the right in all these matters to decide what is and what is not acceptable.’
The School is not trying to make you look identical. If we wanted that we would just create a Sixth Form uniform. You can create the right impression without total conformity or losing your individuality. Yes, to make a good impression you do need to "fit in" to some degree, so you must be appropriate for the situation. When you’re in a business setting, you wear appropriate business attire. If at a formal evening social event, you wear appropriate evening attire. And you can still express your individuality appropriately within both contexts.
We know that choosing what to wear in the Sixth Form can be a tricky task. So we’ve put together some ideas and images to help you make appropriate decisions. You’ll see that word appropriate appear several times: take note.
Please approach the choice of your clothing in a positive way: look smart, make the right impression, take pride in the way you present yourself. Do not approach it from the angle of “What can I get away with?”. This is not in the spirit of what we are trying to achieve and it lets you and the School down if you do not try to work with the advice that is set out here. As leaders of the School, you are acting as important role models for the younger students.
It’s a fact of life that fashion gives women more choice and hence makes business attire more complicated for them, so more of this booklet is dedicated to female choices, but obviously men still have decisions to make.
PLEASE NOTE THIS POLITE REMINDER: Students who are not suitably dressed when they arrive at School can be asked to return home to dress themselves appropriately. The School may also provide appropriate clothing to replace that which we do not deem appropriate.
www.kes.hants.sch.uk/uniform