18 May 2012

Dear Parent/Carer,

Bellahouston Academy School Dress Code

Bellahouston Academy has a well established and well adhered to school dress code and school uniform policy. Our pupils are rightly proud of their uniform as it projects an ethos of identity, equality and professionalism. The majority of our pupils wear their uniform with pride and are a credit to the school, the community and their families.

In recent times, the school uniform has become somewhat complicated with several versions of the same item available from our supplier. To this end, I set our Pupil Council the task of conducting a review and consultation on our uniform in an effort to simplify, modernise and improve the items which make up our uniform. The Pupil Council devised a questionnaire which was completed by all of our pupils in an attempt to gain feedback about what they felt the school uniform should be.

As a result of the feedback which we received from pupils as well as the Parent Council, a black blazer with the school badge will be a compulsory part of the Bellahouston Academy school uniform from August 2012. From August, the uniform will consist of:

• Black blazer with school badge
• White shirt
• School tie
• Black trousers/skirt
• Black shoes
• Black cardigan/jumper with school logo

For all pupils, the blazer and school tie are the minimum compulsory requirement.

As ever, we will closely monitor the school uniform and will contact parents/carers if their child does not meet our expectations in this regard.

More information will follow about the school uniform, including details of possible financial assistance for parents/carers in certain circumstances.

I am grateful for the support of parents in maintaining appropriate, safe and high standards of school dress and for working with us to ensure that Bellahouston Academy continues to deliver a high quality education for all of our pupils.

Yours sincerely,

Ian Anderson

Head Teacher