School Uniform

All children attending RLA, from Reception to Year 6, must wear our agreed school uniform during school hours; and when participating in authorised visits and events out of normal school hours. Parents of nursery aged children have the option of their child(ren) wearing the agreed RLA uniform.

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RLA School Uniform Details and Information
Item	Unisex, boys or girls	Compulsory or Optional	Places to purchase new items
Teal, embroidered jumper or cardigan	Unisex	Compulsory for all children	Uniform and Leisure on-line shopping. Can be delivered to home or school.
Green and white gingham summer dress	Unisex	Optional	In store and on line shopping, with home or school delivery, is available at: Asda, Cherry Tree Road, Blackpool FY4 4QH Tesco, Clifton Retail Park, Blackpool FY4 4UJ Sainsbury’s, Talbot Road, Blackpool FY1 3AJ
Dark grey trousers, plain skirt or pinafore	Unisex	Compulsory
Plain dark grey tights	Unisex	Optional
Blue plain polo shirt, Reception to Year 5	Unisex	Compulsory
Dark blue elasticated, jogging pants or elasticated leggings	Unisex	Compulsory
Dark blue elasticated, sport shorts	Unisex	Optional
Green PE t-shirt	Unisex	Compulsory
White, plain collared shirt (Year 6 only)	Unisex	Compulsory for Year 6 only
Striped tie (Year 6 only Elasticated or non-elasticated)	Unisex	Compulsory for Year 6 only	Uniform and Leisure on-line shopping. Can be delivered to home or school.
All-black, flat shoes or trainers	Unisex	Compulsory	Various, local retailers.
RLA embroidered track suit *	Unisex	Optional	Uniform and Leisure on-line shopping. Can be delivered to home or school.

* RLA will purchase sufficient tracksuits for representative team events at no cost to families. No requirement for families to purchase tracksuits for general PE lessons

Would you please help us to help you by clearly labelling all school clothing.

We suggest that parents write their child's name with a marker pen on the sleeve lining as well as name tapes in coats.

Pre-loved uniforms

Year 6 will operate their pre-loved uniform business in school each morning between 8.30am and 9.00am. However, because all good condition items are donated by our families, we cannot guarantee that all items and sizes will be in stock at any one time.

Jewellery

On health, safety and financial grounds, we do not allow children to wear jewellery at RLA, other than small items of religious importance eg a crucifix on a chain or Sikh kara; ear-ring studs in pierced ears; or, inexpensive watches.

Medical identification bracelets may be worn by children who have significant medical needs eg. diabetes, epilepsy.

We ask our children to remove such items during PE, games and swimming for health and safety reasons.

RLA asks parents who wish their child(ren) to have their ears pierced to do so at the start of the summer holiday.

Hairstyles and Make-up

To ensure that RLA has an excellent reputation and image, we want all of our children to be focused on their learning and have smart, affordable hair styles which complement their smart appearance when wearing our agreed, affordable school uniform. We do not consider fashionable hairstyles or the wearing of make-up to be suitable for our young children’s well-being and our school’s vision and values

Footwear

Children must attend RLA and authorised events outside of normal hours wearing flat, affordable, sensible shoes or trainers which are completely black in colour and have no other coloured brand designs. Again, this is to ensure that families are not pressurised into buying expensive, labelled footwear. It also nurtures a sense of all children feeling equal and not being distracted in their learning.

Uniform on set PE Days

Children may wear their agreed PE uniform throughout the day when they are timetabled to have PE.

Tracksuits

If a child is representing RLA at an approved event requiring the official RLA tracksuit, School will maintain a central stock of tracksuits, at no cost to families, to loan to the children for the event. There is no requirement for families to purchase an official RLA tracksuit for everyday PE.

Year 6

Year 5 pupils have democratically elected to retain the Year 6 uniform. Therefore, children in Year 6 must wear a white shirt and a RLA tie in their final year at RLA. These items may be either new or pre-loved from the RLA Uniform business, pending pre-loved stock levels.