'Dressing for Success' - A Guide to Post-16 Deportment and Dress
Tallis doesn't have a formal dress code. Instead, we ask students to dress appropriately for the subjects they're studying. For instance, business students may need to wear a business suit, particularly when on placement; dance students need to wear exercise clothing, and so on.
But because we don't have a formal dress code doesn't mean that students can wear what they like. Our Year 12 and 13 students are ambassadors to the rest of the school - they set the standard of dress and, indeed, general conduct against which other students judge themselves, and to which they aspire.
So we ask post-16 students to remember their dignity and to set the standard for others. In practice (applied to contemporary fashions) this means:
The sixth form team will adjudicate where fashion is contested.
But because we don't have a formal dress code doesn't mean that students can wear what they like. Our Year 12 and 13 students are ambassadors to the rest of the school - they set the standard of dress and, indeed, general conduct against which other students judge themselves, and to which they aspire.
So we ask post-16 students to remember their dignity and to set the standard for others. In practice (applied to contemporary fashions) this means:
- ALWAYS wearing the school ID around the neck whilst in our building
- in general, not wearing clothes that consistently reveal underwear or large amounts of flesh
- no hats worn in the building
- no T-shirts or other items of clothing advocating or celebrating illegal acts, drugs etc
- no items of clothing that may suggest membership of clans, gangs and so on
- no earphones worn on site, or visible mobile phones - although earphones can be worn and phones used in the study areas or in sixth form social spaces
The sixth form team will adjudicate where fashion is contested.
