'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:
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
- (principally young ladies) no 'belly tops' which reveal distractingly large amounts of flesh
- (principally young ladies) no ripped tights which reveal the same
- (principally young ladies) no 'hot pants' or miniskirts that reveal the undergarments when climbing the stairs
- (principally young ladies) no skin-tight or see-through leggings not also accompanied by a skirt.
- (principally young gentlemen) no pants visible above the waistband of the trews
- (principally young gentlemen) no hats worn in the building
- (principally young gentlemen) T-shirts or other items of clothing advocating or celebrating the joys of illegal acts, drugs etc
- (principally young gentlemen) no bandanas etc that may suggest membership of clans, gangs and so on
- no coats or earphones worn in the building - although earphones can be worn in the study area