Schools

SECONDARY SCHOOLS/FE COLLEGES IN TORBAY

FIRST DAY OF TERM & UNIFORM/DRESS CODE INFORMATION - Sept 2018

Torquay Girls' Grammar School
Wednesday 5th September - girls should arrive 8.30 - 8.45 for an 8.50 start. This is an induction day for Year 12; there will be no formal lessons and students can wear casual clothes. The day will be a chance for you to meet your form group, get your timetable and other information and take part in team-building activities. There are 6 forms that you need to print, complete and give to your form tutor on the first day - you must do this before you leave your home country as some will require a parent's signature. The forms can be downloaded here: http://www.tggsacademy.org/sixthform_year12docs

Lessons proper begin on Thursday 6th September and you should arrive in sixth form dress code equipped to study. Students are expected to provided their own lined paper and writing equipment, and some departments will require you to buy your own textbooks.

Dress Code
From Monday to Thursday, all Sixth Form students are required to abide by the code and wear:

a smart tailored, plain black jacket or blazer (no denim or leather);
a white or cream plain blouse or jumper (no strappy tops or shoulders on display);
black trousers or a black knee-length skirt;
smart black shoes or boots;
a smart knee-length, plain black dress suitable for a place of work is also acceptable.

On Fridays only, students will be permitted to wear smart casual clothes suitable for a place of work. Students that do not abide by the Dress Code from Monday to Thursday will not be permitted to join in “Dress Down Friday”. Once a month we will ask students to contribute £1 to Dress Down Friday, and once a term all monies collected will be donated to charities that have been chosen by the students.

Torquay Academy
Wednesday 5th September - Report to the 6th Form Centre at 8.25 am; the first day will just be a chance for the students to get to know their peers, staff and sort our registration and timetabling. Please bring your passport so your enrolment into the school can be completed. The first day will be a non-uniform day.

Thursday 6th September - students must arrive in uniform. The school day is 8.25 - 15.00, with a lunch break from 13.15 to 14.00.

Uniform
The official stockist of the Academy Sixth Form uniform is Riviera Schooldays, 186 Union Street, Torquay TQ2 5QP (01803 293650).
Shop online at: http://www.rivieraschooldays.co.uk/webshop/by-school/torquay-academy/
The following items must be bought from Riviera Schooldays:

Black blazer embroidered with Academy logo
Sixth Form House tie worn traditionally and full length (any colour sixth form tie)
Pleated black skirt

The following items can be bought from other outlets but must conform to Academy requirements:

Plain collared white shirt (top button fastened, shirt tucked in)
Plain black trousers of traditional design (no jeans or leggings)
Plain black school shoes of traditional design - NO canvas/training style shoes or boots
Plain black tights or plain black ankle or knee length sock

In addition hair must be a natural colour and not be of an extreme style. The only items of jewellery which are approved in the Academy are a symbol of the student’s religion, e.g. crucifix, St Christopher or Kara, a watch, one ring and one pair of stud earrings in the ears. No other piercings are allowed.
Students are strongly advised not to wear expensive items.

The following are considered inappropriate:

canvas/training style shoes or boots
hairstyles and items of clothing that do not conform to uniform standards

The Spires College
Mon 3rd September - Enrolment: you should arrive at the school at 13.00 with your passport.
Enrolment should take about an hour and a half.
Tue 4th September - Students will be expected to attend registration on that day, and every other day, at 08:30.

Dress Code
There is no uniform or strict dress code for the Sixth Form, so jeans, t-shirt, etc. are acceptable. Skirts should not be too short, and tops should not be too low. If you do wear something which is deemed inappropriate you will be asked not to wear it again.

St Cuthbert Mayne
Tue 4th September - Meet Mrs Mills in reception at 8.40.

Dress Code
There is no uniform in the sixth form, but a 'smart casual' dress code as follows:

Smart trousers – no extreme cuts or leggings
Girls – a respectful skirt length of not more than 10cm above the mid-knee
Smart top or shirt
Jacket / cardigan / jumper (no outdoor tops to be worn in class)

The following are considered inappropriate:

Visible body or facial piercing
Cut away styles exposing chest , back, midriff or underwear
Extreme hair fashions
Shorts

Offensive / Inappropriate logos

Distressed clothing or footwear

Churston Ferrers Grammar School
Wednesday 5th September - Students should arrive at 8.50 for a 9.00 start. The school day is 9.00 - 15.40, with a lunch break from 13.25 to 14.20.
Every student is provided with a Google Chromebook which they keep for the duration of their time at school, taking it home and back each day.

Dress Code
Dress should be neat, appropriate and safe for the activities in school. For example, exceptionally wide and long trousers, very high shoes or flip flops and sharp jewellery are not permitted. Hats are not to be worn indoors. Earrings may only be worn in the ear lobes and are limited to a maximum of one in each ear lobe. No other visible body piercing is permitted.

The following are considered inappropriate:

Combat trousers or sportswear
Low necklines, jeans with holes or rips, short skirts, crop tops
Clothes with vulgar or offensive pictures or statements on them
Visible tattoos
Hair colour must be within the range of natural hair colour and styles should be suitable for the workplace.

For formal occasions, such as Speech Day and when helping at Open Days, students are asked to be in ‘business dress’.
If students are inappropriately dressed, they will be asked to remove or cover what is not acceptable, and if this is not possible they will be sent home to change.

Brixham College
First day is Wednesday 5th September - students should arrive at 8.40.
Dress Code
You are expected to dress in an appropriate manner, avoiding extremes of fashion.

Coombeshead Academy (Templer 6th Form)
First day is Tue 4th September. Please go straight to the study café for 8.45 where you will meet the sixth form team and your new tutor. You will then go to your tutor room and will be given all the information you need about sixth form and your timetable. Please ensure that you have the following information with you:
Your full address including postcode, home telephone and mobile number;
Contact 1 - the name and address of the person who will be the main point of contact during your time at Sixth Form. We will also need their email address and daytime telephone numbers (home/work/mobile) in case of an emergency;
Contact 2 - a second person that we could contact during the day in case of an emergency (and their email address if possible)
During the afternoon there will be a BBQ lunch for everyone followed by team building activities to end the day.

Wednesday 5th September: You should go straight to your tutor room for 8.45am on Wednesday morning to hand in any forms that needed to be signed at home. Your first lesson will be period 2.

Dress Code
There is no uniform or strict dress code for the Sixth Form, so jeans, t-shirt, etc. are acceptable. Skirts should not be too short, and tops should not be too low. If you do wear something which is deemed inappropriate you will be asked not to wear it again.