School uniform and equipment

Uniform

All students must have:

• Millthorpe School blazer (optional)
• Millthorpe Year Group tie, currently: Year 7 (2025 cohort) – red stripe; Year 8 (2024 cohort) – blue stripe; Year 9 (2023 cohort) – purple stripe; Year 10 (2022 cohort) – green stripe; Year 11 (2021 cohort) – yellow stripe. (Year groups keep the same colour as they move up the school)
• White shirt
• Millthorpe standard trousers or skirt with a Millthorpe crest
• Millthorpe jumper (optional)

Millthorpe standard items (blazer, jumper, trousers, skirts, tie) are available from our partner supplier, Keal Teamwear. All other items can be bought from any retailer.

Accessories

• Shoes: plain black or brown in leather/leather look material. No trainers, plimsolls or boots.
• Tights: plain natural, black or navy.
• Belts: plain black or brown.

Appearance

In general, we expect a natural look suitable for school/daytime and avoiding extremes or ‘party’ styles.

• Hair: natural colours and styles. No extremes of fashion
• Nails: natural appearance. No varnish or false nails.
• Make up: pupils may wear make up as long as it is discreet.
• Lashes: subtle or natural looking. 
• Jewellery: one pair of stud earrings (one per ear, no larger than the earlobe). No other jewellery or piercing is permitted.

Presentation

Uniform should be work with pride and kept smart, including:

• Shirts fully buttoned and tucked in
• Ties at ‘normal’ length
• Skirts at full length (not rolled)
• Coats and hats are not to be worn inside

Equipment

Students are expected to have the following:

• At least one black or blue pen
• A pencil
• A ruler
• A green pen
• A purple pen
• A whiteboard pen

Other stationery items are optional

Students are expected to have a bag big enough to carry an A4 file.

Ready to Learn

We expect students to be ready to learn as soon as they come onto the site when they cross the blue line. This entails ensuring the following is correct:

• Uniform 
• Appearance
• Jewellery 
• Phones switched off and put away

Stationery items are available to buy at either gate each morning before school. The cost is added to parentPay (cash is not accepted/required).

Where possible, we will lend students missing items of uniform at the gate each morning (following which a uniform concern will be raised on Class Charts). However, we cannot guarantee to have everything available and it remains the student’s/family’s responsibility to make sure they arrive to school in the correct uniform each day.

Help with uniform and equipment costs

Our eco laundry offers pre-loved uniform, PE kit and other items (e.g. coats) at affordable prices available to all families. We can also help with equipment for families eligible for free school meals. These families will also receive a voucher worth £100 in Year 7 and £50 in Years 8,9 and 10 towards the cost of uniform.

Physical Education Kit

From September 2024 and following extensive feedback from our students, we will be revamping our PE kit. Students moving into Years 8-11 in September can continue to wear their current kit – there is no need to replace any part of their PE kit unless you wish to do so. Year 7s should wear the new kit.

In addition to this updated kit being what the students have chosen, it will also be less expensive for families.

PE kit (new items in bold)

• Navy T-shirt or Polo Top with Millthorpe Logo (this replaces the white Tshirt/Polo) 
• Either a Navy Hoodie with Millthorpe Logo (this replaces the Millthorpe fleece) or a Millthorpe Reversible Rugby Top
• Plain navy shorts or skort
• White or navy sports socks
• Shin pads

Optional Items

• Plain navy tracksuit bottoms
• Black Leggings: Students can buy Millthorpe leggings or wear plain black sports leggings.  

Footwear

• Trainers for indoor and outdoor use (footwear for indoor use must be clean)
• Plastic moulded, studded football boots*

*Extra guidance for AGP footwear:

Boots for the AGP (Artificial Grass Pitch) MUST have plastic studs (no metal studs). These boots can be used when we are on the grass pitches, but they will need to be cleaned thoroughly prior to any lessons on the plastic pitch. Astro trainers/boots (designed for sand based artificial surfaces) that have pimpled soles are not allowed on the plastic grass pitch. Trainers are also not suitable for the AGP.

Design and Technology/Science

For work in Design and Technology and Science, the school provides aprons/lab coats/goggles where needed which must be worn. Strong shoes should be worn for these subjects. Long hair should be tied back.