King's School uniform is smart, stylish and distinctive. Our logo represents the Holy Trinity: God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The uniform is affordable, durable, machine washable and ethically sourced.
We believe that good standards of dress promote a positive attitude to work and behaviour and identify our students to local residents and future employers. The co-operation of all parents/carers is requested to ensure that students are in correct uniform to and from school as well as during normal school hours. Please note, King’s makes the final decision as to what is acceptable in all aspects of a student's appearance.
The school acknowledges that parents may from time-to-time request variations to the school’s uniform or dress code on grounds of religion or belief, race, disability, gender identity or other special considerations. Any such requests such be submitted to the Headteacher via head@kingsschoolhove.org.uk
The item list below describes the uniform. We hope your child enjoys wearing it.
All clothing should be named. We expect students and parents to apply common sense to any items that they might bring to school, and we publish a list of banned items.
Our uniform is on sale from Logosports. A uniform and price list are available from Logosports
We have chosen to use a local supplier, Logosports, in Hove. As well as supporting a local business, we wanted to make it easy for parents to buy the uniform and also to make sure that there were no hidden postage costs. Logosports are based in Industrial House, Conway Street BN3 3LW. 01273 321209.
Daywear - Boys
- Blazer: Dark purple blazer with King’s silver thread badge on the pocket.
- White shirt and tie: Shirts must be plain white, and can be short or long sleeved. They must always be tucked in. Shirts should be stiff collar, with top button done up, worn with a King's tie.
- School trousers: Charcoal grey straight leg school trousers (not light grey or black).
- Socks: Socks should be ankle length - plain black, white or grey.
- Jumper: Optional - mid grey ‘V’ neck pullover with purple single stripe.
Daywear - Girls
- Blazer: Dark purple blazer with King’s silver thread badge on the pocket.
- White blouse: Blouses should be revere collar and worn without a King's tie.
- School skirt OR school trousers: Stitched pleat ‘grey granite’ tartan skirt - skirt should sit below the knee OR Charcoal grey straight leg school trousers (not light grey or black).
- Socks OR tights: Socks should be ankle length or calf length - plain black, white or grey. Tights worn with skirts should be opaque black, without patterns.
- Jumper: Optional - mid grey ‘V’ neck pullover with purple single stripe.
- Cardigan: Optional - mid grey cardigan with purple single stripe.
PE Kit
Compulsory PE Kit:
- Shirt: Purple and black sports shirt with King’s logo.
- Shorts OR skort: Plain black shorts with King’s logo or plain black 'skort' with King's logo.
- Socks: Black football socks with King's trim.
- Trainers: White or black trainers.
Optional PE Kit:
- Jogging bottoms: Plain black sweatpants (no logo).
- Leggings: Sports leggings with King's logo.
- Rugby shirt: Purple and black reversible rugby shirt with King’s logo.
- Sweatshirt: Purple and black half zip sweatshirt with King's logo.
- Football boots: Football boots with plastic/moulded studs for grass.
Outerwear
- School shoes: Traditional, flat, black sensible school shoes with distinct heel - lace up shoes to have black laces - no trainers, boots, sandals, kitten heels, platform shoes and no white or coloured laces (Click here for a list of acceptable shoes).
- Coat: Sensible winter coat in plain colour without overt logos. No denim or leather. No extreme commercial logos. No hooded tops. Coats are not a replacement for blazers and should only be worn outside, not inside the buildings.
- School scarf: Optional – 'college wrap' school scarf with school badge.
- Sports bag: Black, labelled bag suitable for securely holding PE kit.
- School bag: Should be black and be able to carry a minimum equivalent of 2 A4 ring-binder files, pencil case and water bottle.
Hair, Jewellery and Make-up
- Hair: No hairstyles less than grade 2 in length and no shapes cut into the hair e.g. stripes, ‘tramlines'. No brightly coloured or two tone hair. Long hair must be tied back when requested by teachers as a safety precaution. Typically this will include certain lessons in PE, science and technology, otherwise the students are free to wear their hair as they wish. Any hairbands and hair ties must be plain and discreet.
- Jewellery: The only jewellery permitted is a watch, medic alert chain, and one small small silver, titanium or gold sleeper or stud worn in the lobe of each ear.
- Make-up: Discreet foundation is permitted. No nail varnish, lip stick, eye shadow, false eyelashes, mascara, eyeliner or heavy black lines etc.
Equipment
Students will need the following basic equipment each day:
- Blue/black pen
- A spare pen (or spare cartridges if you have a fountain pen)
- Pencil case
- 2 Pencils and a sharpener
- Eraser
- 30cm ruler
- A pair of compasses
- A protractor
- A set of coloured pencils
- A glue stick
- Calculator Casio 83 or 85GTCW or an earlier Casio scientific calculator.