School Uniform

Uniform

All pupils must wear

• Grey school trousers or a grey school skirt or a grey school “pinafore” dress

• Plain white, collared polo shirt (preferably with school logo)

• School royal blue cardigan or royal blue school round neck sweater (preferably with school logo)

• Plain black school shoes

• Plain black, grey or white socks or black or grey tights

• A suitable coat on cold and wet days

Make Up and Jewellery

• No make up is to be worn to school, including nail varnish

• The only jewellery allowed in school is stud earrings

Optional extras

• In the summer time, grey school and school-length shorts are acceptable, as are blue and white checked summer dresses

• A sun hat or cap is appropriate during hot weather

• It is always advised that your child wears sun lotion when needed

• The school fleece is an outdoor item so may be worn during break times, including lunch break (if you are chilly indoors you will need the school sweater or cardigan)

• Scarves, gloves and hats may be worn when it is cold

• You may bring trainers with you each day to change into for break and lunch times

Additional Note

Please ensure all clothing and headwear is “appropriate”, e.g. skirts are an appropriate length, shoes are flat, headwear is not disco-wear (!), etc.

It is worth mentioning here that school trousers must be actual trousers, not leggings or tracksuit bottoms, and that any skirt or dress should also be a school skirt or dress (e.g. not lycra or other “clingy” materials) and should not be too short (particularly because we often sit on the floor for assemblies, etc.)

Please make sure all items of uniform are clearly labelled with your child's name.

PE Kit

On PE days, you will not wear uniform to school but will wear your PE kit all day.

PE kit:

• School royal blue PE t-shirt including logo
• Plain navy PE shorts
• School royal blue hoodie including logo for cold days (worn over the school PE t-shirt)
• Plain navy tracksuit bottoms worn over the school PE shorts for cold days
• Sensible sports trainers
• Plain white socks (preferably sports but not long football socks)

Your PE kit is part of our uniform expectation and you should not be wearing casual sports clothing and “own choice” clothes. 

Over the past year, we have noticed a slip in standards regarding P.E. kit and uniform so please follow this guidance and make sure you are wearing the school P.E. kit, not just comfortable sports clothes and hoodies on P.E. days.

On sports club days, please follow the guidance provided in the separate club letters regarding the wearing of P.E. kit and changing in and out of this and school uniform. 

During P.E. lessons, long hair must be tied back and stud earrings removed.

Please ensure all items of P.E. kit are labelled with your child's name.

SEND

It is firmly recognised by the school that occasionally children have very specific diagnosed sensory needs.  In such circumstances, through dialogue between home, school and specialists, adjustments can be made to uniform requirements and/or P.E. kit requirements.  These must be agreed by the SEND department.

All logo items can be purchased from First for Uniform, North Road, Lancing or via their online shop at https://www.first4uniform.com/school-uniform-category/sompting-village-primary/

First4Uniform is happy to add our school logo to uniform purchased from other retailers.

Second-Hand Uniform

FOSS (Friends of Sompting School – our parent/carer/supporter committee and volunteers) run regular uniform sales, where parents and carers are welcome to take uniform items that second-hand items that their children need in return for a voluntary donation of their choice.  FOSS do not stipulate prices on the items and ask that families offer a donation that they think is fair.  Donations can be made in cash or by card during these second-hand uniform sales.

Uniform and Our New School Logo

At the moment, we are moving from our current/old school logo to our new one.

During the 2026-2027 academic year, children will continue to wear the current/old school logo but, over the course of the year, our local uniform provider will start to change to the new logo as they run out of current logo stock.  We will let families know when the new logo is available for uniform items.  Our provider will provide the optional logo items, or will be able to add the logo to uniform bought in other shops.

In September 2027, we plan to fully launch the new logo on uniforms but it will be fine for the children to continue to wear items that have the current logo on; this will not be a problem. We do not wish to cause unnecessary cost to parents when moving from one logo to another and know that the transition may take some time.

We will also be talking to our providers about a new style of PE t-shirts. Watch this space for further updates in a few months from now!