School Uniform Information
St Anne’s school uniform was agreed by governors, in consultation with parents, a number of years ago. It continues to be attractive and practical and we offer many opportunities to purchase items; which ensures you can buy our uniform for reasonable prices and it remains affordable.
We do not insist that school uniform includes the school logo. Items can be purchased from any clothing provider as long as it matches our chosen colours.
You can, if you wish, purchase items with the school logo from Monkhouses shops, which are situated in Oldham and Rochdale or on their website by clicking here
We also offer an online service with My Clothing
Pre-Loved Uniform
We ask for donations of pre-loved and worn uniform/PE items and coats so that these can be gifted to anyone who needs particular items. If you have items to donate, please send them in to school fully laundered with your child who can hand them to the school office.
Please ensure that all items belonging to your child are named so we can reunite them with your child. Any items that are not named, and have not been claimed by each Friday, will be donated to our Pre-Loved collection.
If a parent or carer prefers to come into school to choose some items from our ‘Pre-Loved’ collection, you can do this from 2.45pm – 3.15pm every day. Please come into the school office to enquire.
Wearing Jewellery in PE
based on guidance from the Association for Physical Education
The wearing of jewellery, earring and ear-studs (metal or plastic) are not be permitted on safety grounds during PE lessons and other sporting activities such as out of hours school learning or competitive fixtures.
These items represent a potential hazard not only to the wearer but also to other children. Medical advice confirms that any jewellery worn in physical education lessons is an unnecessary risk and should be avoided at all times. Serious accidents have occurred as a result of contact between pupils wearing earrings or studs and other pupils or equipment, thus damaging the ear, or where items of jewellery have caught in apparatus and torn the ear lobe.
Children are encouraged to leave items of jewellery and earrings at home on days when they have physical education lessons.
Newly pierced ears can take a period of up to six weeks before studs can be removed. We are advised to remind parents that ears should be pierced at the start of the summer holidays to allow sufficient time for earrings to be safely removed.
We are advised that children who are not able to remove earrings (as these may be newly pierced) should not actively participate in PE lessons for their own and others safety. In this circumstance a child will be asked to undertake the role of coach or other learning activity that is relevant.
Parents are encouraged to actively work with our school to help minimise disruption to the physical education curriculum. Parents can help by ensuring that school guidance on jewellery is adhered to and that ears are pierced at the start of the summer holidays to allow maximum healing time. Please also remove earrings on the day PE takes place.
Please note that we do not take responsibility or liability for the outcome of any future injury arising from the wearing of an earring or ear-stud since any such undertaking cannot be legally valid.
The school does not accept any liability for the loss of jewellery on school site.