School Uniform

Most parents of pupils in Heriot Primary School wish children to wear school uniform. The Parent Council and staff all encourage the wearing of our uniform which is set out below.

ROYAL BLUE BLAZER and BADGE
BLACK / GREY SMART TROUSERS

BLACK / GREY / TARTAN SKIRT / PINAFORE
ROYAL BLUE / GREY PULLOVER / CARDIGAN
ROYAL BLUE SCHOOL SWEATSHIRT
WHITE SHIRT/ BLOUSE
YELLOW SCHOOL POLO SHIRT
SCHOOL TIE

Parents are asked to supply gym shoes, shorts and polo shirt for Physical Education.

The school no longer takes orders for school uniform items.  Uniform can be obtained locally from Paisley town Centre or from our previous supplier Gilmour Sports located in Clark Street Paisley. (car parking available)

To help keep the inside of classrooms and the gym floor clean, we ask that pupils either clean their outdoor shoes thoroughly or change their footwear when coming inside. All shoes should be kept inside the room – preferably in a shoe bag. We ask that boys wear black school shoes; these may be trainer type but not ‘fashion’ trainers (eg Converse). Girls should also wear school type shoes. It would be helpful if school clothing could be marked with name tags e.g. coats, sweatshirts, shoe bags, trainers etc.

Parents of children receiving Family Income Support, Family Credit, Housing Benefit or Council Tax Rebate will normally be entitled to monetary grants or vouchers for footwear and clothing for their children. Approval of any requests for such grants made by parents in different circumstances are at the discretion of the Director of Education. Information and application forms may be obtained from schools and from Area and Education Offices.

Renfrewshire Education Committee strongly encourages the wearing of an agreed school uniform because of the many benefits which flow to the school and families. Each school’s clothing policy should be approved by a majority of pupils, parents and staff.

Under no circumstances will pupils be deprived of any educational benefit as a result of not wearing uniform and, in particular, pupils will not be denied access to examinations as a result of not wearing uniform.

Clothing

There are forms of dress which are unacceptable in school, such as items of clothing which:

• potentially, encourage faction (such as football colours)
• could cause offence ( such as anti-religious symbolism or political slogans)
• could cause health and safety difficulties, such as loose fitting clothing, dangling earrings, track suits of inflammable material in practical classes;
• could cause damage to flooring;
• carry advertising, particularly for alcohol or tobacco;
• could be used to inflict damage on other pupils or be used by others to do so;
• are valuable or expensive items of clothing or jewellery which presents a security issue for the school

Parents are asked to assist schools and the authority by ensuring that valuable items and unnecessarily expensive items of clothing are not brought to school. Parents should note that the authority does not carry insurance to cover the loss of such items and any claims submitted are likely to be met only where the authority can be shown to have been negligent.