Uniform

We encourage the wearing of the items listed:

Boys:

  • School polo-shirt – white
  • Grey trousers or shorts
  • School sweatshirt
  • Ankle socks (not trainer socks)

Girls:

  • School polo-shirt – white
  • Grey skirt or pinafore (blue, black or grey tights, not leggings)
  • Grey trousers
  • Blue and white check cotton dress
  • School sweatshirt or cardigan
  • Ankle or knee socks (not trainer socks)

Sweatshirts, cardigans and polo shirts with the school logo are available from Monkhouse our uniform supplier. Uniform can be bought online or from the Monkhouse shop:-

Unit 1B Plaza, 21 Sanford Street, Swindon SN1 1HE 01793 520843 (please check their website for opening times).

Other items of clothing can be obtained from local chain stores. Please make sure your child wears suitable low-heeled footwear (not trainers) and a change of shoes in wet weather. During showery or cold weather children will need outdoor coats for use at playtimes; these should be named.

PE/Games

Each year group will have two PE lessons a week: one taught by FACE, our external PE providers and one taught by the class teacher.  Please note that Forest School learning counts as one of the slots, meaning during the terms that the year group are having Forest School, they will only have one PE slot.
Children will need to come into school wearing their PE kit on the days that they do PE and will stay in this for the remainder of the day.  As a school, we have found that this maximises the time that the children are being active as opposed to time spent getting changed in the classroom, it also prevents uniform and sports kit getting lost!
Uniform:
  • Trainers (please ensure that these are velcro’d until your child can do up their own shoe laces)
  • blue shorts or skort
  • blue tracksuit bottoms
  • white Great Bedwyn logo’d PE T-shirt (available at monkhouse.com)
  • usual Great Bedwyn jumper
  • usual uniform socks
Please do not allow your child/ren to wear football kits for PE lessons, these do not conform to our uniform policy.
If your child is taking part in a particular sport that might require shin pads, gum shield etc. the class teacher will let you know in advance.
Year 3 go swimming during the Summer Term.  For this they will need to bring in a swimming costume/trunks (any colour), a towel and a hat.  Wetsuits are allowed if you feel your child might get cold in the water.

Second Hand Uniform

Some items of second hand uniform are available. Great Bedwyn school now has a dedicated ‘Uniformerly’ webpage advertising all of the second-hand uniform currently instock and you can also sell uniform on here too.
It’s free to use and you don’t need to create an account to view the website.

Donations (especially sweatshirts) are always welcome.

Valuables

We cannot take responsibility for any jewellery, toys, watches or money brought onto school premises. Please discourage your child from bringing unsuitable toys to school. Jewellery should NOT include bracelets, necklaces or dangling earrings, as these are likely to be a danger in the playground or during PE.

Name labels

Quality name labels for your children’s clothes are available from Stikins.  These multipurpose stick on name labels are suitable for all kinds of school items, including school uniform, P.E. kit, and subject equipment.  Please follow the link below to purchase labels.  The GBSA receive 30% commission from all labels sold.