Uniform

All States-maintained schools have some form of uniform. This ranges from formal blazers and ties to sweatshirts and polo shirts.

The adoption of a school uniform can play a valuable role in contributing to the ethos of a school.

A uniform can:

• instil pride in the school, encourage pupils to identify with it and to support its ethos
• promote positive behaviour and discipline
• help to protect pupils from peer group pressure to dress in a certain fashion
• help to promote cohesion between groups from different backgrounds

Individual schools decide on the detail of their school uniform.

In 2011 the Education Board agreed that all High Schools, including St Anne's in Alderney, should adopt a more formal uniform moving away from the sweatshirt and polo shirt and introducing a blazer and tie. Schools are currently considering different options for the introduction of this more formal uniform from September 2012.

The Education Department operates a means-tested grant scheme to help parents with the cost of buying school uniforms. Grants are awarded on a sliding scale dependant on the parents' residual income once certain allowances have been made.

The uniform grant scheme is administered by the Education Welfare Service.

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