Uniform
The School Uniform consists of a white shirt, grey or black trousers, and black blazer emblazoned with the school badge on the left chest pocket. The tie is black with alternating thin white and yellow stripes of equal width. Starting from September 2010, all boys in the middle school (years 9–11) must wear a house tie, which consists of the same school tie with an added stripe with the house colour (red, blue, yellow, green or maroon), with the exception of year 11 in this school year (ending August 2011), who may wear a house badge with the normal tie instead should they wish.
In exceptionally hot weather, shirt sleeve order may be declared. In this instance, pupils wear either full school uniform or they can roll up their sleeves, remove their tie and undo their top button.
Traditionally, Sixth Form students were differentiated from the lower years by wearing a black tie variant featuring a repeated small version of the school crest. There was also a prefect tie issued which reverted to stripes – in this case a black tie with alternating blocks of silver white flanked by two thin yellow bands. The prefect tie has recently changed, becoming a black tie with small school crests distributed across material.
Currently however, Sixth Form students are permitted to wear lounge suits or dark jackets, collar and tie with the option of jumpers if necessary.
In addition to this, members of the CCF are allowed (and generally expected) to wear their uniform on Tuesdays, in preparation for parade in the evenings, though they may wear slightly different dress during the day.
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