Uniform and equipment

School Uniform

Our students dress smartly and professionally and wear their uniforms with pride.

Students in Year 7 to 11 should wear:

ITEM	All Students
Blazer	Bridge Academy blazer (purple with logo)
Jumper	Bridge Academy jumper (grey)
Shirt and tie	White shirt with collar and the appropriate tie for their year group. Shirts must be worn buttoned up and tucked in.
Skirt / Trousers	Appropriate length grey skirt or grey trousers (standard school uniform type).
Socks	Plain grey or black socks (or tights)
Shoes	Plain black, smart, flat shoes or ankle boots
Bag	An appropriate school bag large enough to accommodate an A4 folder
Coat	All students must bring a warm, waterproof coat to school as most break times will be outside. All coats must be removed when entering the Academy building.
Jewellery	Maximum two pairs of small stud earrings. One small, flat plain nose stud
Hair	Plain scarves in Academy colours (grey, purple, black) can be worn to cover hair if students have long hair

Students should not wear the following items:

Calf or knee high boots, trainers, open sandals
Excessive make up including false eyelashes
Nail varnish or false (acrylic) nails
Hoop or dangly earrings, or more than two pairs of stud earrings
Other jewellery other than what is allowed on the list above (no rings, bracelets or necklaces)
Non-religious hair coverings if students have short hair
Caps, bonnets or du-rags
Excessively short hair
Patterns cut into their hair or dyed unnatural colours such as blue, green or purple

Please note- if a student is not in the correct uniform they
may be sent home to change in the morning.

Here are some of our wonderful students in their Bridge Academy uniforms!

Bridge Uniform Uniform Student in Uniform

For Sixth Form dress code please click this link Sixth Form Handbook

The Name and Shop address of the school uniform shop is

Trutex
31 Broadway Market,
Hackney
London
E8 4PH
0207 923 9313

For the School uniform catalogue please click this link School Uniform Catalogue

Currently the opening times for Trutex are:
9.30am -5pm Monday to Friday
Saturdays 9.30am -3pm.

PE KIT

When a student has PE that day they should come to school wearing their PE kit.
They must also wear their blazer on that day for when they are at student meetings and in other lessons

ITEM OF KIT	All Students
Polo shirt	Purple Bridge Academy polo shirt with logo
Jumper	Black Bridge Academy jumper, or plain black round neck jumper without logos. Year 11 may wear a plain black zip up top. For health and safety reasons, no hooded tops are allowed.
Shorts / track suit trousers	Plain black shorts, sports leggings or joggers (logos should be small if present)
Socks	White sports socks
Trainers	Any may be worn. Non-Marking soles for indoor sport.

Please note- if a student is not in the correct PE kit they may be sent home to change in the morning.

Here are some of our wonderful students in their Bridge Academy PE kits!

EQUIPMENT

It’s really important that all students are well prepared for their learning by bringing the following equipment each day

Equipment folder containing:

Planner
Reading book
Scientific calculator
Pencil case (blue/black pens, green pen, ruler, pencil, pencil sharpener, eraser, whiteboard marker)
Exercise books for each lesson that day
Core Sheets booklet
Jotter
Class reader
Student ID card

Please note- if a student fails to bring a piece of their equipment or an exercise book for a subject, they will receive a 30-minute detention on that day.