Assemblies

This week’s assemblies have focused on Young Carers and Care Experienced young people to raise awareness as part of Carefest 2026.

School Uniform

As we head in to the colder weather, please can I highlight the need for pupils to adhere to our revised school uniform expectations. The items pupils can wear can be found here: school uniform. This was designed to reflect the views of our school community while ensuring that our young people continue to look smart and wear clothing that is appropriate for a learning environment.

We would be grateful for the support of parents and carers in encouraging young people to follow the agreed dress code. While the updated uniform guidance offers greater flexibility and a wider range of clothing options, we are still seeing some pupils arrive in attire that does not meet the agreed expectations.

We have worked hard to create a dress code that balances personal choice with maintaining high standards of dress code. Developing an understanding of appropriate dress for different environments is also an important life skill that will benefit them in future employment and other settings where dress codes are expected.

As a reminder:

• Hooded tops and crop tops must not be worn in school.
• Shorts should be tailored or dress shorts and not sports shorts or cycle shorts.
• Chains and dangling jewellery should not be worn as they present a health and safety risk.

We appreciate your continued support in helping us maintain a positive, safe and respectful school environment where high standards are encouraged for all. If you do wish some support with uniform we have lots of brand new black sweatshirts and shirts in our Essentials Hub so please just drop us an email and we can arrange for you to receive these for your young person.

Chromebooks

We are very privileged that every young person at Knox Academy has a Chromebook. However we have a number of young people arriving without them charged and ready for use. Please can I ask for parents/carers support in ensuring their young person brings their Chromebook every day (in a bag) and that it is fully charged and ready for use. (20 mins each evening charges it to almost full)....