The wearing of our full school uniform is expected as an integral part of our school community ethos which promotes choice, equality, positive attitudes, high standards and a sense of personal pride in all that is our community.  We have designed our uniform to be flexible for year round comfort, affordable and value for money.

Boys and girls wear our black branded Whiteabbey PS sweatshirt and white polo shirt and our girls can also opt to wear our school cardigan in place of the sweatshirt.  In the warmer months our girls may also choose to wear a non branded blue gingham dress.

Our girls wear either a grey skirt or pinafore. Boys and girls can wear non branded grey flannel shorts or trousers. 

Plain black shoes or plain black trainers are to be worn with full uniform.

The school branded items can be purchased, a little over cost, through our Parents and Teacher Association charity who have a shop on site.  From time to time our PTA shop also has good quality, preloved, uniform items available at a discounted price.  Parents can email orders or enquiries to our PTA Uniform Shop.  

The PTA will also run a number of Uniform Shops throughout the course of the school year and holidays when our parents can purchase the usual branded uniform items.

The most recent external suppliers and cost ranges for our uniform items are published here.

For PE our children can wear their PE kit into school below their uniform and they can wear black tracksuit bottoms or leggings on these days.  Our children are also required to have non branded black elasticated or velcro PE slippers in school in their PE bag if they don't wear trainers already to school. The PE kit and shoes will remain in school throughout the week and only go home for washing.

OTHER INFORMATION:

Makeup/Jewellery:

To avoid distractions and to maintain a conservative and modest feeling to day to day life, our children do not wear make up or jewellery; except for a wrist watch and if ears are pierced, only one small stud in each ear. No other piercings are permitted.

Hair:

Our children are expected to have natural hair colours and no extremes in hair style or length.  Children should not wear a style of hair with shapes cut into their hair or where there are large contrasts of length. If this is breached, we reserve the right to ask parents to take their child out of school until the matter is addressed.

The Role of our Parents/Carers:

We ask all parents who send their children to our school for their support of this School Uniform Policy. We believe that parents/carers have a duty to send their children to school correctly dressed and ready for their daily schoolwork. Parents/carers are also asked to label all items of clothing clearly with their child’s name to minimise additional cost for replacing lost items.

Uniform/PE Uniform Grant:

Financial assistance is available for school uniform and PE uniform through the Education Authority for certain categories of pupils attending primary schools. Further details are available from the Education Authority. Visit www.eani.org.uk (in the search bar type ‘Uniform Grant’).

The Role of our Governors:

The Board of Governors supports the Principal in implementing the school’s uniform policy, considers all representations from parents regarding this policy and liaises with the Principal to ensure that the policy is implemented fairly and with sensitivity.

Monitoring and Review:

This policy has been created with the School Uniforms (Guidelines and Allowances) Act (Northern Ireland) 2026 in mind and the policy is currently under review.  The views and opinions of our pupils and parents will be heard before any policy is fully adopted and will be sought again at all subsequent triennial reviews.

Parents of our children with cultural requirements or who have special needs and who have difficulty with any, or all of the choices our uniform offers, are encourage to discuss their child's individual needs with our Principal.