Student Dress Code

Changes to the Student Dress Code policy to improve uniform affordability were announced on 2 April 2025. The resources on this page have been updated and expanded to support implementation of these changes. This includes an updated local student dress code policy template. Further information on implementing the uniform affordability changes is available in the Student dress code policy FAQs (DOCX).

Resources

Policy template and information to help school councils develop and review student dress code policies

• Student dress code policy template (staff login required)
• Student dress code policy review consultation guide (DOCX)
• Checklist: Developing or reviewing a student dress code policy (DOCX)

Consultation information for parents/carers

• Consultation factsheet template (DOCX) for schools to provide to parents/cares informing them of their role in the student dress code policy consultation process
• The 'Consultation factsheet template' is available to download in 5 community languages:
  • Arabic (DOCX)
  • Dari (DOCX)
  • Traditional Chinese (DOCX)
  • Simplified Chinese (DOCX)
  • Vietnamese (DOCX)

Standard agreements

Three agreement templates relating to school uniforms:

• School council licence – school uniform business (DOCX) (staff login required)
• School council agreement for the appointment of school uniform supplier (DOCX) (staff login required) (school uniforms to be supplied at non school premises)
• School council agreement for the purchase of school uniforms (DOCX) (staff login required) (for on-sale by the School Council)

Exemptions – good practice examples

• Exemption procedure – examples (DOCX) – includes example exemption requests for a facial piercing and on religious cultural grounds