Uniform and PE Houses

The school takes a great pride in its school uniform and PE kit and all children are expected to wear it. Staff and Governors ask for parents' co-operation in carrying out the school uniform policy. All clothing and other items (e.g. bags, lunchboxes, etc.) must be clearly labelled with the child's name.

Items of uniform specific to St Michael's (i.e. jumpers, ties, school backpacks, PE tracksuits and T-shirts) can be purchased from our uniform provider: Wearabouts Schoolwear at 99 Sydenham Road, Sydenham (telephone 020 8659 9917).           

Click here to see where it is (map)

School PE tracksuits and PE kit can be worn (all day) by children on days when they have PE.

The uniform requirements can be seen by clicking here (pdf)

Second-hand uniform is often available (although choice of sizes and quantity may be limited) - please enquire at the school office.

About our Houses

The school is organised into four different houses. When your child enters the school, they will be placed in a house. Our houses are named after people who were of significant interest in 1871, the year our school was founded.

Wright (blue)

Named after the American, brother pioneer aviators Orville and Wilbur Wright, Orville Wright being born in 1871. The brothers are credited with inventing and building the World's first successful aeroplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight in December 1903.

Nightingale (red)

Named after the nurse, Florence Nightingale, who did such pioneering work with wounded soldiers in the Crimean War and the Franco-Prussian war, which ended in 1871.

Livingstone (green)

Named after the famous Victorian explorer David Livingstone who was found in 1871 by fellow explorer Stanley after having been considered lost and presumed dead in Africa.

Patteson (yellow)

Named after Bishop John Coleridge Patteson, a missionary in the Polynesian islands who was killed in 1871 having being mistaken by native islanders as a slave trader. Having realised their mistake, they accorded a traditional island 'burial' to Bishop Patteson setting his body in a canoe to return to his ship. The islanders subsequently established a very devout Christian community.