We at Lipson Cooperative Academy believe that our school uniform should be worn with pride. It gives a sense of belonging and stops students coming to school in clothes which are unsuitable.

Our uniform supplier is Plymouth Schoolwear, located on Mayflower Street, Plymouth.

Plymouth Schoolwear are open Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm every week and have also created an online shop for parents and carers who would prefer this method. Items can be delivered direct to your home (+ delivery fee) or collected in store. They cannot be delivered to the school.

Below is a summary of the uniform required for a new student joining in September, these items can be viewed by clicking this link - Lipson Uniform

School shoes have to be black and polishable, not canvas/suede or with bubbles in the sole. We have included images of what is and isn’t suitable for Lipson students in Year 7-11 in our families handbooks. 

For all other queries regarding uniform, jewellery, piercings, hair, nails and make-up please see our families handbooks. 

Of course whenever you are uncertain about the suitability of any purchases or any questions to do with uniform please don’t hesitate to contact ed.goodman@lipson.plymouth.sch.uk. In addition to this, keeping any receipts of purchases would be sensible if there are any problems around suitability according to our uniform policy.  

Our school has a duty to make sure that the uniform we require is affordable, in line with statutory guidance from the Department for Education on the cost of school uniform. We understand that items with distinctive characteristics (such as branded items, or items that have to have a school logo or a unique fabric/colour/design) cannot be purchased from a wide range of retailers and that requiring many such items limits parents’ ability to ‘shop around’ for a low price. Our only branded uniform items are the Lipson blazer, tie, bespoke skirt and P.E. t-shirt. These can all be purchased from the Plymouth Schoolwear shop only. All other items of uniform can be purchased at any supermarket or the Schoolwear shop. Alternatively, branded secondhand items of uniform can be purchased from the school directly. None of our uniform is season specific, however students may wear a Lipson training top for P.E. during the winter months should they wish. Please see the Families handbook for more detail.