Page 7 - Autumn Term 2025 - Information for New Parents and Students

ACADEMIC TEXTBOOKS

Students who were at Millfield last year need to return with
Further guidance will be provided to parents in advance of any textbooks that they took home. These then need to be
the autumn term which summarises key information for returned to each department. There will be a charge for any
each year group. textbooks not returned.
EQUIPMENT
UNIFORM
Students must ensure that they bring the following Students are required to adhere to the school dress code:
equipment to each lesson:
• Clothing Guide Year 9 - 11
• iPad stylus/ Apple pencil: e-writing implement, this
could be an Apple pencil or generic stylus for use with • Clothing Guide Sixth Form
iPad (must be named)
• Pencils Please note that skirts must be made of suit material (Lycra/
• Pens tube skirts are not permitted) and students in Years 9-11
• Sharpener and eraser must wear Millfield suits and jumpers, as purchased in the
• Ruler school shop. British weather can be cold and wet and we
• Geometry set (if studying Maths) encourage students to have a dark, plain overcoat to wear
• Calculator (if studying Maths or Science) over their suit - brightly coloured or patterned coats are not
• Pad of file paper allowed.
• A set of small headphones that can be stored in the
pencil case. Millfield sportswear only will be permitted during the
school day e.g. for PE practical lessons, in Dining Hall, in
• Year 9 only: students need to have a large (or lessons (only with chit from Housemaster/mistress).
additional) pencil case to accommodate art materials No other leisure wear to be worn.
that will be given to them in the first lesson for their
use throughout the term. NATIONAL DRESS
The international student committee will be hosting
Students will use Microsoft Teams and OneNote in place of Millfield Global next term – a week of events and activities
the traditional exercise book/file. They will be asked to which celebrate the extraordinary and brilliant cultural
complete work either directly into OneNote using their diversity within the Millfield community. To that end, if your
stylus or by handwriting onto paper and photographing child has an outfit that represents their cultural heritage
their work to upload. that they may wish to wear at one of these events, please
encourage them to bring it back to Millfield at the start of
the year.

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