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A full school uniform is included in your child's annual fees. You can find a list of items for each year group at the bottom of this page.
Should you need to replace any items, you can buy them from our uniform shop, which is located on our main campus.
The shop is open during school hours, Monday to Friday.
Throughout the school year our Friends of BIS parent group organises gently used uniform item sales, helping to reduce waste and increase sustainability.
Primary uniform
Children should wear sensible black leather shoes or closed toed sandals, preferably without laces. We don't allow novelty shoes with flashing lights, squeaking noises, or which have the rollerball facility. In addition, all children should wear either white, black, or grey ankle high socks.
Children with long hair should tie it back with either a red, blue, or maroon soft hair band. No bandana style headbands or hair accessories (which include hard bobbles) are allowed. Hard Alice bands shouldn't be worn. Parents should try to use hair accessories based on school colours. If in doubt, please talk to your child's teacher.
Children should always wear school hats when they are outside to protect them from the sun. BIS Hanoi has a ‘no hat, no play’ policy.
PE and swimming kit
Children must change into their PE kit for any physical activity. It's their responsibility to ensure they have it with them. Your child's class teacher will let you know the PE timetable. Children change back into school uniform after PE.
Winter clothing
The school provides a fleece and pullover as part of its uniform and these should be worn during the cooler months. Girls may wear black tights with their skirts/skorts during winter if they wish.
We hope parents and students will support our dress code by ensuring they only buy the correct items, that worn or frayed clothing is replaced, and that students leave home appropriately dressed.
Secondary uniform
Girls
- School blouse – plain, white or blue (depending on year), with badge. Should be recently pressed or ironed.
- Skirt – beige, school issue.
- Socks – plain white or black.
- Shoes – clean and polished black leather (no suede, trainers, or thick soles – max 2cm).
- Hair should be neat, clean and a natural colour.
- Make-up and/or nail varnish are not allowed.
- Jewellery: small items are allowed within reason. The Head of Secondary will decide whether what you're wearing is within the spirit of the rules. As a rule of thumb: one pair of plain earrings or studs; one plain ring; one plain necklace; bracelet-friendship bands within reason; no tattoos or body piercings.
Boys
- School shirt – plain, white or blue (depending on year), with badge, worn tucked-in. Should be recently pressed or ironed.
- Trousers – long beige trousers (worn at the waist and tailored so that the bottoms just cover the tops of the shoes) or beige shorts (both school issue only).
- Socks – plain white.
- Shoes – clean and polished black leather (no suede, trainers, or sandals).
- Belt – black leather.
- Hair should be neat, clean, not below the shirt collar, and a natural colour.
- Boys are not allowed to wear jewellery.
PE and drama
- All students should have a House t-shirt, which is worn for House activities during the year.
- Only our school kit PE uniform may be worn during PE lessons.
- House t-shirts, or other appropriate clothing, may be worn for PE extra-curricular activities.
- Only approved clothes should be worn during drama lessons.
- Students should not wear a mix of school uniform, PE kit, drama clothes or footwear at any time, and should not change out of their school uniform - including changing into trainers - before leaving school.
Winter clothing
The school provides a fleece and pullover as part of its uniform, and these can be worn during the cooler months. Girls may wear black tights with their skirts/skorts in winter if they wish.
We trust that parents and students will support our dress code by ensuring they only buy the correct items, that worn or frayed clothing is replaced, and that students leave home appropriately dressed.
Our uniform shop
The school uniform shop is behind the reception area of the main building and is open during school hours, Monday to Friday (opening times may vary during the school holidays).
