Students at Kenilworth School will help design the uniform for the new Glasshouse Lane school.

With the current design introduced some 20 years ago, the new uniform will be used from the opening of the new school in 2023.

Pupils, along with parents and members of staff, will be asked to submit their ideas for new day-to-day wear as well as for various sports kits over the coming weeks.

A consultation over school uniforms was also held in 2014 and it was decided that the current design would remain in place.

The current polo shirt uniform was introduced in 2003, replacing blazers, shirts and ties as the school became a sports college.

Executive head of Kenilworth School and Sixth Form Hayden Abbott said: "It now seems appropriate, in the lead up to the relocation in 2023, that we review the school uniform to reflect our ethos and standards.

"The uniform at the time was designed to be more informal to reflect our specialism and the school blazer was withdrawn from the uniform list, with polo shirts added to replace shirts and ties.

"In 2014, when the specialism for schools came to an end, we undertook consultation with parents and students and the preference, by a very narrow margin, was to retain the current uniform. Students, parents and staff will be consulted over the next few weeks."

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