We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Legal action against School due to the cost of School uniforms, Please advise
Comments
-
I think OP's prices are cheap for uniform too.
And me. Our son's first school sweatshirt is priced at £8.40 - he's only the size of a two-year-old! But as it's the only logo'd item, I'm going to buy him a couple
:heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls
MSE: many of the benefits of a helpful family, without disadvantages like having to compete for the tv remote Proud Parents to an Aut-some son 0 -
I saw those polo dresses last week - they're really nice
My boys have both had Clarks school shoes and only once has a pair worn out (it was on the strap, and Clarks replaced them for a pair with a wider strap). They're easy to polish. I'm not sure how they can wear out. My eldest kept the same pair for 12 months or more and they were fine. Youngest needs a bigger size every 6 months so he's never worn his out.
My friend is forever moaning about her daughter ruining shoes within a week or two, but she doesn't buy Clarks because the girl thinks they're not pretty enough.
I think you're right about Clarks' shoes - bought them for my children and they were always hard wearing - and I wore them when I was at school - and I can remember that once I had outgrown my Clarks' sandals, my father would carefully cut out the toe cap so that the next summer I would wear them whilst "playing out"!
When I was at school (with 3 younger sisters) I passed through to the grammar school and my two younger sisters went to two different schools ...so that meant 3 different uniforms - one basically grey, one blue and one maroon - so no hand-me-down - but mum was overjoyed when my youngest sister passed her 11+ just as I was about to leave ....she thought that she could at least save having to buy the winter velour hat :eek: and the summer boater ....until I, with most of the rest of the year, ceremoneously threw our boaters off the bridge into the canal! She was not amused ...that would cost another £7. 7s. 0d (ie 7 guineas!) - way back in 1960.0 -
I think OP's prices are cheap for uniform too.
When my daughter started high school we bought all her uniform, 2 weeks later we got a letter saying the shirts, tie and PE kit were changing after Christmas :mad:
Apart from yr 11 everyone had to turn up in the new uniform after Christmas. Surely the best time to change uniform is at the start of a school year?
That's unfair When our school changed the uniform they allowed people a year to replace everything. 52% tight0 -
Regarding uniform costs - you have to buy you kids clothes anyway so what's the problem? Also isn't this what child benefit is for?
Regarding shoes only lasting a few weeks - since my kids stopped being toddlers I've always managed to get about a year out of a pair of clarkes.0 -
I think OP's prices are cheap for uniform too.
When my daughter started high school we bought all her uniform, 2 weeks later we got a letter saying the shirts, tie and PE kit were changing after Christmas :mad:
Apart from yr 11 everyone had to turn up in the new uniform after Christmas. Surely the best time to change uniform is at the start of a school year?
Did you not return the old style uniform and swap for the new one??
I'd have said they sold it knowing they were going to change it and refused to replace it until it was outgrown.. most schools give at least a years grace for the outgrowing of uniform.
Our uniform changed after my first year as it merged with another school.. grey instead of navy skirts and the tie was different.. so not too awful.
When my daughter went into year 9 there was a problem with the suppliers of the school polo shirt and I simply could not get her any .. The 'uniform police' at school tried to demand she wore the ones she had outgrown which were so tight on her arms her hands were getting pins and needles.. they were not impressed when I sent her in plain blue polo shirts which fit but she wore them the full year long after they had sorted the supplier issue... and only one teacher ever even noticed!
I did get excited when the school changed from the uniform being available at an outfitter and it went through school and the outfitter reduced all their stock by 75% which DS3 is now wearing
LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0 -
No we weren't allowed to swap it although I refused to buy more than 1 set of PE kit. I bought 2 of the first lot and only then because it was different to the boys kit her brothers had worn.14 Projects in 2014 - in memory of Soulie - 2/140
-
The price is fair,a nd certainly not extortionate. Personally, I think its generally a good thing to have only one suitable school supplier: it stops "creative uniform". This is particularly noticeable with teen girls, who will often do anything in their power to obtain a shorter-than-regulation skirt.
Bring back A-line Trutex skirts for all, I say!0 -
Rottensocks wrote: »The price is fair,a nd certainly not extortionate. Personally, I think its generally a good thing to have only one suitable school supplier: it stops "creative uniform". This is particularly noticeable with teen girls, who will often do anything in their power to obtain a shorter-than-regulation skirt.
Bring back A-line Trutex skirts for all, I say!
They just roll the skirts up at the waist.
Trousers would be so much easier for girls. Or pinafores - but try getting a 14 year old to wear one of those!"One day I realised that when you are lying in your grave, it's no good saying, "I was too shy, too frightened."
Because by then you've blown your chances. That's it."0 -
When our local school changed to an academy, all the students got a set of uniform for free. A blazer, tie, jumper and 3 shirts and every student was measured to make sure it fit. They did change it one or two month after a new school year started though so all the parents had just bought new..!
If the school HAS to become an academy, the school provide a new uniform for each child - the government reimburse them for it.
If the school is choosing to become an academy, the parents pay for the uniform change.Who made hogs and dogs and frogs?
0 -
I think the charges are cheap OP and you don't have a leg to stand on. Sorry to be so blunt!
Our school cardigans/sweatshirts are £10 each. Although it's not a requirement for them to wear a badged one and they can wear the generic supermarket items for the rest. The cardigan is the only "official" item of uniform I buy.
My oldest is starting secondary school this Sept, so the cost is going to go up and I'm dreading it. We are just waiting for the list from the school and confirmation from the school which house she is in, because the tie and the badge has a different coloured stripe dependant on this.Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £19,575.020
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 352.2K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 454.3K Spending & Discounts
- 245.2K Work, Benefits & Business
- 600.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177.5K Life & Family
- 259K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards