Where do you buy your kids' school shoes?

marleyboy

We get our Son measured up at Clarke's but only buy from there if there is a sale on.

GwylimT

Clarks

We only buy Clarks or startrite, we only buy where their feet are properly measured, the shoes are supportive and leather. Thats where we get their daytime shoes, winter boots etc from.

Former_MSE_Andrea

Brantano

kathrynha wrote: »

Amazon - does anyone seriously buy kids school shoes online?


Or combine the supermarkets in to one option.

Yes, some forumites suggested it last year so we included it

We'll look at combining the supermarkets next time we run the poll

Lunar_Eclipse

Interesting options: no Ebay?

Don't know anyone IRL who buys school shoes from supermarkets but imagine Clarks do have about a 50% market share.

Russell & Bromley for us, along with an independent shoe shop about an hour away that carries a vast range in a wide array of widths (always need slim ones here.)

Nike for trainers for the child without a uniform.

I have two teenage girls and whilst I agree boys shoes are more robust than girls shoes, my 15 year old has worn the same pair of school shoes for the past 2 years. They have been rehealed once, but apart from this one pair, we have always got 2 terms to a year's wear from every pair of school shoes, without any repairs. Always buy leather and fairly expensive shoes as far as school shoes go. I imagine they start at about £26-32 for children just starting school and rise to around £65 now. S

So my vote is leather, better quality shoes, avoiding the very flimsy styles, and a weekly clean & polish as I was raised to do. I think shoe polishing seems to have gone out of fashion judging by the number of scruffy shoes in the playgrounds I visit.

Spendless

Baby_Angel wrote: »

Have tried different shoes for DD. Expensive and cheap ones. All last no more than a term time.

This is exactly what we've found. Lack of time and money meant I bought DD's from shoezone yesterday for £15, instead of going to Clarks outlet or Brantano which do more choices for her wide feet. Not too concerned about it as going by previous history, I'd have to buy replacements around Christmas-time regardless of where bought.

DS got through a lot more shoes when younger, but the last pair lasted almost a school year. Think they were Hush Puppies. Had to replace a week before school finished. They haven't been worn since so am hoping they still fit.

As for other options for me. Buying on-line doesn't suit due to kids width, and I'd rather not faff with sending back and we don't have any Independent shoe shops here.

kathrynha

Lunar_Eclipse wrote: »

I have two teenage girls and whilst I agree boys shoes are more robust than girls shoes, my 15 year old has worn the same pair of school shoes for the past 2 years. They have been rehealed once, but apart from this one pair, we have always got 2 terms to a year's wear from every pair of school shoes, without any repairs. Always buy leather and fairly expensive shoes as far as school shoes go. I imagine they start at about £26-32 for children just starting school and rise to around £65 now. S

So my vote is leather, better quality shoes, avoiding the very flimsy styles, and a weekly clean & polish as I was raised to do. I think shoe polishing seems to have gone out of fashion judging by the number of scruffy shoes in the playgrounds I visit.

You're lucky your girls aren't hard wearing on schools, although for secondary school girls probably aren't very hard wearing on shoes.


We go for leather, but it's never the top of the shoes that wears out, but the sole.


I expect to pay £45-50 for them when I buy them next week.


My daughter has to clean her shoes daily, with proper polish and a brush, not the bottles of polish. But if you saw her at the end of a school day you would never believe it

pinkshoes

Marks & Spencer

£20 from M&S.

I find lots of shops now cater for children with broad feet, and Next also do lots of wide fit shoes.

I know Clarks offer a measuring service, but I have had my son's feet measured in two different stores, and they came out different!

I feel confident enough knowing whether a pair of shoes fit my son's feet well.

System

TK maxx £14.99 for a pair of kickers. Kickers were the best brand of school shoe back in my day and back then they were like 60 quid a pair.

penguingirl

I don't have kids, so no idea if this is the case- but for those of you who get kids measured at Clarks, is it not weird to then walk out without buying the shoes? Could you buy one of those feet measurers and do it yourself?

FBaby

Surprised no Sports Direct.