Where is the best place to buy school uniform?

I would go for Tesco and/or Asda but buy enough for your needs as once their range sells out they often don't get it back it again.

I was in Matalan the other day and saw someone with a rather pretty school dress and matching socks but sorry I have no idea of the price.

When my daughter was young and sweet and would wear a school dress :rolleyes:
I did like the M&S ones, they called them Home and Away I think as they were in the style of the ones worn in that programme. Very easy washed and if hung up over night where dry by morning and absolutely no ironing required!

If you are relying on tumble drying as your primary means of laundering ... bear in mind, "the cheaper the coat, the cheaper the cloth" ... persistant tumble drying can have an adverse effect on fabrics; if you line dried predominantly, I would recommend Tesco/Asda .. but their items do have a shrinkable element to them with persistent tumble drying!

So, if M&S is your preferred store and within your price range, their quality tends to weather tumbling drying slightly better than anywhere else.

Asda and Tesco!!!! I've never bought M&S as I find it too expensive for uniform that's going to get wrecked.

I agree that you need to buy as soon as you see it in the shops as it goes within days.

I buy a mixture of Tescos, Asda, Boots etc...whatever's reduced, cheapest or available. Tesco have proved very good with school dresses being virtually indestructable and blouses having nice fitting for girls rather than straight up and down.

Never bought from woolies as the skirts seem to be made of very cheap material and either skin tight, old fashioned or short with belts, buckles and dangly bits.

If you see anything reduced in the next size, buy it for next year.

For September I tend to buy 3 packs of 3 blouses, 3 skirts and 2 cardies. Plenty of socks, knicks and vests and a pair of Clarks shoes.

If possible ask other parents if you need to buy special school shirts, we are asked to buy very expensive porr quality t shirts with school logo on, they don't last, feel horrible, so the majority of kids are in Adams T shirts/Asda, same colour no logo, plus you can buy more as they are only a few pound each, instead of £9 each for school ones. I tumble dry Adams school t shirts, not sure if the label says to...

I buy cardigams from Asda, have found them to be the best, also school sweatshirts we buy direct from the school they are £5 cheaper each than in the local school wear shop & a much better quality. For skirts I shop around for a nice designbetween Adams & Mothercare, bought a Tesco school skirt once & it looked so washed out after a few weeks.

Summer school dresses, I favour M&S, shove them in tumbledrier, remove theydon't need ironing my kids however prefer Asdas which seem to shrink in the wash, or it could b because I tumble dry them, so I buy a size bigger for them.

I buy school socks from Adams too, they usually have buy 1 get 2nd half price ofer on school uniform around the start of school holiays, watch out though if you are buying a lot of things, make sure they don't just do the very cheap things as half price, pay separately in paired items if necessary to getthe best saving, if you offer to do that sales assistants usually put everything through in one go but work out what a fair discount is in my experience

Good luck with her starting school

I didn't have girls but I presume she can do and undo buttons. My boys could both does laces by the time they were at school but a lot couldn't. So theres a thought for you. Mine have 2x trousers each, 4 shirts, 2 sweatshirts, 1PE kit, 1 tie,1 coat 1 pump bag (all labelled) School issued reading folder 5 grey socks ( had to hop on a friday) Into secondary school its blazer 4x shirts 2 x trousers 1 tie, 1 outdoor kit-rugby shirt/socks/shorts/boots all in a bag 1 indoor kit-airtextop/shorts/ankle socks/white soled trainers all in a bag ( I made the bad mistake of of buying 1 kit thinking it was a summer/winter difference)Summer school shirt. It get costly so I do wash and return to wearer more than once a week at secondary.