Are you allowed to buy cheap school uniforms?

3 September 2018

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As classrooms open for another year, buying new school uniform can be a costly exercise – especially if you aren't allowed to shop around for it. So does your child's school let you buy from supermarkets, or are you restricted to a specific shop? Which of these is closest to your situation? You can vote in each category if you've got children in different schools.

As classrooms open for another year, buying new school uniform can be a costly exercise – especially if you aren't allowed to shop around for it.

So does your child's school let you buy from supermarkets, or are you restricted to a specific shop?

Which of these is closest to your situation? You can vote in each category if you've got children in different schools.

Results

My child goes to a state (or any free) primary school (2135 votes)

Whole uniform can be generic/from a supermarket		714 votes (33%)
Uniform can be generic/from a supermarket but with iron-on or sew-on badges		64 votes (3%)
It can be mostly generic but a few items must be from set suppliers		842 votes (39%)
Everything but shirts/trousers must be branded from a specific supplier		494 votes (23%)
There's no school uniform		21 votes (1%)

My child goes to a private (or any fee-paying) primary school (158 votes)

Whole uniform can be generic/from a supermarket		10 votes (6%)
Uniform can be generic/from a supermarket but with iron-on or sew-on badges		6 votes (4%)
It can be mostly generic but a few items must be from set suppliers		18 votes (11%)
Everything but shirts/trousers must be branded from a specific supplier		117 votes (74%)
There's no school uniform		7 votes (4%)

My child goes to a state (or any free) secondary school (1690 votes)

Whole uniform can be generic/from a supermarket		53 votes (3%)
Uniform can be generic/from a supermarket but with iron-on or sew-on badges		58 votes (3%)
It can be mostly generic but a few items must be from set suppliers		404 votes (24%)
Everything but shirts/trousers must be branded from a specific supplier		1161 votes (69%)
There's no school uniform		14 votes (1%)

My child goes to a private (or any fee-paying) secondary school (151 votes)

Whole uniform can be generic/from a supermarket		11 votes (7%)
Uniform can be generic/from a supermarket but with iron-on or sew-on badges		7 votes (5%)
It can be mostly generic but a few items must be from set suppliers		21 votes (14%)
Everything but shirts/trousers must be branded from a specific supplier		105 votes (70%)
There's no school uniform		7 votes (5%)

I don’t have children / don’t have children of school age (761 votes)

I don’t have children / don’t have children of school age		761 votes (100%)

           4,107 people have voted.

We try to use technology to limit voting to one per person. Occasionally, this may erroneously block a few people's votes (eg, from shared offices). Apologies for that.