Are you allowed to buy cheap school uniforms?

9 September 2019

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Buying new school uniform can be a costly exercise – especially if your child has to wear pricey branded items. 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.

Buying new school uniform can be a costly exercise – especially if your child has to wear pricey branded items.

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 (1599 votes)

Whole uniform can be generic/from a supermarket		593 votes (37%)
Uniform can be generic/from a supermarket but with iron-on or sew-on badges		44 votes (3%)
It can be mostly generic but a few items must be from set suppliers		633 votes (40%)
Everything but shirts/trousers/skirts must be branded from a specific supplier		321 votes (20%)
There's no school uniform		8 votes (1%)

My child goes to a private (or any fee-paying) primary school (84 votes)

Whole uniform can be generic/from a supermarket		7 votes (8%)
Uniform can be generic/from a supermarket but with iron-on or sew-on badges		1 votes (1%)
It can be mostly generic but a few items must be from set suppliers		14 votes (17%)
Everything but shirts/trousers/skirts must be branded from a specific supplier		59 votes (70%)
There's no school uniform		3 votes (4%)

My child goes to a state (or any free) secondary school (1290 votes)

Whole uniform can be generic/from a supermarket		32 votes (2%)
Uniform can be generic/from a supermarket but with iron-on or sew-on badges		34 votes (3%)
It can be mostly generic but a few items must be from set suppliers		301 votes (23%)
Everything but shirts/trousers/skirts must be branded from a specific supplier		922 votes (71%)
There's no school uniform		1 votes (0%)

My child goes to a private (or any fee-paying) secondary school (86 votes)

Whole uniform can be generic/from a supermarket		3 votes (3%)
Uniform can be generic/from a supermarket but with iron-on or sew-on badges		1 votes (1%)
It can be mostly generic but a few items must be from set suppliers		15 votes (17%)
Everything but shirts/trousers/skirts must be branded from a specific supplier		66 votes (77%)
There's no school uniform		1 votes (1%)

I don't have school-age children (339 votes)

I don't have school-age children		339 votes (100%)

           2,795 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.