School uniform: Where can parents seek financial help?

Prices of school uniform and where parents can seek financial help

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00:00The other part of good quality uniform is it can get handed on. You know, I've got two

00:05girls. I'm lucky enough to have two girls. My youngest daughter hasn't had one item of

00:09new school uniform. She's just worn her sister's. So, you know, in terms of value, that's really,

00:14really good. Yes, there's a cost to buying it, but over the time of your children at

00:18school, it's really, really good value. Research published by the Children's Society

00:24found last year that parents spend on average £422 a year on secondary school uniforms

00:30and £287 on primary school uniform. I would say go to the school because if genuinely

00:37for struggling, schools are really receptive because they, again, they believe in uniform.

00:43They want their kids all in uniform. And if they recognise that parents are really, really

00:48struggling with the cost of uniform, then there's quite often things that schools do

00:51on a local level and often in conjunction with the local specialist retailer to support

00:57those parents that really need it most.