As families get ready for the new school year, Marks & Spencer has conducted a survey to explore the real-life challenges and priorities parents face when purchasing school uniforms and has offered solutions for parents when buying school uniform.
Frequency of uniform purchases
The survey found that 41% of parents purchase new pieces of school uniform twice a year, with shoes (53...
The summer holidays are fast coming to a close with kids and parents across the country preparing to go back to school next week.
A recent YouGov survey found that uniforms (67%) and school shoes (66%) are the most commonly purchased items during the back-to-school shopping season . This weekend, parents who still have last-minute shopping to do might be interested in a survey...
Marks & Spencer stores in the South West expand long-standing Shwopping partnership with Oxfam for the Back-to-School season with dedicated school uniform Shwop boxes in 10 stores
It’s the first time a national retailer, Oxfam, and eBay have come together to pilot the sale of school uniforms through a pre-loved eBay school uniform shop
Schools will need to follow statutory guidance which requires them to make sure uniform is affordable for all.
From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP
Families will save money on school uniforms from next year, following new legally-binding guidance published on Friday 19th November, requiring schools to make uniform affordable for all.
After nearly three months of home-schooling , I had forgotten the chaos of the school run! I started back last week with the best intentions and quickly realised after the first few days that snoozing my alarm for 10 minutes made a huge difference in the level of rushing around! So here are my 5 tops tips that I have learnt this week to try and make the school run go as smoothly as possible...
