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Are school uniforms too expensive?
The Star, Sheffield
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21/07/2023
We asked the people of Sheffield are school uniforms too expensive?
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Thank you, it's Alison from the Sheffield Star.
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We're out here today asking people if they've got any concerns
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about the cost of store uniforms right now.
00:06
Have you got any thoughts on that?
00:08
- Well, I think in terms of the branding of the uniforms,
00:12
it's quite, I think it's expensive.
00:14
They're not so bad when you're in Prime
00:15
and when you don't have to wear the branded names
00:18
and you can get them from supermarkets.
00:21
But actually, it does get very expensive
00:23
when you have to get all the logos, things.
00:26
- Yeah.
00:29
- And the key pieces are so expensive,
00:30
they can be very expensive.
00:31
- Yeah, I know at school where we work,
00:33
we're looking to update our kit and uniform.
00:36
It's quite outdated now, but I think when we're updating
00:38
things, it's just looking at the cost,
00:39
making sure it's affordable.
00:41
And sometimes it's quite hard with still looking smart
00:43
at the same time.
00:44
- Yeah, it could be simplified.
00:46
It could be real packed.
00:47
- Yeah.
00:48
- It's okay, so, very nice.
00:50
- We're out here today asking people if they feel that
00:53
if school uniform has got too expensive,
00:55
if there are any problems with that right now.
00:56
Have you got any thoughts at all?
00:58
- So I've got two children and yeah,
00:59
their school uniform all needs to be branded.
01:01
So it has to have a logo on it.
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So the cost of that, for instance, trousers are 25 pounds,
01:07
a jacket's 35 pounds, a blazer.
01:10
- Yeah.
01:10
- With the emblem.
01:11
Whereas obviously if you could use supermarket trousers,
01:14
they're about nine pounds.
01:16
- Yeah.
01:16
- So there's really a 50% uplift.
01:19
It's really quite expensive,
01:21
especially if you've got more than one child.
01:23
- The EK as well, I'm trusting.
01:24
- Yeah, yeah.
01:25
(laughing)
01:26
Exactly, exactly.
01:27
And a boy, one's a boy, so everything gets rigged
01:29
and ruined and all the rest of it.
01:30
- Twice a week, yeah.
01:31
- Yeah.
01:32
- And not many schools in Sheffield have the branding
01:34
on every last piece, I suppose.
01:35
They might go to the supermarket shopping around.
01:37
Trousers too, is it really that expensive?
01:39
- It's trousers, skirts and blazers.
01:41
Shirts can be from a supermarket, so they're not too bad.
01:45
But yeah, the stuff that recognises the school
01:47
all has to have the emblem on it.
01:49
And you can't even buy the emblem
01:51
and then stick that on a supermarket trouser,
01:53
which I think some parents have thought of.
01:55
But yeah, it's quite strict to do that.
01:57
- Would you like to see the simplifies,
01:58
even just at your school, but nationwide, I suppose?
02:01
- Well, certainly now, I think there should be more options.
02:03
I think if they wanted it to make sure
02:05
it was still the brand, I don't see the problem
02:07
with having the emblem, you know,
02:09
that you could buy and then sew on.
02:11
But I don't know whether they're gonna simplify it or not.
02:14
I don't know who decides how much the uniform's gonna be
02:18
or where to get it from.
02:19
I'm not really too sure about that.
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