Are school uniforms too expensive?

The Star, Sheffield

We asked the people of Sheffield are school uniforms too expensive?

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00:00 Thank you, it's Alison from the Sheffield Star.

00:01 We're out here today asking people if they've got any concerns

00:03 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00:36 It's quite outdated now, but I think when we're updating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.

01:04 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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