Lynn Perry, chief executive of Barnardo's, expressed her concerns: "It cannot be right that children are going to school wearing ill-fitted clothes or shoes due to the high cost of uniforms but ...

Parents may soon only need to buy a few branded items for their child’s school uniform - in an effort to slash back-to-school costs. On Monday (April 28), the Department for Education unveiled ...

MPs have previously raised concerns about the high costs parents face in buying branded items of clothing for uniform. The government has insisted it will help to reduce the costs of school uniform by ...

MPs have previously raised concerns about the high costs parents face in buying branded items of clothing for uniform. Schools are required to limit the amount of branded uniform items but a ...

with 86% of parents reporting their child’s school requiring branded uniform, increasing to 98% for secondary schools. Part of its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, the government’s policy was ...

Officials said the new design may be implemented in schools where uniforms in the old design have not been stitched or distributed. A year after the school uniforms for students of Standard 9 and ...

Allen and Dieruff High School marching bands are getting a fashion upgrade. At the Thursday night Allentown School Board meeting, the board approved new band uniforms — a decision stemming from ...

Almost three-quarters of secondary school parents and just more than half of parents with children in primary school are worried about covering back-to-school costs this year, a new survey from ...

More than two thirds of secondary school parents believe the cost of school uniform is not affordable, a survey has suggested. About half of parents of secondary school pupils said they have to ...

Schools must adhere to affordability guidelines and support families with second-hand uniform options But many ... and £150 per child of secondary school age. The grant is means-tested, and ...

He was speaking at a programme held to mark the beginning of the new academic year after distributing school uniforms and textbooks to students at the NS Canal Colony government high school in ...