US EditionPoll Shows 25% of Parents Sacrifice Food or Heating to Pay for School Uniform
A survey found 45% of parents use credit cards and 34% use buy now, pay later schemes to afford school uniforms, prompting government plans to limit branded items.
- Between July 31 and August 7, a Censuswide survey found that 29% of parents said they will go without heating or eating to afford school uniforms.
- Parents report turning to credit cards, with 45% using them for school uniforms and 31% saying they would likely go into debt in England.
- According to a poll for charity Parentkind, 85% of parents believe schools could cut costs by reducing branded items, and 73% said they would be better off financially.
- The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, legislation, limits branded uniform items to three plus an optional tie from September 2026, the DfE said.
- Meanwhile, schoolwear retailers warned that capping branded items could raise replacement costs, and Katharine Birbalsingh cautioned it might hinder behaviour efforts.
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Quarter of parents sacrifice food or heating to afford school uniform – poll
The Education Secretary has called on schools to reduce immediately the number of branded items of uniform they require ahead of a change in the law.
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