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Wales' government, in the person of Education minister Jeremy Miles has announced a consultation on proposals to make school uniforms more affordable.
The plan is scrapping the logos on all school uniforms in order to allow families to purchase items from a retailer of their choices at a possible cheaper price.
According to The Children’s Society, a family pays on average £337 for a secondary school uniform and £315 for a primary school one.
With the cost of living crisis, this has become an excessive expense for a lot of families and the Welsh government is trying to come up with a solution that satisfies people while being in crunch time.
At the moment, students in Wales can apply for the Pupil Development Grant, which helps with the cost of uniforms and school items.
Nearly 100,000 children are eligible for this grant, but with the current situation is clearly not enough.
These are a few quotes from Mr.Miles interview on the topic:
“The Welsh Government is doing everything we can to support families through this cost-of-living crisis”
“I know that a lot of schools work hard to keep the cost of their uniforms to a minimum.
“However, there are still too many instances where families are being expected to spend eye-watering amounts just to send their children to school.
“We are launching this consultation so that we can take further action in order to support families.”
The consultation will run until the end of November and parents, carers, pupils, governors, teachers and uniform suppliers are being asked to respond to it.
In case the plan will be kickstarted there are a few options to be explored:
What is your take on the topic? Is scrapping logos a valid help for families to cut down costs on school uniforms?
The plan is scrapping the logos on all school uniforms in order to allow families to purchase items from a retailer of their choices at a possible cheaper price.
According to The Children’s Society, a family pays on average £337 for a secondary school uniform and £315 for a primary school one.
With the cost of living crisis, this has become an excessive expense for a lot of families and the Welsh government is trying to come up with a solution that satisfies people while being in crunch time.
At the moment, students in Wales can apply for the Pupil Development Grant, which helps with the cost of uniforms and school items.
Nearly 100,000 children are eligible for this grant, but with the current situation is clearly not enough.
These are a few quotes from Mr.Miles interview on the topic:
“The Welsh Government is doing everything we can to support families through this cost-of-living crisis”
“I know that a lot of schools work hard to keep the cost of their uniforms to a minimum.
“However, there are still too many instances where families are being expected to spend eye-watering amounts just to send their children to school.
“We are launching this consultation so that we can take further action in order to support families.”
The consultation will run until the end of November and parents, carers, pupils, governors, teachers and uniform suppliers are being asked to respond to it.
In case the plan will be kickstarted there are a few options to be explored:
- The use of school branding and whether schools should have no logo at all or use iron on logos available free of charge.
- Whether schools should enter into single supplier contracts, while views on the role of schools in uniform recycling and exchange schemes are also being sought.
What is your take on the topic? Is scrapping logos a valid help for families to cut down costs on school uniforms?
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sorted byUniforms with these logos on the trousers/skirts/shirts etc is purely profit making with schools doing deals with certain manufacturers.
My high school was just shirt and black jumper. Never had these embroidered blazers.
The high school two of my kids are at now have branded Nike p.e kit we have to buy..cost is eye watering.
Basically you can't even search for similar items discounted on line because of the branding then...that is a bit mad to be honest. Not to nose around in your business and you don't have to answer this...but how much is per kit? I am shook!