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One million children live in families across England who are getting into debt to meet the rising cost of school uniforms – a new study by The Children’s Society has found.
This is based on responses to a new survey by The Children’s Society, which found that 13% of parents were getting into debt to cover costs of school uniform – up from 7% when the charity conducted the same survey in 2015.
According to responses from 1,000 parents, nearly one in six families said school uniform costs were to blame for them having to cut back on food and other basic essentials compared to one in seven in 2015.
The report, The Wrong Blazer 2018: Time for action on school uniform costs, an update of The Children’s Society’s survey from 2015, reveals families are shelling out more on school uniforms with an average of £340 per year for each child at secondary school – an increase of 7% or £24 since 2015. Parents of primary school children spent on average £255, an increase of 2% since 2015.
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