AIBU to think it's not school's decision?

Not quite the point of the threat but…
mine wore theirs and then had the part with the leavers names on made into a cushion cover with the school logo and year on the other side
Still in their bedrooms as teens

It’s not school uniform so of course you can’t just assume that they can be work whenever. I think the mix of colours makes it even worse, difficult to pass off as an alternative uniform.

you should support the school on this one but ask to go in and check already that the order is correct/no issues and then leave till May.

It's not the schools decision, but why do thr children need to wear leavers hoodies before they have left? I can see why the school don't approve....they want the students to be fully present and in the room, not checked out half way through the academic year!

Did you not check with the school before ordering when they would be allowed to wear them, if this question is not covered in the uniform policy?

Our school ordered ours in October. The kids got to choose what name they had but the school chose the school colour and there’s the logo on the front. They could wear them from the moment they arrived and it’s a lovely camaraderie for the year 6s. What’s the point if they don’t get to wear them together.

Technically the zip up hoodie design (without the leavers back logo/names) is part of the school uniform, but isn’t allowed to be worn within the school lessons (never bothered as mine just took a coat) and in year 6 they’re allowed to wear it instead of a jumper. I’ve seen many kids wear their siblings past leavers hoodies before getting their own.
I think it’s a great thing as a branded jumper is compulsory uniform and it saves us having to buy one for the last year alongside the leavers hoodie.

Get hold of the whole lot to check for errors. I think that’s essential as there’s always a problem, there were with both my kids years. When they get given out make it clear they are not to be worn in school unless it’s been okayed. I know of one local school where the kids were always allowed to wear them earlier in y6, then they had a new Head and they said no, after sats. It caused uproar.

DS was allowed to wear his after sats but it was roasting hot. He has worn it a few times since.
DD finally got hers at the start of August as she was a Covid year 6 and then there was a problem with the names and some of the hoodies were damaged when they came a second time. She wore it for a photo and not since.
It’s a nice memento I suppose. A reminder of the shit show that was the end of primary school, if you will!

Our schools done this for the last ten years and it annoys the parents. They don't get them till almost the end of term because the headteacher has said there was a marked decline in behaviour when they get them earlier in the year and wear them to school 🙄

Over £28? Where are your school ordering them from that they cost that much?

Our Leaver's hoodies have always been given out close to the end of year. That seemed ok to me, and made it seem part of the celebrations. The order didn't even have to be in until April though, so I'd never really considered what it might be like to wear them so early on, it's just never been a thing at our schools.

Definitely check them, we had to get some reprinted last year at the last minute due to misspelt names, missing letters and a missing child!

my daughter never wore her y6 on it was boiling when they got them after the may half term
so I don’t know why they can’t have them now really waste of money

This annoys the shit out f me. For practical reasons. Year 6 is ridiculously expensive with all the extras, including the hoodies. I ahve NO problem with the school not wanting hoodies worn at school.. I DO have a problem with forking over £28 for a hoodie my child then wears for half a term. Because they DON'T wear them after they leave. Maybe, if you're lucky, over the summer holiday. But once they hit high school, that's it, never again. when DD hits year 6 I will be lobbying for hoodies that are produced earlier!

Have they not all got a hoodie? I'm sure we all paid a bit more to cover families who couldn't/didn't pay, so everyone had one.

If you paid for them school should give them to you. Most local primary schools here give them out after SATs, they are allowed to wear them to school (hoodie is in the school's colour) but behaviour does become trickier to manage!

Plus it meant they got proper use out of them - how many are going to wear their primary school jumper after they hit high school?
I always wonder this. I only started seeing these hoodies a few years ago. I imagine 90% of them get abandoned after only a few weeks. Seems entirely pointless to me. Had no idea some schools actually let them wear them instead of uniform.

If my DC genuinely want one when we get there I'll buy one but I wont be encouraging it. Looks like a total waste of money.

If you make school hand them out - and parents have paid for them - they have to do it properly or they'll get the flack if one goes missing.
And even if only 15 hoodies, it's still a bulky parcel.
Sounds like you have little appreciation of the office staff at all or respect for the Head. It's not school uniform so of course the Head will say when it's allowed to be worn.

At my child’s school, the hoodies were school colour (green) and the kids had them around Easter and could wear them as their school jumper from then on.

It was great as the kids felt special but still looked within the uniform.

Plus it meant they got proper use out of them - how many are going to wear their primary school jumper after they hit high school?

Iv done school hoodies for years. Usually we check them and keep them in school and hand them out last month of term as school will only let kids wear them in the last month of school. Avoids arguments and complaints that their kids being told not to wear the hoodies in school

I had absolute hell on when I did the Year 6 hoodies. I got wind that the Head was going to withhold them until the day the kids left, so I intercepted the delivery and 1 of the other parents took them in for me.

She handed them out to the kids and the Head went crazy - rang me to tell.me I'd no idea what I'd done, that the kids would go ferral and turn into hooligans...

It may be more fun for the children but not for the staff!!

Honestly, once the hoodies go out, all bets are off!!

And, how can I put this delicately?? Some of them are never washed.... It's great that the children love them but dear god, in the warmer summer months, it can get a little ripe 🤢

(My tongue is slightly in my cheek. We're a school that allow children to wear them to school. If your school isn't, the above doesn't apply )

So you just expected the office staff to receive this parcel, manhandled it into the office, open it and sort them out into classes and sizes and match them all up to the right kid and then the teachers to hand them all out?!!
On the first day back after the hols when they're up to their eyes with backlog?!!
And you're taking your child's "May" as gospel - perhaps they said next month.

Suggest flowers or chocolate, straight to the office, huge thanks and say you'll take them home and sort them out and would it be OK to bring them back labellec for each class and child.
And check with the Head when they are happy for them to be worn in school.

We haven't even ordered ours yet!!
I think your mistake was having them delivered to school, I think schools take ownership at that point and will keep hold until they see fit to distribute.