To think that plenty of schools still have brown uniform?

years ago our local grammar school had brown and yellow but they merged with other schools so the uniform was scrapped.
there is a private school round here that has a green uniform but have not seen brown for a long time the green uniform is a dark bottle green which is unusual

Yeah it was common enough in Ireland but not so much even here any more. We had owned local primary that had brown and yellow. They changed last year to black and grey.

I've done supply teaching in both the UK and Wales, so taught in countless schools, and I've never come across a school with brown uniform.

We're in the same situation, it's very annoying - I have found some online shops that do shorts for DS as couldn't get them anywhere locally! Summer dresses are blue check though so that is simple at least. Brown tights are the most annoying thing I find as I can only get them in John Lewis which is expensive.

My sister went to a Catholic primary school many many years ago that had a brown and yellow uniform, with a bespoke yellow school dress for summer. It became a hospice instead, so the school closed. I couldn’t inherit the brown uniform but my primary school colours happened to be blue and yellow so I inherited the fancy dresses when all the other girls were in gingham 😫

Other than that, I can’t think of any brown uniform schools other than a grammar school sone of our local kids are bussed to

My old high school was bad enough with bottle green skirts, which was a hangover from their grammar school days. It still has the green skirts which you buy from school but trousers are black which can be bought anywhere.

Quite a variety of colours round here including brown.
My old primary school was and still is brown.
It's certainly not a majority colour though which is why non-specialist shops won't cater for it (or green/burgundy which are other colours locally).
Specialist uniform shops will but obviously more expensive.
Can you persuade the school to allow black skirts - quote the government guidance on affordability https://www.gov.uk/school-uniform

Brown Secondary in my town in England

There is a school near me that is brown jumper/cardigan and states brown or grey pinafore/skirt and grey trousers/shorts.

I remember going for a teaching job there about 15 years ago and it was all brown pinafores skirts etc. I'm guessing they are phasing the brown out now though if it's harder to find

We have one school near us in brown . It’s a catholic school but the majority of are not.

I imagine the local purple school is even trickier to find than brown.

I grew up near 2 brown uniform schools. None in this area that I know of and I've thought through a bunch of schools. Grey trousers are most common with navy for PE; one school has green joggers, one purple and there are a range of shorts colours. Then shorts, jumpers and tops vary for PE and normal days: navy, green, blue, red, purple. Tshirts white, yellow, green or red. Girl dresses are all checked with white: navy, red, green. Combo colours vary between the schools so one is yellow + green, one yellow + navy, 1 red + green, 1 white + red, 2 white + navy, 1 white + purple. Not sure if the colour changes on PE days are just there to annoy parents.

Don’t think I’ve ever seen a brown school uniform.

My school had a brown uniform but that was 30 years ago and then changed it about 20 years ago because everybody absolutely hated it.
I don't know of any other school that had a brown uniform in our local area.

I'd say it's rare that a school would have a brown uniform.

My daughter’s old primary school (left last year) wore brown and yellow(gold!). We used to buy from m&s . Asda and the uniform shop. It is a shame Marks has stopped selling brown as their skirts used to be good quality . Maybe try a local uniform shop .

There are definitely brown uniforms in London. Does your school not have an official supplier, op?

I’ve not seen a brown uniform in years my oldest 2 boys went to a school with brown uniform and yellow polo shirts but they changed the uniform when my eldest was in yr 6 that was 16 years ago
not seen a brown uniform since
even then it was easier to just get it from our local school uniform shop rather than M&S John Lewis etc

There aren’t any I can think of near here.

I have just checked and my old school in Hertfordshire still has a brown uniform.

My school did until about 20 years ago, but changed to blue. They changed cos everyone hated it, but as it was a private school you just got the gear through the school supplier. For state schools I think it’s an unusual colour

Same here. I have only ever come across one school that had a brown uniform, and that is no longer brown these days.

I've never seen a brown uniform.

Surely the fact that so many shops are no longer selling it is an indication that it's not a popular colour?

I was about to say @NancyGreens Ireland loves a bit of brown uniform!

Also a lot of schools in NI which would have had shorter skirts have moved to longer ones and trouser options presumably due to potential upskirting.

Only one I've ever come across was a girls catholic Grammar.

Primary or secondary?

No brown uniforms in my neck of the woods. The private girls school has green tartan I think. But all the state schools have grey or black trousers, one secondary has navy.