School shoes for wide feet

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My son is going into year 9, has size 9 feet but they are extremely wide.
He has to wear 'proper' shoes (ie nothing that looks like a trainer) but I'm really struggling. We've tried on multiple styles from Clarks and Next so far this year, including wide fitting, and he can barely get his feet in. We used to buy from Treads but they seem to have gone out of business.

Does anyone have any good ideas?

Dr Martens and Kickers.

Ricosta

Start rite shoes go up to an 11 in a G fitting

Startrite- we use them all the time for my son who has huge feet, never any issues good quality amd the last pair lasted ages.
The issue we have are football boots, cannot find any that aren't really slim!

Start rite here too

Hotter shoes do ultra ultra wide and mens shoes.

I am so gutted about treads going out of business
I just bought a pair of hush puppies for my y9 Bigfoot

There is a website/shop called “Wide Fit Shoes” - lots of brands available. Not always the cheapest but it has options. We have started using it as DS1 has now outgrown the largest size available from Startrite, which have been our go to for years.

John Lewis always had something that would fit my ds

Thank you for the replies! I didn't realise Start Rite went so large so will definitely take a look at them.

I got my Yr11 from M&S wide fit this year, I'm glad it's his last year of school shoes!

Look on happy little soles. Detailed descriptions on different shoe brands for different foot shapes and sizes. Free returns too so you can buy a selection and choose the best ones.