To Not Buy 'Proper' School Jumpers?

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DS2's school have styated that correct uniform is a red jumper with the school logo embroidered onto it, purchased from the school at a cost of £12.50 each. DS will need at least two jumpers.

There is a little shop near me that does embroidery and printing onto things - for example hen night t-shirts and sports teams ect.

I have found out that if i bring my own plain jumpers in then they will embroider the school logo onto it for me for just £4. I could buy my own plain red jumpers from Asda for £2.50 each.

AIBU in having my own jumpers embroidered for just £6.50 each in total, rather then paying full whack for the school jumpers?

Are you sure the shop will do it? Because in all likelihood the school owns the rights to the crest and it is illegal for an unlicensed supplier to copy it.

I'd be surprised if they will do it for you.

No you are not being unreasonble.At our school the cost of jumpers with a logo is £16.99!!!! The prices of school uniform is disgusting. I would much rather buy the logo and sew it on myself but if i was lucky to find some one that did it for that price then even better. Just make sure the jumopers are good quality.

Normally I would say "Now there's an idea I wish I'd thought of", as long it doesn't look any different.

However, last year we bought a mixutre for our DS's first year at school. The one's we bought cheeply at Tesco were all out of shape and in need of replacing half way throuhg the year. However, the school bought one's looked pretty good by the end of the year.

Next year, we will by only the one's from the school as he's going full time. It will work out cheaper in the end as they last longer.

no yanbu

i have one proper school jumper for ds, but normally he wears one from elsewhere. because the school ones are acrylic and not very nice, so i buy cotton ones
he wears the school one for photos or outings etc

YANBU, the school are. Government guidelines say that they should consider cost carefully when setting the uniform. Ideally they should make it easy to use high street shops.

government guidelines

So I would go with the local embroidery place and if anyone at the school queries it, ask what they would suggest to keep the costs down?

See, that's the thing - the ones i bought last year from the school have washed very poorly, they haven't kept their shape well and have gone bobbly. Plus the fact that the teachers aren't too bothered about the kids using aprons when they use paints/glue, and it becomes a really expensive do.

runnybottom - the lady in the shop said it wouldn't be a problem as she does most of the schools in the area, and tbh, even if it isn't exactly kosher,at that price i don't mind if they are good quality

I would go ahead and do just that. State schools have no right to dictate costs of a uniform.

I'm probably a bit biased as part of my business is embroidering and selling school uniforms! I do them cheaper than anywhere else around though....

Maybe our school just sold unusually good ones...

I would say YANBU but how old is your DS? If he is older than about 9 he will probably want to look the same as all his mates and might possibly be embarrassed by having a slightly different looking jumper...

maybe not, but just something to consider

If i were you I would if the shop can do it. Im quite a stickler for uniform being right, i want my dd's to look the same as their peers.

think it comes from being poor at school with a mum who just didnt get that not having the logo'd jumpers etc made me stand out. if you can get them for half the price and they look right go for it.

FWIW my eldest has been to 3 uniformed nurseries and schools and i have never paid more than £8 for a jumper or cardi, the current school charges £6.50 for jumpers and £7 for cardigans, in fact our reversible fleece/waterproof coats are only £12. her cardigan from this year is still fine for next year as well, i would be very dissapointed with your schools options

I wouldn't even go as far as bothering to have the logo embroidered. Our school's uniform is grey trousers / skirts, white polo shirts (with or without logo) and a sweatshirt with a logo. Everything bar sweatshirt is available from the high street.

Having said this not all children at school wear the uniform, although mine do. My dd Yr2 innocently mentioned this when told off for wearing a thin, white over-shirt to protect her from the sun - didn't go down to well.

The primary school apparently cannot insist on the uniform being worn - only advise.

Ds is five and about to go into Year 1.

The jumper i bought is the same shade of red as the school ones, so i'm hoping it won't be a problem.

I just can't believe that the schools can effectively charge what they like.

It's a bit of a stigma for children having discount uniform, I would avoid it if possible.