To refuse to rebuy five years of primary school uniform

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Our small primary school has always had a uniform. I have had one child pass through the school into high school and therefore have enough shirts, pinafores and logo cardigans to pass down to my youngest two. Currently in years 1 and 3.

Deputy head was recently promoted to head and promised 6 months ago that the uniform was staying the same with a logo change in the cardigans.

Today they have decided that the colour of the uniform has to change. (Not sure if pinafore/trouser colour is changing yet)

So could we buy new pe kits, jumpers/cardigans and maybe pinafores/trousers !

So I have five years of uniform...enough for my youngest two to wear all their school life, in good condition and they want me to spend a lot of money which I simply do not have to replace the uniform.

Oh and they didn't bother to ask parents opinion, just presented it as a done deal.

AIBU to tell the school that my kids will be still wearing their old uniform colours until they graduate to high school in five years time, as I don't have the money to rebuy new stuff :(

I heard that uniform is optional at primary school, so hoping that will work in my favour.

I am so upset. It is a good school with no reason to change the existing nice uniform, the new one is made by the same uniform shop in the same materials just different colour and logo.

*victims

I agree and the head was horrified at the thought of uniform choice leading to bullying and she said very firmly that she wouldn't stand for that. I believe her.

I thought everyone bought new every September
I just bought new when my kids needed it, which wasn't every September. My eldest was bigger and grew fast, so he needed more. My 2 youngest grew quite slowly. And I've never paid £40/50 for a pair of school shoes. That would be unthinkable. £20 tops, and they would usually last until the kid grew out of them.

My son’s secondary has done something similar but the head will not listen to any protests. They’ve introduced a white shirt with a stupid logo on the collar and it’s clearly stated you cannot but a generic white shirt. I never have enough white for a white wash so I hate white clothing . Plus it’s more ironing.

I’ve worked out I’ll have to bin £400 worth of uniform as I cant pass it down to my younger child, we can just about afford it but how people with much lower income will cope I don’t know.

A logoed white shirt seems excessive! Surely a plain white shirt and get a local embroidery service to sew on the logo will work out cheaper ?

They haven’t released the actual prices so I’m dreading it. The parents voted against it in a survey and he brought it in anyway!

They’ve got a new logo too and I hope they didn’t pay anything to the designer as it looks like someone drew it on an etch-a-sketch

I have found a school which has a very similar tartan uniform which they provide at cost direct from the school so £6 for a skirt and £9.50 for a pinafore which is a fraction of the cost of our schools preferred provider !

So I am going to ring up that school Monday. Find out which manufacture they use and go from there.

noeffing it only because we buy clarks as they need to be hard wearing due to the weak to and from school. If cheaper options are ok then that brings the price down even more. I still think it’s good value for how much they wear their uniforms.

Our schools unifrom changed before my eldest started but you still see the odd child with the old logo and yes it is picked up on by the other children and wearing correct uniform is instilled in them, same as opting for no logo.
Our school is easy going with pe kit though. Just shorts or joggers with a plain top and jumper not hoody for cold outside pe any colour astros/trainers/plimsole.