To think that school skirts and pinafores with pockets are impossible to find?

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I'm looking for my daughter's school uniform and her only request is that it has pockets. She is in age 10-11 or 11-12 and I just can't find any other than in jersey material (my preference is pleated). I've managed to find them each year but this year they seem to be impossible to find.

Google search keeps bringing them up without pockets. I'm almost certain all the boys trousers and shorts will have pockets. Feel like it should be a big deal to have pockets. It should be standard. She just wants to be able to put a tissue in her pocket. 😡
Anyone found a pinafore or skirt in grey that has pockets??

Could you open the side seams and sew pockets in yourself? www.thepatternpages.com/learn-to-sew/handy-guide-how-to-sew-inseam-pockets/

www.marksandspencer.com/school-girls-cotton-pinafore-2-12-yrs-/p/clp60498324?extid=ps_ps-gpla_ggl_school_ch__-UK-_-_Grow&gclid=CjwKCAjwr56IBhAvEiwA1fuqGm-Wxgu1gLtLc0EMzSW0xxRAgklI-svY4z1zh7WoQa9PFkSkttNcAhoCqBcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Oh sorry - I think that’s jersey - it just said cotton

www.next.co.uk/style/st521772/975008?dp=a&gclid=CjwKCAjwr56IBhAvEiwA1fuqGqLO9DsjH9y2QRMgqr-rru64WP2sqOHYBjsG7QwRlpd_rbu0VM42WRoCQ8IQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#975008

Girls obv don't need pockets. Girls trousers normally don't either.
Ridiculous. One reason my DD just wore boys ones.

[quote sueelleker]Could you open the side seams and sew pockets in yourself? www.thepatternpages.com/learn-to-sew/handy-guide-how-to-sew-inseam-pockets/[/quote]
I can't sew at all. I can just about sew a button back on but this is far beyond my abilities.

@Merryoldgoat

Oh sorry - I think that’s jersey - it just said cotton

Yes that's the jersey type I mean. I might just have to go with that type but they don't wash as well or last as long from previous experience ☺️

DD used to have non-jersey skirts from M&S that had pockets.
I'd also try John Lewis.
The cheap supermarket ones probably won't as they cost more money and apparently pockets aren't essential for girls / women.