School uniform out of stock

[BabyDoge]

This may be a really stupid question so apologies in advance!

DS is starting reception in September so I've been looking at buying my first lot of uniform. All of the online supermarkets have a lot of stuff we need in his size out of stock - given it's only 4th August will they be restocking? Or do I need to start looking further afield?

Yeah they usually keep restocking. I just done mine today (had to buy for my 4 children) marks and Spencer's had most in stock. I got most from there and some bits from Asda.

@repos thank you. I think I'm just unlucky with the sizing; Asda, M&S and Sainsbury's are all out of stock for the shirt size I need.

I often end up doing a click and collect order to make sure I can get everything in the right sizes. The girls shirts are out of stock online though, so it’s not working perfectly at the moment!

I'm in Scotland so we go back mid-August. I always shop for uniform mid-end of June as it always goes out of stock during July, or at least the sizes/colours I need usually do. It might get restocked but I don't like to take the chance.
I leave shoes until later just in case feet grow over the summer.

I really thought I was quite organised doing it at the beginning of August 🙈

@BabyDoge I just had an email from M&S saying some stuff is back in stock. It may be worth checking now? Good luck

If you can get enough for 1 set everything tends to be in stock in September once they go back.

Buy stuff on Vinted? Doesn't need to be brand new.

Yes, during the Sainsbury's sale at the end of June they sold out of the 2-3 my daughter needed. We went into store mid July and got what we needed. We went to m & s the day after their sale at the beginning of July started to make sure we got uniform with her being in a non popular size. Most places start at 3-4, the PTA second hand sales had 1 skirt in 3-4 everything else was larger sizes and that is huge on her so second hand hasn't been an option for us

Oh I wait until pretty much the day before they go back, never had a problem getting anything! They do restock throughout the summer hols.