Ds2 (ASD) has nearly survived the whole of Y7. His school has a blazer so none of the children ever wear a coat unless it's torrential, and then only on the way to school, always soaked to the skin on the way home.
Rucksacks are ok here as well, suggest hanging around the school gate at the end of school and see what everyone else has. (But not in a grooming sort of way!)
He has those curly, stretchy laces for his football boots, but the lock laces look better. I think there are some sports laces that are topped with a bow and are pulled tight at the bottom. Less noticeable. I'll go google in a bit. He had velcro shoes this year and velcro Dunlop green flash.
He has a proper tie, but I have to help him tie it each morning. Now I just use a peg as his third hand and tidy it up at the end.
He has a statement and the TA fills in his homework diary. It works as a sort of home/school communication book as well. Organisation is a big problem for him, so his TAs help out with letters from and to school etc. He has one of those document wallets for loose leaf homework or letters etc, which works well.
I got him a mobile phone before he started school so he could practise with it. Thank goodness because one day he caught the wrong bus home. In the old days he would have been stranded somewhere and I would have had to have a conversation with the police! As it was, he rang me and described where he was and I tracked him down.
The best bit for me is that he has a friend! His first for a few years since his old friend moved away. His friend is autistic too, not in many sets with DS2, but in his lunchtime club. Thank God for large secondary schools with lots of different types!