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Where can I buy small School uniform?

9 replies

BackPackBackPack · 02/11/2011 12:46

My DD is starting nursery in January and the school wants her to be in school uniform. We have no problems with the school uniform.
It is:
Grey trousers or skirt
White or yellow polo shirt or Shirts
Blue Jumper/cardigan
Black shoes.

Then for PE she needs
black shorts
white top
plimsolls

The problems we have is DD is in 18-24 month clothes still as she is so small. All of the clothes for school uniform we have seen is aged 4+.

Does anyone know where we can find the clothes in smaller sizes.

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hophophippidtyhop · 02/11/2011 12:49

Marks and spencer starts from age 3 if that helps. They also have adjustable waists in their skirts.

MerryMarigold · 02/11/2011 12:50

Hi. I had a similar problem although the uniform is basic, just grey skirt/ dress, white top and red jumper. I found stuff on ebay. My dd is 3, but wears 2-3yrs and would never fit a 3-4. I found the 2-3 fits her and is not at all big so it may work for you too. I can't remember the seller, sorry, but it was a lovely little pinafore with 4 buttons. I also tried to get 2-3 yr old red cardigans (anything really). For my ds2, I managed to get stuff from very.co.uk. Shoes should be easy, though haven't managed that yet as they are not too strict, but would prefer velcro and hers has a buckle.

A school uniform shop would have been my next stop, but luckily didn't have to get to that.

MerryMarigold · 02/11/2011 12:52

PS. meant to say I got a pinafore/ skirt new from ebay shop and cardigan secondhand. Ds2 is able to wear 3-4 so was a bit easier. All of the supermarkets are sold out of little sizes and red jumpers!

peanutsmuggler · 02/11/2011 12:57

Next start at age 3 and they do slim fit trousers and skirts. They only do school uniform online but seem to have plenty stock all year round.

MerryMarigold · 02/11/2011 13:01

I tried Next but they were sold out of all the girl's small stuff.

Oh, also Vertbaudet do uniform, but not sure of their stock either.

Bramshott · 02/11/2011 13:05

M & S are the smallest I've found - their age 3 are really pretty small (DD2 is 4, but still small - about 90cm tall). Shoes will be a pain if she's not yet a 7 as most 'school' styles start in a 7 (eg. only 1 style in Clarks starts smaller).

greensnail · 02/11/2011 13:25

I've found m&s uniforms come up small. Dd1 usually wears age 2-3 clothes but age 3 m&s pinafore was too small for her.

BackPackBackPack · 02/11/2011 21:37

Thanks for all of your replies.
We are going to M&S tomorrow morning to try aged 3 on DD.

If they don't have any in DD size it most likely be either eBay or a uniform shop.

DD is a size 5 going into a size 6 shoe wise.

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MerryMarigold · 03/11/2011 15:58

Went to a huge M & S today, didn't see any uniform. I did have twins with me, so was a little hard to do a thorough search, but it certainly wasn't obvious.

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