Where can I get good quality basics?

[CeliaFate]

I'm a teacher so anything I wear for work has to be comfortable, warm (some schools are freezing!), a reasonable price and easily washable (too much stuff has been ruined by paint).

I used to get all my stuff from Next until their quality turned to crap. I no longer have a "go to" store where I know what size I'll be and that I'll find something to wear.

Where can I get good quality basics?

I wouldn't call them good quality, but I find the quality in Dorothy Perkins is better than Next these days. Material is thicker and clothes don't lose their shape as easily. They wash very well (I work with 3 year olds, I can empathise with the paint stains!). Sizing is siimilar to Next.

Tu at Sainsburys is very similar to the old next.

People also like uniqlo although I haven't tried them yet.

My dh managed to ruin all his everyday suit trousers so want back into next to see if he could find a match. They no longer did it and he didn't buy a new one because the quality was shit.
He then found exactly the same trousers to match in Matalan so I wonder if they're now buying from next's old stockists.

I've got a uniqlo t-shirt bought 5 years ago and it has outlived literally everything in my wardrobe and is still going strong. Can't personally vouch for the quality all these years later but judging by the recommendations it gets on here I'd say give 'em a go!