School uniform for little boy with bottom the size of a peach!

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My little boy is due to start school soon. He's my first so I've never shopped for a school uniform before. I also have a toddler and the thought of dragging 2 small children around countless shops fills me with dread. Can anyone point me in the direction of good stockists who also do 'skinny' versions? He's fairly tall for his age but his current swimming shorts are age 2!!!! (He gets his bottom size from his father, not me, unfortunately!)
Thanks in advance.

Marks and spencer do fab school uniform shorts and trousers with adjustable waist. They do some skinny versions as well.

They wash well and don't need ironing. Great for polo tops and shirts as well. I order online but stocks are low at the moment as the have a 20% reduction on school uniform.

Marks and spencer trousers in longer length. So you could buy age 2-3 waist (still generous IMO as my 4.5 year old has room in them) but in long or extra long length. Don't even bother with supermarkets etc- their uniform trousers are huge!

My DS, shortly to started secondary school, has always found Next best for school trousers. He likes the skinny fit and adjustable waist. He's VERY skinny. No idea where that comes from not me or DH

I'd start looking now for clothes. We left it quite late when DS1 went to school and everything seemed to be sold out. M&S were pretty good.

I found that to get the length, I had to add adjustable elastics to the waistband -just an option if you can find nothing suitable as it at least stops their trousers ending up round their ankles when running around!

Mothercare do little sizes.

Next have been the best fit on DS who is 4.5years but generally in 18m-2yrs trousers for his teeny waist.

Bought some M&S ones and they were huge, even with the elastic waist band right in - but I am going to try their skinny version which might be better.

Good luck!

The quality of M&S last year was shocking. So thin you could see through them. Masses of material somit was all bunchy when you tightened them. I'm going to try an independent school outfitters this year.

We just bought skinny ds his uniform from next as they do a slim fit range
Good quality too

M&S do extra long as well as long. I have two skinny lads. I go down a year or two in age but get the extra long leg to compensate

Thank you all for your advice. Would never have thought about going down a size, in terms of age, & getting longer length. Genius! Looks like it's M&S & Next.

Just one more thing; are the supermarket 'cheapies' really that bad? Had considered picking up a few 'extras' (i.e spare trousers & shirts) from the cheaper end of the market but not if it's false economy.

I've always found supermarket uniforms are actually very good.

I bought and took back about 5 pairs of school trousers before finding some that fit. I. The end we had M&S trousers, that were either their slim fitting or a size down with longer length legs. He's not so bad now after a few years in school although still in slim fit, but finding that first pair to fit was hard!

No, they are not a false economy, I've goat myriad of brands for my two boys due to buying extras in sales, through the year etc.
Debenhams & M&S are my favourites, and their prices these days are not much more at all compared to supermarkets.
I've also got some F&F & Sainsbury's and I can't complain, they have washed and worn as well as the others to be fair, and I've got 2 very active ' typical' lads!
I'm not a huge fan of the super cheap white polo's though.. go very shapeless quickly.

Slight hijack to the thread (Sorry OP!). Any ideas where to get trousers for long waisted boys? My DS starts school soon and I have a real problem getting trousers that fit him. He's slim but his waist to crotch length seem quite long - he outgrows trousers by the waist start getting lower and lower until they reach the top of his bum exposing his pants rather than in the legs or girth if you know what I mean.

Since they don't do school trousers in harem pants style I'm a little stuck

My skinny peach of a bum boy has always worn next slim fit jeans style school trousers .

I'm a fan of cheap supermarket polo shirts because my DSs always cover their shirts with paint or ink. The school sells polo shirts with the school badge embroidered on them but they cost four times as much as the polo shirts from the supermarket. They don't last long enough for me to find out if they go shapeless!

Next do slim versions . I always buy them for my slim tall dd .

My boys are tiny, DS1 started school in age 3 school trousers. Lots of places do them with adjustable waistbands now, thankfully! The smallest ones I got from Sainsburys I believe.

Another vote for Next slim fit trousers, they last really well. Also when the DS's were very little, we had a pull-on trouser from a schoolwear shop that had very good elastic - not button-adjustment that pulls out of shape - a brand called Zeco IIRC. No fly/zip to manage.

All other uniform will get covered in marker pen in Reception - they use drywipe boards for practising writing. Buy cheap and don't worry about stains, going shapeless etc. Plenty of time for the nice logo ones when they stop writing on themselves.

IMO most of the cheap (£3-£4) trousers are similar wherever they are from,a bit skimpy on quality and not a very forgiving fit for unusual shapes. I think trousers are worth getting right because it's annoying if they fall down/flap about/get trodden under shoes.