Readers on the often unmanageable cost of kitting out students for school

Your report on parents skipping meals to cover uniform costs struck a familiar chord (Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds, 19 August). In my 20 years of working in the third sector, I helped run school uniform reuse schemes that made a real difference to struggling families.

But too often these efforts were undermined by schools themselves. Minor tweaks to logos, ties or blazers – introduced every year or two – meant perfectly good clothing could no longer be reused. It is a practice that benefits suppliers, not children, and it leaves parents paying the price.

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