Should school uniforms be scrapped? Have your say
dailyrecord.co.ukAh the dreaded school uniform run. It’s not fun for parents and it’s not fun for children. But what if we scrapped them to save millions of people money?
Over the last year, we’ve reported on school pupils opening their own uniform banks, charities inundated with school uniform requests, a Holyrood consultation to shape future national guidance on them and a fuming mum who forked out £242 on uniform but needed more.
Local authorities and individual schools decide on school uniform policy at local level in Scotland. There is help available from councils, called a 'school clothing grant', worth at least £120 which is paid directly into parents' bank accounts.
READ MORE: School uniform clothing grants worth up to £300 now available from Scottish councils - full listResearch by the Children's Society from 2020 shows that, on average, UK parents spend £337 and £315 per year on uniforms for each child at secondary school or primary school, respectively.
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