CYP Now - Low income parents 'struggling to cope' with rising school uniform costs

Increased school uniform costs are leaving many low-income families struggling to cope and forced to cut back on food and other essential items, a survey shows.

Children's Society members visited Westminster to hear a debate on uniform costs. Picture: Children's Society

The latest research carried out by The Children’s Society on the cost of school uniforms found that one in eight (13 per cent) families made cutbacks to pay for their child’s primary or secondary school clothing.

However, for low-income families the additional financial strain of having to pay more than £300 per year per child meant nearly a quarter of them (23 per cent) had no choice but to cut back.

The findings follow the recent State of Child Health 2020 report which shows more than four million children live in poverty in the UK, more than at any time over the last decade.

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