Articles Tagged: school uniforms

Cost of school kit adds up to £8k a year!

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Sep 8, 2011

A study of the cost of raising kids has found that some mums and dads could end up forking out nearly £8,000 in the next 12 months just on the cost of sending their children to school.

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School bans girls from wearing skirts

By Liz Stansfield, Aug 23, 2011

A school in Ipswich has banned skirts for the new school year to stop girls attending in ‘inappropriate attire’.

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Back to School spending reaches £77 per child

By Liz Stansfield, Aug 22, 2011

As Back to School season approaches, we’re feeling the pinch with all the essentials on our shopping lists.

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Back to School costs hitting parents hard

By Liz Stansfield, Aug 19, 2011

Getty One in three of us are worried about the cost of sending our children back to school when the new year starts in ...

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Back to school essentials: School uniforms

By Liat Hughes Joshi, Aug 8, 2011

The sight of your child dressed in pristine and slightly too big school uniform for the first time might well bring a tear to your eye, but before you get this far, you’ve actually got to buy the stuff.

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Teaching assistants make no difference, claims report

By Kelly Rose Bradford, May 27, 2011

PA A new report on education claims that the presence of teaching assistants makes no difference to pupils' academic ...

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Diary of a 6-year-old: Windmills and uniforms

By Suze Nowak, Oct 29, 2010

When Auntie Rita takes me out we always go somewhere good. Auntie Rita is my mummy's sister. She talks a lot. Dad says she ...

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School bans pupils under 15 from wearing skirts

By Emma Cossey, Jun 15, 2010

A school in North Yorkshire has banned pupils under the age of 15 from wearing skirts, after it was claimed they were ...

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