You follow school administrators and buy your kids their school uniforms each time a new school year begins. Or, you’ve worn ...

She said the "vital" service, now known as The Uniform Hub, had seen an increase in demand from families where both parents worked but found themselves struggling to pay for uniforms.

Of this district's 32 elementary schools, 23 have a uniform policy. “You see kids in school getting bullied for not having nice clothes, you see that nationally" Connolly-Keesler said.

Over 800 families in North Tyneside received help to buy their children school uniforms last year, as part of a local authority initiative to ease the cost of living crisis. In July last year ...