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Parents with ‘older’ children are now charged DOUBLE for school uniforms as clothing suppliers defend brutal tax: ‘Stuff costs twice as much’
- Students from larger schools charged more for the uniform
- Parents have been asked to pay up to double
Parents are charged up to double for school uniforms if their children are overweight.
Pickles Schoolwear, Lowes, and Moorebank Uniforms & Embroidery are among the school uniform providers that charge more for plus sizes.
At least 20 public primary and secondary schools in Greater Sydney have been caught shifting the tax to parents.
Parents are charged up to double for school uniforms if their children are overweight (Camden High School in photo is among the schools that charge the most for older students)
Casula Public School, in western Sydney, is among the worst with its uniform supplier Moorebank Uniforms and Embroidery charging nearly double (Casual Public School students pictured)
Casula Public School in western Sydney is among the worst, with its uniform supplier, Moorebank Uniforms and Embroidery, charging nearly double for the largest sizes.
A size 4 sundress sells for $54.99, while a size 24 is priced at $98.99.
Camden High School, in western Sydney, commands higher prices with its uniform supplier Lowes, causing students over a size 16 to pay $12 more for a wool sweater.
Clovelly Public School, in eastern Sydney, has a bit of a price difference, as its provider Pickles charges an extra $1 for girls over a size eight and $2 for boys over a size 10.
Claudine Schoolwear’s Tram Nguyen defended the price increases, saying they were necessary to keep up with manufacturing costs.
“The reason we charge more is because our standard size is up to 16, any size larger than that we have to special order – the material costs double from our supplier,” he said. the daily telegraph.
The Wyong Public School relies on its Parents and Citizens group to sell the uniforms, and the organization says it makes very little profit.
‘We try to order in bulk to keep our prices low for our children. As a result, any venue that is privately run will have different profit margins,” a spokesperson said.
A size four sundress sells for $54.99 while a size 24 is priced at $98.99
“We have some older kids, so we want to make sure they can fit in and feel comfortable.”
Ayla Hinekiteao, a mother of three, said it was unfair that older children were chosen.
She said it was a ‘joke’ to charge older children like her son more money for his uniform.
School-age girls are also forced to pay slightly more for their uniforms compared to their male peers.
A summer uniform for a boy costs an average of $70.10 while the same uniform for a girl costs an average of $74.40.
Daily Mail Australia contacted Moorebank Uniforms and Embroidery, Pickles and Lowes for comment.