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How the schoolwear industry, schools, and government can work together to bring down school uniform costs for families
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The cost of school uniforms is a barrier to education – but there are ways to level the playing field
Fortis Properties - £3,485 is the estimated average cost of school uniform for a child over the course or their school life . The cost is equivalent to 4.31 months' of a
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