Schools should have a simple uniform 'without all the extra bits' to help save money for parents, according to the chair of the body representing Catholic schools
Some schools are using branded sportswear as part of their compulsory PE and games kits
He is the chair of both the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools and Catholic Schools' Trustee Service.At the weekend, Children's Commissioner Koulla Yiasouma saidShe said she was "fed up" waiting for schools to take action over rising costs. "It adds to the worry and the anxiety that families are experiencing at the moment and it is only going to get worse."Bishop McKeown told BBC Radio Foyle there was a "tsunami of extra expenditure" coming.
"He needs three different PE kits for different activities. They play cricket, they play rugby, they do athletics," she said. "Stand there for hours, they can put whatever price they want on it because they have to have it," she said. A spokesperson for the Department of Education said the minister had been very clear that she understood the challenges that families were currently having to address in relation to the cost of living, "including the pressures associated with school uniform costs at this time of year".
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