Marks & Spencer is officially your one stop shop for school uniform.
We've always been huge fans of the M&S school uniform range. Fantastic quality, lovely styles and variety and of course they last for ages! So you can imagine how thrilled we were to discover that you can now also shop other trusted brands at M&S including Clarks, Kickers and Smiggle.
Whether you've got one child or three, school uniform shopping can be exhausting so anything that reduces the time spent traipsing round shops or jumping from website to website is a big fat yes from us.
Have a little look at some of the amazing brands we spotted online at M&S...
First off we have Clarks...
We were blown away by the number of Clarks school shoes available at Marks & Spencer. Ranging from durable leather lace ups to super easy velcro fastenings designed to make life easier for little fingers, there really is something for every child. How adorable are those dino shoes?
Products from left to right...
- Buy the Kids' Leather Riptape Trainers*
- Buy the Patent Mary Jane Key Soled School Shoes*
- Buy the Kids' Leather Lace Up Brogues*
- Buy the Kids' Leather Riptape Dinosaur School Shoes*
Next up it's Kickers...
Kickers are another popular and trusted brand for kids' school shoes. With their trademark red and green tags and distinctive designs, you can see how Kickers has been a household favourite for over 30 years. One of the things we really love about Kickers is the awesome range of boots they have as well as shoes. Perfect for those cold winter school days when little feet might need more protection.
Products from left to right...
- Buy the Kick T Bar Junior*
- Buy the Kick Scuff Lo Junior*
- Buy the Stomper Mid Junior*
- Buy the Lachly Star MJ Infant*
We bet you weren't expecting Smiggle...
We were in unimaous agreement here at Bump, Baby & You HQ that kids LOVE Smiggle. It's impossible to walk past the shop without being dragged inside. So how amazing that you can now buy their favourite Smiggle pieces at the same time as they uniform. One order. One delivery. Easy peasy. Oh and you've just saved yourself an hour of standing in Smiggle removing the 17th smelly pencil that had just been added to your basket.
Products from left to right...
- Shop Smiggle Camouflage Gamer Print*
- Shop Smiggle Kids' Rainbow Print*
- Shop Smiggle Pink Range*
- Buy the Smiggle Kids' Space Range*
And we couldn't resist adding in these amazing neon water bottles - available in matching backpacks too. How amazing are those colours?!
Hype
For older kids, you can never go wrong with HPYE. Awesome colours, on trend patterns and a strong brand name make them a great choice for older children and teens. They also do coordinating stainless steel water bottles which will hopefully make drinking water a little more appealing!
Products from left to right...
- Shop HYPE Kids' Cloud Print*
- Buy the HYPE Kids' Pool Print Lunchbox*
- Shop HYPE Kids' Speckled Print*
- Shop HYPE Kids' Animal Print*
Early Learning Centre
We also spotted online at M&S a great range of educational toys for your pre-school children; these could be fabulous additions to the toybox and help them with their learning and development before setting off to 'big school'. You could pick these up at the same time as their older sibling's school uniform!
- Buy the Happyland Cherry Lane Cottage*
- Buy the Rockin' Robot*
- Buy the My Little Medical Case*
- Buy the Happyland Magic Motion Train Set*
SHOP ALL EARLY LEARNING CENTRE
And finally, did you know that there was an M&S Opticians?
For those of you whose kids wear glasses, Marks & Spencer also have their very own opticians and eyecare options.* How handy would it be to be able to book their latest eye test, order their glasses, and then grab their whole back to school essentials list in one visit to one shop?!
*not available in all M&S stores, 35 stores around the country can be found here.
Our verdict...
Marks & Spencer are a great one stop shop for every single back to school essential your kids will need, with brands they know and love all available in one place. It can be time consuming and exhausting to be flitting between a multitude of shops with kids in tow over the school holidays, and if ordering online off multiple websites, the delivery costs for multiple orders really does add up! By doing your back to school shop at Marks & Spencer, you're making life easier for yourself - you deserve it.
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