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Home » New Shoes for School

New Shoes for School

September 9, 2014 by admin 8 Comments

School shoes are a big expense, especially for three and when you also need wellies and plimsoles it soon adds up to an astronomical amount. Bearing that in mind, I’m always very careful when I buy shoes for the kids. I like to make sure they fit properly and have a fair bit of growing room.

When Start-Rite asked if we wanted to try measuring our feet at home and ordering shoes online I was a little apprehensive, but also intrigued to see whether we could get it right.

Start-Rite sent us a gauge which you can buy online for £7.99 or you can print a free paper gauge. Measuring with the gauge was easy and there are clear instructions online.

Our shoes arrived promptly, much to the excitement of the kids. Z chose these cool football themed shoes, which came with a free football keyring and have an adjustable strap, padded ankle, lightweight rubber sole and scuff resistant toe bumper. Z is very active at school so I’m sure will put his shoes through very rigorous testing, I’m definitely interested to see if the toe bumper stays scuff free.

My fears about the sizing proved to be unnecessary, Z’s fit perfectly.

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My 5 year old chose the Viola in black leather, again the sizing was just right. and she loves the fish Floppet! that came with it. The leather is lovely and soft and the rip tape fastening feels secure. We’re both very happy with her choice.

Start-rite school shoes

We did have a slight sizing error with my 4 year olds shoes, it was my fault, as she was close to the top end of the 8.5 size so I ordered a 9 and it was too big. I should’ve trusted in the measurement guide.

We ordered the  Paper in Black Leather shoe in the correct size and it was perfect.  Again, the leather is beautifully soft and we’ve not had any problems with the rip tape fastening so far.

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I’m going to be recording the wear and tear on the shoes over the next few months, so do pop back to see how we get on, our first impressions are good.

We were sent the shoes above for the purpose of this test. 

Filed Under: reviews Tagged With: School shoes, Start Rite

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  1. Sarah MumofThree World

    September 10, 2014 at 8:39 am

    Fantastic to be able to get rid of the hassle of shoe shops at the end of the school holidays! School shoes are SUCH an expense – especially when, as you say, every time their feet grow they need trainers, wellies, football boots, rugby boots, tap shoes…

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  2. Trish

    September 10, 2014 at 8:51 am

    It scares me slightly, the idea of doing your own measuring instead of having a trusted professional check the fit of each shoe to see that it fits perfectly. Start-Rite are obviously confident that it is worth them doing – more sales to compensate for the online orders which are bound to go wrong when the general public are doing their work for them. Interesting development.
    Have to say, though, the shoes you chose look fab.

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    • admin

      September 10, 2014 at 5:10 pm

      I felt the same, but it was fine 🙂

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  3. Sonya Cisco

    September 10, 2014 at 10:30 am

    Now that is a good way to avoid the back to school queues!

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  4. Mum of One

    September 10, 2014 at 6:23 pm

    Oh I LOVE the idea go being able to measure at home myself and not face the pre-back-to-school-time-shoe-shop-chaos. Sign me up!

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  5. Carolin

    September 10, 2014 at 8:02 pm

    We measure at home too. Amy never lets anyone else near her feet and it made shoe shopping really stressful. This is just so much easier x

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  6. [email protected]

    September 11, 2014 at 6:11 pm

    That’s a great idea – takes the hassle right out of it.

    I hate the back to school queues!

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  7. Aly

    September 14, 2014 at 6:15 pm

    That’s quite interesting.Most of the time I buy Clark”s shoes as I have no idea how to measure and feet shoes.I did buy them some play shoes in Clark’s half way through the Summer holidays and used those measurements to buy school shoes in a cheaper shoe shop.

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