Win £200 to help with your school uniform shop in our summer competition!

The school uniform shop can be a real squeeze on our purse strings, so we are giving you the chance to win a whopping £200 to help with your next back-to-school trip - good luck!

With just days to go until the summer holidays, we are giving readers the chance to win a whopping £200 to help with their school uniform shop.

As children grow up to seven centimetres each year, they are often left with cropped blazers and shrunken sleeves by the time July rolls around. What’s more, uniforms are worn for around 195 days a year, so it’s no surprise that some items end up in tatters before the term is complete.

However, the back-to-school shop can place financial strain on parents, as families are forced to fork out on average £287 on primary uniforms and £422 a year on secondary uniforms, reports The Children’s Society. In many cases, students are expected to have an average of three branded items of uniform, while around a third of secondary school pupils are required to own four to five branded items, writes the charity.

To help ease the squeeze on your purse strings, we are giving one reader £200 towards the cost of school uniforms. This will be a payment made to their bank account so isn’t restricted to a particular brand.

It's safe to say that £200 will go a long way in your next school shop, so what are you waiting for? You've got to be in it to win it! To take part in our competition, simply fill in your name and email address in the form below.

Click HERE if you cannot view the entry form. The competition will close at 23.59pm on Sunday, August 18 and the winner will be selected at random. Good luck!