It comes as MLAs prepare to debate a new law, which aims to make school uniforms in Northern Ireland more affordable.
According to the Children's Society, English parents spend on average £422, about $575 a year, on school supplies.
As students struggle to cover the cost of university, the BBC speaks to young people to find out how they make it work.
A mother-of-three said she has found it "scary" trying to keep up with the cost of sending her children to school. Lauren ...
Karyssa Bates is pushing for school uniforms to be scrapped or made significantly more affordable after forking out over £900 to kit out her children for the new academic year. The mother-of-four ...
A family which shopped for school uniforms in the sales and at charity shops said there was "less of a stigma" around second-hand clothes and equipment than in the past, but items had still set them ...