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Clothing main cost at state school

By David Turner, Education Correspondent

Published: August 5 2008 03:00 | Last updated: August 5 2008 03:00

Families spend more than £10bn a year on sending their children to state school, research from Asda, the retailer, shows.

The biggest single burden is clothing, which costs an average of £473 a year per child - a large chunk of the £1,077 needed to put a child through the school year.

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