Our Parents’ Association of Warwick School (PAWS) is proud to run the highly popular Nearly New Uniform shop.
The PAWS Nearly New uniform shop sells selected items of school uniform on behalf of parents:
- Seller receives 70% of the final selling price
30% is retained by PAWS to support school projects, charities and PAWS-run events
We also warmly welcome donated items, where the shop receives 100% of the selling prices. These donations make an enormous difference and help us fund a wide range of initiatives.
Items we accept
We can accept:
- School-branded uniform only
- Items in good, clean condition
- Items being sold by parents or donated directly
Please note:
- Shirts are donation onlyGrey everyday school socks cannot be accepted
Pricing guidance
To help sell items quickly, we recommend that sellers price goods at 50% or less of the RRP. Good quality, competitively price uniform tends to sell first.
Payments to sellers
Payments will be made to individual sellers twice per year. The first payment for the uniform shop will take place around July.
Dates we have in the diary currently are:
- Friday 25th September – Macmillan Coffee morning, 7:30 – 9:30am in the Pyne Room
- Monday 5th October – AGM, 6pm Halse Pavillion
- Thursday 25th February – Headmaster’s Quiz, 7pm Warwick Hall
To start selling
- Please obtain a seller number by completing the PAWS nearly new uniform seller form.
- You will then receive a unique seller number to your stipulated email address, which you will retain for each sale (you only need to do this process once). Your unique seller number is required on the labels and for your individual items. Please see label generator spreadsheet.
- The seller information form also requests your bank details for payment. Once we have updated our bank with your details all bank details are deleted from our PAWS system.
- Once you have generated, printed and attached your labels to your garments, please fill out the Warwick school nearly new check in spreadsheet with all your items. This is a vital step to ensure your items are added to our stock list.
- Please drop your items at the designated drop-off place on the requested dates. If unsure, please email the Nearly New uniform team to confirm when the next ones are.
- On drop off days, caretakers will bring garments inside to be sorted by the uniform shop volunteers. Please note that neither parent volunteers running the uniform shop, nor the school, can take responsibility for garments brought into sale.
- All garments should have attached to them, with a safety pin, one of the standard sale labels.
Please note
- Nearly new sales are hosted by the school, but administration and operation of sales is run entirely by the uniform shop parent volunteers.
- All uniform will display the new school crest. No kit featuring the old colour school crests will be sold or accepted for sale.
- Please ensure that all items are freshly laundered and in good, nearly-new condition.
- If the volunteers think the pricing should be altered, they reserve the right to do so, for example based on condition.
- If an item of clothing does not sell after a period of one year, the school reserves the right to use the item as a 100% donation. Uniform will not be returned to the seller.
- Please ensure all items for sale are clearly labelled, they will all be checked into the stock by volunteers against the data provided.
- Volunteers will not remove any name tags so if you wish to do this please do so before handing items in.
- Payment may be made by debit/credit card only. Cash cannot be accepted.
- We do not accept returns, all goods are sold as seen.
join our volunteer team
Our Nearly New Uniform sales are only possible thanks to the dedication and leadership of our wonderful team of parent volunteers, who help organise stock and run sales throughout the year.
To keep these sales running smoothly – and to continue offering great-quality, affordable uniform – we are looking for more volunteers to join the team. Whether you can spare an hour occasionally or help more regularly, every contribution is greatly appreciated.
If you would like to get involved, or if you have any questions about the Nearly New Uniform Shop, please email our team.
Your support truly helps our school community thrive.