What colour coat is best for school?

Navy and charcoal are the safe choices: they sit with every uniform, hide playground wear, and never look wrong at the school gate. Black works where the uniform calls for it.

Should I size up in a school coat?

Gloverall's children's coats are cut with growing room built in. If your child is between sizes, or you are buying at the start of the school year, take the size up.

Is there a showerproof school coat?

Yes: the Children's Ripstop Showerproof Duffle Coat, in navy and khaki, keeps the toggles and the hood but adds a wet-weather shell for the walk to school.

Children's Winter Coats

Every coat here is made in England and built for a British winter: the school run, the walk home in the dark, the weekend spent outdoors in the rain. Duffle coats have been the children's winter coat of choice for generations for a simple reason: wooden toggles are easier for small, cold or gloved hands than any zip, and when one is lost it can be replaced rather than the whole coat.

Most of the range is plain and dark, which also keeps it within a school uniform policy. You will find navy, black, charcoal and bottle green, from the wool Original Duffle Coat in ages 2 to 16 to showerproof gabardine and ripstop styles for wetter days. Cut unisex, so the same coat works for a younger brother or sister afterwards.

If your child wears a blazer, choose the size that fits over it, not over a jumper. Between sizes, size up: sleeves are the first thing a growth spurt claims.

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Boys' Winter Coats

Every Gloverall children's coat is cut the same for boys and girls, so a boys' winter coat is a matter of colour: the Original Duffle Coat in Navy, Black or Charcoal runs from age 2 to 16, and the Herringbone Wool Duffle in Charcoal or Navy adds texture without breaking a uniform code. Buy the size that closes over the blazer, and go up one size if in doubt.

Girls' Winter Coats

The same coats serve as girls' winter coats in Navy, Bottle Green and Charcoal, with the Gabardine Showerproof Duffle the pick for wet school runs. Because the cut is unisex, a well-kept coat passes between siblings without looking borrowed, and the dark colours hide playground wear far better than the high street's brighter options.

Why a Duffle Coat for Winter?

Generations of British children have worn a duffle right through the winter. Toggles fasten with cold or gloved hands where zips jam and break, every coat here is made in England, and when a toggle goes missing a replacement toggle pack fixes the coat for £10 rather than replacing it. For the full buying advice, from blazer fit to washing wool, read how to choose a children's winter coat that lasts, or browse the full children's duffle coats range for colours beyond the uniform list.

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How to Choose a Children's Winter Coat That Lasts

How to choose a children's winter coat that lasts: sizing over a blazer, uniform colours, wool or showerproof, and the toggles that make a coat repairable.

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Which Duffle Coats Are Still Made in England?

Very few duffle coats are still made in England. Most duffle coats sold by British brands today are designed in Britain and manufactured overseas, and nothing on a typical product...