Branded Hoodies & Sweats for Schools

From leavers’ hoodies to sports teams, departments and staff, the hoodie and sweatshirt are the backbone of school kit. They’re durable, affordable at volume, and easy to brand with a crest, names and year groups. Here’s how to get a school order right.

Where schools use them

• Leavers’ hoodies — the big one. Year group on the back, names list, crest on the chest.
• Sports teams & PE — squad kit, training tops, club colours.
• Departments & trips — easy-to-spot kit for residentials, expeditions and events.
• Staff & clubs — from the maths department to the chess club and sixth-form societies.

What actually matters for a school order

School kit gets worn hard and washed often, so durability comes first — a mid-to-heavyweight fabric and a decoration method that survives the wash. Value at volume matters when you’re ordering by the year group. And colour matching to the school’s identity keeps everything looking official rather than improvised.

Personalisation, made simple

A crest on the chest and a year group or name on the back is the classic leavers’ layout. DTF print is ideal here — it handles full-colour crests and long lists of names cleanly and at a sensible cost, with no per-colour surcharge. For a more traditional, premium chest crest, embroidery is the one. We can do either, or both on the same garment; here’s how the two compare.

Sizing a whole year group

The logistics are usually the hard part, not the garments. You’ll want a size range that runs from younger children through to adult fits, a clear way to collect sizes and names, and one point of contact who owns the order. We handle that side for you — gathering the size and name list, matching colours, and delivering the finished kit boxed and ready — so a teacher or PTA volunteer isn’t chasing spreadsheets.

Keep the sign-off clean

Before anything goes to print we send a mockup of the exact design on the exact garment for the school to approve — so the crest, colours and names are signed off in writing before production. No surprises, and a clear record for the school. For the wider picture on styles, weights and fabric, see our main hoodies & sweatshirts guide.