PE trainers for school have a different job from the shoes they wear to lessons. Games need a lace that locks the heel, a sole with grip, and whatever colour your PE kit list actually names. In this selection that is often blue or black, with some grey and white.
Leather school shoes stay in the changing room. Bring the kit list, and the sports socks, and our fitters in Maidstone will match the pair to the lesson rather than to the uniform photo.
Skechers and Geox cover most of the school PE fittings we do, with Primigi, Clarks and Start-Rite alongside. Hoka and On Running are there for pupils who want more cushion, when the school has left the style open. Ask us which sole suits the surface they actually play on.
A lace-up with cushion, a heel that stays put, and a sole that grips the surface on the kit list. Skechers, Geox, Clarks and Primigi are the sorts of school trainer we fit most weeks. Hoka and On Running suit pupils who want a deeper cushion, if the school allows that shape.
Yes. PE is done in trainers, not in leather school shoes, in almost every list we are shown. The argument is about colour, sole and how plain the upper must be. Your own PE kit list is the one we follow.
Schools commonly turn away backless shoes, heavy boots, and anything with a marking sole in the hall. Your list may be stricter. Bring it. We would rather rule a pair out on Gabriel’s Hill than have it left in the changing room.
A few schools still want a plain pump for indoors. Most of the PE we fit now asks for a proper trainer with grip and support. Tell us which line is on your list and we will say whether a plimsoll is enough or whether it will be refused.
A running shoe can be a sound PE trainer when the school allows that shape and the foot is locked in. It is a clumsy everyday school shoe if the uniform asks for leather. Fit the running shoe for games, and keep the classroom pair as its own fitting. If a child is in pain beyond ordinary tiredness, a podiatrist is the right next person.
If you are coming into Maidstone, bring the PE list to the shop on Gabriel’s Hill. The school trainers and PE shoes size and fit guide is there if you want to read ahead, and everyday black styles sit on our black trainers for school page.
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