School shoes for teen boys are a leather fitting once the primary shoe has been outgrown and the secondary list is still strict. We measure both feet in school socks, fit the larger one, and seat older boys in the men’s department when that is the calmer place to do it.
Start-Rite and Clarks are the brands we fit most often, with Geox, Ricosta, Bobux, Primigi, Kickers and the occasional Dr Martens. Nearly all of them are black. Weekend trainers are a different page.
Some boys’ school shoes go up to a UK size 12, so we look in the children’s range and the men’s range. A size that only exists in a men’s casual shoe may still fail the school list. We will say so. If the feet are wide, a roomier shape may be more comfortable, and our shoes for kids with wide feet page is there when that is the whole problem.
Leather school shoes for boys in this collection are mostly black, because that is what the lists we are shown ask for. Brown is a separate search, on our brown school shoes page, and only where the school names brown. If the policy says leather, we check the material on the pair rather than assuming it.
Yes. Older boys are often more comfortable there, and some school shoes reach a UK size 12, which may live in the men’s range. We still measure both feet and fit the larger one. A men’s shoe aimed at the office can be too sleek, or too heavy, for a school that wants a plain lace-up. We will compare it with the list.
About a fitter’s thumb on a lace or a strap, fitted to the longer foot, if he is still growing. Less on a slip-on. By the later teens the spurt slows, and we fit closer to the foot he has, with enough ease to walk. A whole size extra is how shoes get left in a locker.
Then we read the uniform policy together. Some schools allow a plain black trainer as the everyday shoe, and many do not. Trainers he actually likes for the weekend sit with popular shoes for teen boys. This page stays with the school leather.
Older boys can be fitted in the men’s department on Gabriel’s Hill in Maidstone. Bring school socks and the uniform list. The school shoes for teenage boys size and fit guide is the longer version of how we measure.
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