Uniform shop erects barriers to control rush for new kit

Parents were forced to queue around the block as a last-minute rush for school uniforms left some squabbling over plimsolls and dashing for the blazers.

Outside Braggs uniform supplier, in Finchley, staff had to man barriers after trouble flared over claims some parents had queue barged.

And inside, school ties and satchels were strewn across the floor as parents who had left it late attempted to kit out their children for the start of the new term.

Some parents expressed anger after they were told to join the train of people snaking outside the shop and along the high street because they wanted to exchange items they had already bought.

At one point in the afternoon more than 20 parents were left outside the shop.

Braggs sells uniforms for 23 schools in north London and for the majority is the only supplier.

When asked how they were coping, staff said they were "very busy".