Delivery
At School Wear United, our team is dedicated to ensuring your package reaches you as quickly as possible. While we can’t guarantee an exact delivery time, we make every effort to dispatch and deliver your items without delay. Please note that most orders are dispatched within 1–2 business days. Delivery timeframes listed below apply after dispatch.
To provide you with the best service, we assign your parcel to the courier (Royal Mail, DPD, Amazon Shipping, UPS) based on factors such as size, weight, destination, and efficiency, ensuring the best balance between speed and reliability.
Deliveries are typically made between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm. However, this may vary depending on courier availability in your area.
Free Delivery Over £75
Orders over £75 qualify for free delivery. Free delivery uses the Economy Delivery service (details below).
For orders below this amount, the following options are available:
- Economy Delivery
A reliable and affordable option for non-urgent orders. Delivered in 5–7 business days after dispatch: £5.00 - Standard Delivery
A trusted nationwide delivery service. Delivered in 4–6 business days after dispatch: £7.00 - Premium Express Delivery (Amazon Shipping Service)
Enjoy the fastest service with precise tracking and real-time delivery updates (where available). Delivered in 2–3 business days after dispatch: £8.50
We aim to make your delivery experience seamless and convenient. If you have any concerns about delivery updates or courier communication, please contact us for assistance.
* Please note, deliveries are not packed or shipped on weekends or bank holidays. (These are estimates delivery times)
By making a purchase from School Wear United, you are not entering into any contract that guarantees a specific time between the time stated. At peak times we reserve the right to extend delivery times. During peak periods, if we miss the specified delivery date but still deliver the order you will not be entitled to a full refund. Any remedy will be discretionary.
When choosing the next working day option please note, due to having a large number of designs, some items will be stored in our secondary warehouse, which will take an extra day to be dispatched.
Deliveries are sent with Royal Mail, DPD and UK Mail between Monday to Friday. Our delivery companies do not deliver on UK Bank Holidays and Weekends.
A signature may be required on receipt of your parcel. If you're not in when your parcel arrives, a card will be left telling you where it is - the parcel might be left in a safe place, with a neighbour, or there will be details on how to pick up your order or rearrange delivery.
We can deliver to your permanent residential address or your place of employment. If you want your delivery to reach you at work, you need to be confident that someone will be there to take receipt of the goods as the courier will deliver to the place not the person.
You own the Products once we have received payment in full, including all applicable delivery charges.
We are unable to amend any part of your order or change the delivery or payment method once your order is complete.
If your order has not arrived by the estimated delivery date, we're here to help.
If you are missing an item in your package we may have sent your items in separate parcels so please check your emails to see if any of your items will be arriving separately. If your order has been sent in different parcels then each delivery note will tell you the items you can expect to find inside. Please check the delivery notes from each part of your order to make sure you're not missing anything.
Before getting in contact with us, please try the following:
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Check we have the correct delivery address for your order and your contact details are up to date as per confirmation email.
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Your parcel may be awaiting collection at a local Post Office or delivery depot, or you may need to arrange redelivery.
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Also check with your neighbours to see if they have accepted the parcel on your behalf or looking in any safe areas the driver may have left your parcel, such as behind bins or in a shed, garage or porch.
Returns
Things to know when returning an item:
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* Items can be returned within 20 days of purchase.
- * We do not offer exchanges. If the item is not wanted, please return for refund and place a new order for any alternative items you require.
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* We cannot accept returns for bespoke order items (e.g. uncommon sizes, special colours, embroidered or printed items, off-catalogue requests, etc.). These items are sourced using the specifications you provide in your order, and as such, cannot be resold.
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* All refunds will be issued to the original payment method on the order within 20 days of receipt at the warehouse or once the item has been checked by one of our specialists.
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* Return goods must be unused in a saleable condition and in their original packaging with all the internals, with all the labels still attached.
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* For hygienic reasons, any intimate garments such as undergarments, mouth guards and shorts cannot be returned, even if they are new and unused.
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* We recommend that all returned items are sent by recorded delivery for your safety. We will not take responsibility for returned items if they are lost in the post. It is the buyers responsibility to pay for any costs returning the parcel back to us.
Click Here to Complete and Print an Online Returns Form
* Please note, there may be a significant delay in processing returns which don't include a properly completed Online Returns Form.
Email address:
returns@schoolwearunited.co.uk
* Please note, returns will only be dealt using this email given above. Other members of staff do not have access to return information.
Our returns address is:
SCHOOL WEAR UNITED
RETURN DEPT
3 CROWN DALE
LONDON, SE19 3PB