Wholesale Joggers for Schools
By The Velocity Wear Team
Joggers for a school start at $22 a pair at the fifty-piece minimum, which most year groups clear comfortably. The hard part is not the quantity — it is the deadline. Production takes 10 to 15 working days after artwork approval, and a leavers order that misses the last week of term has missed entirely, because the year group has gone.
How many pairs does a year group actually need?
Collect names before you order, not after. A year group of 120 rarely means 120 pairs; it means whatever number of families have paid by the cut-off, which is usually somewhere between half and three quarters. Set a payment deadline, count what is in, then order against that figure with a small margin for late additions. The wholesale joggers page lists the fabrics and fits, and the schools and leavers pages cover how the rest of a leavers package tends to be put together.
Where a school wants joggers as PE kit rather than leavers merch, the count is firmer, because it is a uniform requirement rather than an optional purchase. Those orders are also easier to repeat year on year.
What do names and numbers add to the order?
Personalisation is the thing parents pay for and the thing that complicates the run. A year list printed on every pair is one design, because every garment carries the same artwork. An individual name on each pair is not — it is a per-garment variation, and it needs the final list locked before anything goes into production.
The practical rule is to close the name list at the same moment you close payment. A single late addition after approval sends the artwork back a step and restarts the 10 to 15 working day clock for the whole run, not just for that pair.
When does a school have to place the order?
- 1Count back from the handout date, which for leavers is the last week of term and does not move.
- 2Subtract delivery transit, then 15 working days of production as the outer figure.
- 3Subtract the approval round, where a committee or a head of year has to sign off artwork and a name list.
- 4Subtract the sample, at £150 credited against the bulk order, if the design is new rather than a repeat of last year's.
That arithmetic usually lands in half term, which is exactly when nobody is available. Schools that repeat the same package each year solve it by settling artwork in the autumn — autumn term apparel planning works through that calendar.
Loopback or brushed fleece for school use?
For PE and everyday wear, loopback. The inner loops stay unbrushed, so the fabric keeps its surface through a laundry routine that involves a parent, a tumble dryer and no sorting whatsoever. Brushed fleece is warmer and softer at first and is the nicer choice for a leavers keepsake that will be worn on cold mornings rather than run in.
Cuffed hems suit school use because they stay clear of the ground and hold shape on growing children. Open hems look better on an older leavers cohort. If joggers are being bought alongside hoodies, hoodies for schools covers how the two are usually packaged together.
