School photographs

Yes we also have a box full and they are lovely to look back on especially class photos.It isn't the photos I object to it's the price I'm sure they can be processed at an affordable price.At least they do not now send home packs of photos with child who then has to return them if parents cannot afford the added expense.
My comment on benefits wasn't with malice but any extra help for elderly/children are only available if you are in receipt of certain benefits and I know of many who because of this are really struggling and are in fact worse off after paying for everything.

I bought the ones of my DC, they didn't seem so expensive years ago. Some are in frames (one of each).
The rest are all in a box somewhere, at least it will give them a laugh one day when they clear the house 👨‍🏫👩‍🏫👩‍🏫👨‍🎓👩‍🎓👩‍🎓

Both my DGS have had their pictures taken at school and nursery respectively. Neither looked happy, and DGS2 had a bit of a meltdown just before, so we won’t be buying either.

I did get school photos when the children brought them home. I didn't want to refuse but always thought it was a rip off.
Our son complained the other day about school photos. His twins are in separate classes so their photos were not taken together. He didn't purchase the pictures he took his own photographs and saved a lot of money.

The secondary school where I worked facilitated the photographer but gained nothing from it. Same with uniform. I live in Scotland.

Schools will benefit financially by having a deal with the photographers, they wouldn't do it otherwise.
It’s the same for school uniforms, they make money out of that too. It’s a nice little earner.

I never bought school photos.
I dislike them intensely, so I've no intention of paying a packet for them (despite being on benefits)

I thought it was an outside service that did the photos and made the profit not the school.

I would assume photographers businesses suffered when everyone has a camera in their pocket so their cost seems expensive when you can do it for nothing yourself.

It is not compulsory to have the photos.