school.Dominique Scully, 32, originally from Derbyshire, bought two pairs of the shoes for £74 from Wynsors World of Shoes, in Hanley, Staffordshire, after seeing them in an advert.
But she told Staffordshire Live that five-year-old Adam's shoes started to wear out within days of him returning to school in September, having been purchased just before the start of the 2021/22 academic year.
The mum-of-two, from Bradwell, said: “Adam came out of school with two holes in his shoes. All the stitching had come out of both the front of the shoes.
I'd just chucked his pair from Clarks away a week before he started school - and they had lasted him all year.“I was really mad.
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