If you are working to improve young people’s understanding of money, high quality resources are a great place to start. Below you will find tools and Quality Mark resources produced by us and the organisations we support that can be used by educators in formal and non-formal settings, parents/carers and children and young people themselves.
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3 – 19
The Planning Frameworks aim to support the planning, teaching, and progression of financial education by setting out the key areas of financial knowledge, skills and attitudes, across core themes for ages 3 - 11 and 11 - 19.
7 – 11 Quality Mark
Family Money Twist from MyBnk teaches 7-11 year olds the basics of money whilst setting positive habits like saving and mindful spending. This independent learning course involves three interactive sessions of videos, games and quizzes supported by guidance for teachers and parents. Free and online, it is designed for direct use by children, with actionable ‘tell/ask/show’ activities to prompt important conversations. Children will gain budgeting skills and develop an understanding of delayed gratification by creating saving goals.
9 – 14 Quality Mark
Money Mapping is a resource for 9-12 year olds, developed alongside the Money and Pensions Service. Download now to access this resource in Welsh and English.
3 – 11 Quality Mark
Money Heroes from Young Enterprise, supported by HSBC UK, seeks to transform financial education for primary aged children, in school and at home. A range of high-quality resources, tools and guidance for parents and teachers, hosted on a bespoke online platform, ensures that children have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills across the core themes from the Financial Education Primary Planning Framework.
4 – 19 Quality Mark
The 2021 theme was money management and health and wellbeing! Children and young people can explore how healthy choices impact their bodies, minds and finances!
3 – 5 Quality Mark
Do you want to teach the value of money to children aged 3-5? Develop their financial literacy early with Understanding Coins, an exciting free game developed by Lloyds Bank.
9 – 11 Quality Mark
Vault teaches nine to 11-year-olds how to make smart financial decisions and the basics of budgeting. Pupils learn how to distinguish between their needs and wants, are taught what a payslip looks like and how interest can make our savings grow.
11 – 16+ Quality Mark
Spending Sense Directory (PowerPoints, External Links, videos) can be found here. A completely flexible resource, inclusive of editable activity sheets (accessed via PowerPoint) for educators to adapt and activities that can be completed digitally by secondary students, with mild to moderate special educational needs. The resource aims to develop their understanding of managing their money, making financial decisions, staying safe online and the world of work.
11 – 19 Quality Mark
LifeSkills created with Barclays, the free employability and financial capability programme, have created a suite of Money skills resources for KS3, KS4 and KS5. These lessons are designed to help teachers introduce students to financial capability skills and prepare them for life beyond education.