About
Economic and financial education are important parts of a broad and balanced curriculum that provide the essential knowledge to ensure that young people are prepared to make sound financial decisions and know where to seek help. Research has shown that financial education teacher training can increase teacher confidence and knowledge in primary and secondary settings, and help improve young people’s experiences of financial education and their fluency, reasoning and problem solving in relation to money. However, we recognise that accessing training continues be a challenge as school leaders and teachers manage other priorities including recovery from the Covid pandemic.
The Department for Education and the Money and Pensions Service are working in partnership with Young Enterprise to run a series of four free 90-minute twilight webinars for school leaders and teachers in March 2023. Themed webinars will explore the links between financial education and mathematics, literacy, and citizenship. Delivered by experienced trainers, with support from experts including teachers and school leaders, the webinars will aim to:
- showcase how school leaders can use financial education to support their wider school priorities;
- improve teacher confidence and knowledge, helping them to deliver quality financial education; and
- provide a launchpad for further engagement with training and resources, supporting continuous improvement.
Following the webinars, attendees will be supported to further embed financial education in their school's curriculum through a dedicated webpage with links to relevant accredited financial education resources, ongoing continued professional development opportunities, and further advice and support.
The organisations involved
The Department for Education wants all young people to leave school knowing how to manage their money well. Financial education is a compulsory part of the National Curriculum for citizenship education (at Key Stages 3-4) and mathematics (at Key Stages 1-4). Schools have flexibility over how they deliver the curriculum so they can develop an integrated approach that is sensitive to the needs and background of their pupils.
The Money and Pensions Service is an Arm’s Length Body of the Department for Work and Pensions, with a statutory objective to develop and co-ordinate a national strategy to improve people’s financial capabilities. In January 2020, the Money and Pensions Service published the UK Financial Wellbeing Strategy which set a goal of two million more children and young people receiving a meaningful financial education by 2030.
Young Enterprise is an educational charity that aims to give young people the life skills, knowledge and confidence they need to help them realise their potential. They do this through their programme of training and resources for young people and teachers, covering financial education, work readiness and enterprise.
The webinar themes and dates
Date
Webinar
Overviews
21 March 2023,
16:00 – 17:30
W1: Introduction to financial education for school leaders
This webinar will provide an introduction to financial education for primary and secondary school leaders. It will focus on how a cross-curricular, whole school approach to financial education can align with and support a school's wider priorities, with a particular focus on improving pupils' attainment in numeracy and literacy.
The webinar will also touch on how financial education can be effectively delivered in both primary and secondary phases and discuss how it links with schools' wellbeing programmes, supporting the overall mental health and achievement of students and the wider school community. It will be relevant to both mainstream school leaders and those from schools catering to pupils with special educational needs.
23 March 2023,
16:00 – 17:30
W2: Enhancing financial education through the secondary citizenship curriculum
This webinar will provide an introduction to financial education for secondary school citizenship teachers, with a focus on how to deliver effective, engaging and age-appropriate financial education that fulfils the statutory requirements in the National Curriculum's citizenship programmes of study for Key Stages 3 and 4.
Teachers will be introduced to the secondary Financial Education Planning Framework and shown how the framework's learning objectives link with the core concepts from the citizenship programme of study. Using quality assured resources, teachers will be provided with ideas and advice on how to use the Planning Framework to embed financial education into their citizenship curriculum and how this can be complemented by financial education delivery in other secondary subject areas.
This webinar will be delivered by the Association for Citizenship Teaching.
28 March 2023,
16:00 – 17:30
W3: Using financial education to bring the primary mathematics curriculum to life
This webinar will provide an introduction to financial education for primary school teachers, with a focus on how to deliver effective, engaging and age-appropriate financial education through the National Curriculum's mathematics programmes of study for Key Stages 1 and 2. It will also touch on how financial education can be introduced as part of EYFS mathematics programmes.
Teachers will be introduced to the primary Financial Education Planning Framework and shown how the framework's learning objectives link with core themes from the mathematics programme of study. Using quality assured resources, teachers will be provided with ideas and advice on how to use the Planning Framework to embed financial education into their mathematics curriculum, as well as how subject-led delivery can be complemented by financial education delivery in other subjects or through thematic teaching approaches.
30 March 2023,
16:00 – 17:30
W4: Using financial education to bring the secondary mathematics curriculum to life
This webinar will provide an introduction to financial education for secondary school mathematics teachers, with a focus on how core concepts from the National Curriculum's mathematics programmes of study for Key Stages 3 and 4 can be taught using a financial context.
Teachers will be introduced to the secondary Financial Education Planning Framework and shown how the framework's learning objectives link with the core concepts from the mathematics programme of study. Using quality assured resources, teachers will be provided with ideas and advice on how to use the Planning Framework to embed financial education into their mathematics curriculum, as well as how subject-led delivery can be complemented by financial education delivery in other secondary subject areas.
The organisations involved
The Department for Education wants all young people to leave school knowing how to manage their money well. Financial education is a compulsory part of the National Curriculum for citizenship education (at Key Stages 3-4) and mathematics (at Key Stages 1-4). Schools have flexibility over how they deliver the curriculum so they can develop an integrated approach that is sensitive to the needs and background of their pupils.
The Money and Pensions Service is an Arm’s Length Body of the Department for Work and Pensions, with a statutory objective to develop and co-ordinate a national strategy to improve people’s financial capabilities. In January 2020, the Money and Pensions Service published the UK Financial Wellbeing Strategy which set a goal of two million more children and young people receiving a meaningful financial education by 2030.
Young Enterprise is an educational charity that aims to give young people the life skills, knowledge and confidence they need to help them realise their potential. They do this through their programme of training and resources for young people and teachers, covering financial education, work readiness and enterprise.
The webinar themes and dates
| Date | Webinar | Overviews |
| 21 March 2023,
| W1: Introduction to financial education for school leaders
| This webinar will provide an introduction to financial education for primary and secondary school leaders. It will focus on how a cross-curricular, whole school approach to financial education can align with and support a school's wider priorities, with a particular focus on improving pupils' attainment in numeracy and literacy. The webinar will also touch on how financial education can be effectively delivered in both primary and secondary phases and discuss how it links with schools' wellbeing programmes, supporting the overall mental health and achievement of students and the wider school community. It will be relevant to both mainstream school leaders and those from schools catering to pupils with special educational needs. |
| 23 March 2023, | W2: Enhancing financial education through the secondary citizenship curriculum | This webinar will provide an introduction to financial education for secondary school citizenship teachers, with a focus on how to deliver effective, engaging and age-appropriate financial education that fulfils the statutory requirements in the National Curriculum's citizenship programmes of study for Key Stages 3 and 4. Teachers will be introduced to the secondary Financial Education Planning Framework and shown how the framework's learning objectives link with the core concepts from the citizenship programme of study. Using quality assured resources, teachers will be provided with ideas and advice on how to use the Planning Framework to embed financial education into their citizenship curriculum and how this can be complemented by financial education delivery in other secondary subject areas. This webinar will be delivered by the Association for Citizenship Teaching. |
| 28 March 2023, | W3: Using financial education to bring the primary mathematics curriculum to life | This webinar will provide an introduction to financial education for primary school teachers, with a focus on how to deliver effective, engaging and age-appropriate financial education through the National Curriculum's mathematics programmes of study for Key Stages 1 and 2. It will also touch on how financial education can be introduced as part of EYFS mathematics programmes. Teachers will be introduced to the primary Financial Education Planning Framework and shown how the framework's learning objectives link with core themes from the mathematics programme of study. Using quality assured resources, teachers will be provided with ideas and advice on how to use the Planning Framework to embed financial education into their mathematics curriculum, as well as how subject-led delivery can be complemented by financial education delivery in other subjects or through thematic teaching approaches. |
| 30 March 2023, | W4: Using financial education to bring the secondary mathematics curriculum to life
| This webinar will provide an introduction to financial education for secondary school mathematics teachers, with a focus on how core concepts from the National Curriculum's mathematics programmes of study for Key Stages 3 and 4 can be taught using a financial context. Teachers will be introduced to the secondary Financial Education Planning Framework and shown how the framework's learning objectives link with the core concepts from the mathematics programme of study. Using quality assured resources, teachers will be provided with ideas and advice on how to use the Planning Framework to embed financial education into their mathematics curriculum, as well as how subject-led delivery can be complemented by financial education delivery in other secondary subject areas. |