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Explore articles by Build & Conquer and our collaborators, from starting conversations about money in primary school to preparing young people for the financial choices they’ll face when they leave education.
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What should pupils learn about money in Year 7, and how can schools build on that learning each year? This SecEd article explores how schools can plan a financial literacy curriculum that deepens pupils’ understanding over time and takes account of the different experiences they bring to the classroom.
By Aimee Williams, Director of School Improvement at Three Spires Trust
If a learner charges £40 for their first job, how much do they actually get to keep? This FE News article explores how colleges can prepare young people for the financial decisions that come with work, from reading their first payslip to pricing a job when they go self-employed.
By Aimee Williams, Director of Education at Three Spires Trust; Meena Wood, Author of Secondary Curriculum Transformed: Enabling All to Achieve and Sharan Kaur Varaitch, founder of Build & Conquer Financial Literacy
What do children learn about money before their first lesson on it? In Sean Harris’s Cuppa with a Change Maker series, Sharan reflects on growing up in Smethwick, how early experiences shape what young people believe is possible for them, and how educators can talk about money without reinforcing stigma around poverty.
By Sharan Kaur Varaitch, Founder of Build & Conquer Financial Literacy