Integrate detailed lessons on financial skills for students in Year 9 and above.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

We should introduce money management skills to the PSHE curriculum to help young people understand how money works. This should include lessons on basic things like opening a bank account, taking loans out and pensions as well more complex ideas such as taxes, types of interest and inflation.

Money management is not currently integrated into the PSHE curriculum but is a key part of our lives which young people should be confident in. The Young Person’s Money Index found 81% of young people feel anxious when it comes to finance. The same Index, in their 2022-2023 findings, saw that 82% of young people want to learn more about money and finance in school which shows the importance of integrating in-depth teaching on this subject into the PSHE curriculum.

Why it was rejected

The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.

The national curriculum programme of study for citizenship for key stages 3 and 4 already includes content on income and expenditure, credit and debt, insurance, savings and pensions, and financial products and services.

You can read the full programme of study here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-citizenship-programmes-of-study-for-key-stages-3-and-4

We can accept petitions calling for additional content to be added to this curriculum, but it would need to be clear what additional content you want to be added.

Timeline

19 Jul 2023	Petition opened for signatures
24 Jul 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 24 Jul 2023

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