About the schools inquiry
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Education for Young People launched a UK wide intensive inquiry into the level of financial education in primary and secondary schools, entitled ‘Financial Education and the Curriculum’.
Read the final inquiry report by following the link below
Information & backrgound
Led by Andrew Percy MP, the six month inquiry called for evidence from across the financial and education sectors to reveal the true level of financial education in our schools in order to establish a consistent and sustainable model for educating future generations.
The wide-ranging consultation was the driving force in bringing together the varying approaches to financial education in the UK.
The aim was to enable the creation of a model of finance education that truly equips young people with the skills and knowledge they need to become intelligent and responsible consumers.
The Inquiry Committee
The MPs on the committee are:
- Fiona Bruce MP
- Jenny Chapman MP
- Mark Garnier MP
- Anne-Marie Morris MP
- Eric Ollerenshaw MP
- Andrew Percy MP (Inquiry Chair)
- Justin Tomlinson MP (APPG Chair)
What organisations submitting written evidence were asked to provide
Who can have their say?
The inquiry committee would like to see examples of evidence from the financial and education sectors detailing the current approaches to financial education in the UK. The inquiry will be looking at provisions that currently exist for financial education in schools in order to establish a consistent and sustainable education model for future generations in England.
When is the deadline?
The deadline for evidence submissions to the inquiry has now passed.
What are the main points?
Evidence was been sought on the following areas:
- In what way does your organisation support financial education in schools?
- How many schools/students do you support? What type of school do you support e.g. Primary, Secondary, Academy etc?
- How can financial education be made sustainable in schools within England?
- What key stages do you support with your work?
- How does your organisation think more schools can be encouraged to take up teaching financial education?
- Are you training teachers to teach financial education? If so, how many?
- If your organisation delivers work in schools to students, do you deliver sessions within certain subjects or during assemblies? How much time do you spend within each school on average?
- What assessment/evaluation of your work do you do and what does it show?
- Does your work extend outside England?
- What is your organisation’s view on what financial education should look like in the English curriculum?
What schools and teachers were asked to provide
The school survey has now closed.
For more information
Please email appg@pfeg.org
