NAHT comments on report into financial skills of disadvantaged pupils

Commenting on a report by UCL researchers for financial advice provider St James's Place, into the financial skills of disadvantaged children, James Bowen, director of policy for school leaders' union NAHT, said:

“It’s important to remember that many schools already do a great deal of work to support pupils’ financial education. This begins in primary schools where pupils start to learn the basics about money, predominantly through the maths curriculum. As they progress through secondary schools, many will start to learn more directly about economic wellbeing through their school’s PSHE curriculum. We know that there are gaps in educational outcomes between disadvantaged pupils and their peers across a number of areas and that is why it is essential that government policy is directed at helping schools to close those gaps in all areas of the curriculum.”