THREE-quarters of Brits claim they received either inadequate financial education at school – or none at all. The study of 2,000 adults found 62% would be ‘more likely’ to send th…
And it emerged the number one thing everyone polled wish they’d learnt at school in relation to money is savings and pensions .
While 57% believe they could have made better financial decisions during adulthood if they’d been better educated in their formative years. Jonathan Seaton, CEO of Twinkl, which works with Santander to deliver The Numbers Game - free, curriculum-friendly learning materials created by teachers, said: “Understanding money and how to manage it is a key skill used throughout life.Since 2022, The Numbers Game has been used by more than 100,000 teachers within 8,300 schools and benefited an estimated 1.9 million children and young people across the UK.
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