WizeUp with Jack Petchey
To help young people understand money matters
The Jack Petchey Foundation provided £40,000 for the 2022/23 academic year. Schools contribute 20 per cent of the costs
The government introduced financial literacy education to the national curriculum for the first time in 2014. Since then, research has shown teaching of the subject to be patchy. For example, a survey of secondary school teachers in England featured in a 2023 report by the all-party parliamentary group on financial education found only 44 per cent knew they were required to teach the subject.
WizeUp with Jack Petchey is a partnership between the charity WizeUp Financial Education and grant-making organisation the Jack Petchey Foundation. Both organisations saw the need to improve young people's knowledge and understanding of finance.
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