Personal Finance Course The Royal High School

 1200 pupils  200 in S5  Required an alternative to the Intermediate 1 course, for pupils who had passed SG Maths at Foundation grade

Maths and Business Education Depts  5 hours timetabled each week: –2 hours in Maths –2 hours in Business Education –1 hour team teaching

Personal Finance Course  Int 1 Maths NABs  Practical course – involving projects like: –My first flat – researching salaries, costs of renting, cost of living –Shopping for the week –Budgeting at Christmas –How much will my first car cost and how will I finance it?

Events  Tesco to look at price labels on goods  Princes Street – mobile phone shops  Bank representatives into school

How else can it be delivered?  10 week short course in S3 completing the Money Management unit  S4 pupils not attaining in Accounting and Finance