This resource can be used to introduce the topic of mortages to secondary school students. It could also be printed and used as a classroom display - which supports the use of numeracy in the classroom. It provides a basic introduction to what a mortgage is and then looks at two people buying a house (Jack and Jill) and what their repayments would be each month and how much they would end of paying in interest. Jill’s case study introduces overpaying on your mortgage and the impact that this can have. Great starter and or display resource!

This resource has been specifically designed to meet the requirements of Unit 9 Career Development - P1, P2, P3, M1, M2 and D2. This could be used for any Level 3 course to help students create a career development plan by considering personal strengths and weaknesses and creating an action plan with SMART targets. This would work well for PHSE also.

This 2 page resource gives students an insight to what the budget is and more importantly the key headlines from the November Budget in 2017. It examines key points about the budget - what it is, where the government get their money from and who delivers it. It then examines the key headlines that are relevant to students and their families from the November 2017 Budget.

This resource can be used to introduce the topic of credit cards to secondary school students. It could also be printed and used as a classroom display - which supports the use of numeracy in the classroom. It provides a basic introduction to what a credit card is and then looks at three people spending money on a credit card (Jack, Jill and John) and how much they would end of paying in interest. Each case study has a differnet rate of interest to show the impact of high, low and average interest rates. Great starter and/or display resource!