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Money skills every school-leaver actually needs
£Smart Start is a 13-module, zero-jargon money course for teenagers: what money is, how to budget and save, how to read a payslip, spot a scam, handle bills and debt, and plan for big goals. Live on the platform today.
- 13 modules, live now — one term of weekly money lessons
- Interactive tools: budget builder, payslip calculator and more
- Paired with Foundations for Life for independent living skills
The problem
Learners leave school able to factorise, but not to read a payslip
Financial education is compulsory in name but squeezed in practice — often a handful of tutor-time sessions delivered by staff with no finance background and no materials.
The learners with the least financial safety net get the least financial education, and the consequences arrive fast: first payslip, first phone contract, first overdraft, first scam.
Our approach
How MIAG solves it
A real course, not an assembly
£Smart Start builds week by week across 13 modules — from what money is, through budgeting, saving and payslips, to credit, debt, scams and big life goals like moving out. Written by a financial education specialist who is a qualified financial adviser.
Learning by doing
Learners build budgets, read payslips and make decisions in interactive exercises — not just watch. Avatar tutors teach each concept first, then hand over, following the same I Do, We Do, You Do model as every MIAG course.
Zero-jargon, zero-judgement
The course assumes nothing, explains everything, and marks with a green tick or another go. It is written for real teenagers with real money situations, including those no one at home can help with.
What is included
- £Smart Start — 13 modules and 85 sections of lessons, activities and checks
- Interactive money tools including a budget builder and payslip calculator
- Foundations for Life — 12 further modules of independent living skills
- Module checks with instant, supportive marking
- Teacher dashboard with per-learner progress
- Runs as a timetabled course, tutor-time programme or intervention strand
Live now, with strong schools demand
£Smart Start and Foundations for Life are both fully content-complete and live. Schools are using them for PSHE provision, sixth-form enrichment and intervention packages.
Give your learners a term of real money skills
We can have a class enrolled in £Smart Start this week — talk to us about cohort setup and pricing.