Tykeoons is a money skills resource hub for primary schools, containing hundreds of resources and dedicated programmes of learning in personal money management, economics and entrepreneurship. Its approach is cross-curricular and allows a school to incorporate classroom-ready money skills lessons into existing schemes of work across the curriculum.

Financial literacy is a lifelong skill that helps children understand money management, decision-making, and economic principles from an early age. Studies show that early financial education improves confidence, critical thinking, and future financial habits, helping children make better financial choices as they grow.

There are few financial literacy programmes made especially for primary-age pupils. The ones that do exist often . . .

• aren’t created by and with actual teachers
• come with a hidden time cost as teachers need to adapt them
• don’t provide comprehensive coverage of key topics
• aren’t differentiated to meet the needs of different learners
• don’t engage and excite pupils
• don’t obviously fit into existing timetables 
• don’t go much beyond ‘piggybanks and pocket money’

We strongly feel there’s a lot being missed by existing ‘solutions’. That’s why we created Tykeoons! However, we’re always looking for ways to improve our resources even more and, unlike many educational suppliers, we actively seek and act on feedback from schools. 

We issue invoices for payment after an order has been made. Payment should be made within 30 days via bank transfer using the details on the invoice.

We are committed to ensuring Tykeoons delivers meaningful impact in your school. If, after your first full term (12 weeks), you and your staff do not feel the programme has made a clear and positive difference to pupils’ financial and economic literacy, just tell us you wish to discontinue and we will reimburse the remainder of your subscription.

You can sign up through our Sign-Up page, where we’ll ask you a few questions to get your account set up. You’ll then get full access within 48 hours.

Our free Active Pilot subscription allows schools to meaningfully pilot Tykeoons by teaching real lessons with real pupils.

Your Active Pilot includes:

• Access to all MoneySmarts® lessons for Y3 and Y5
• Access to all JuniorNomics lessons for Y3
• The full curriculum map for both programmes
• Up to a year’s access 
• Continued access is automatically unlocked each term through active use of the platform

Schools typically use the Active Pilot to assess the platform before rolling it out to further year groups. 

Tykeoons is exclusively built for primary school pupils, from Reception (age 4) to Year 6 (age 11).

Yes! Tykeoons is flexible and can be used in:

• school classrooms (as part of the curriculum or enrichment programs).
• After-school clubs (for hands-on financial education).
• Home learning/tutoring environments (for parents who want to teach their children about money and economics).

There are 66 fully-resourced lessons across the platform’s 3 main programmes. Each lesson requires at least 50 minutes (ideally an hour or slightly more) to deliver, but each could be split into two shorter sessions. This content is divided between:

• MoneySmarts®: 36 lessons for Reception - Y6 (4 each for the EYFS/KS1 year groups, 6 each for KS2 year groups)
• JuniorNomics: 24 lessons for Y3-6 (6 each for each year group)
• The Enterprise lab: 6 fully or partially taught sessions, followed by the capstone event (we suggest using an existing summer fête/fair in the school calendar). NOTE: we suggest around 90 minutes for each of these sessions
• In addition to the above, our Resource Bank contains dozens more activities and resources!

No! Most adults with any experience of managing their own finances already know most of what they need to in order to teach Tykeoons. For the rest, just refer to our Teacher Handbook!

Once we’ve set up your account, you’ll receive a welcome email and you’ll be able to log into your account to access all course materials. The lessons are available for immediate use, with the presentations running in your browser and the printables all downloadable as PDFs.

You can reset your password by clicking on the ‘Forgot Password’ link on the login page. If you experience issues, contact our support team for assistance.

Absolutely! If you have any issues or need assistance, our support team is available via email.