If that’s to mean anything, financial education must be part of the picture. This shows how strongly society values financial education, but it has created a fragmented financial education landscape, with a confusing array of options and little evidence about what works. We are running a seven-year randomised controlled trial (RCT) of ‘Change the Game’, a financial education programme run by Money Ready. This is the first “gold standard” RCT of financial education in UK primary schoolsThis is the first “gold standard” RCT of financial education in UK primary schools. Second, it proves that effective financial education is possible, even as early as primary school, and that it works best when it’s engaging and interactive.