Bank of England Education Outreach Programme

The Bank of England offers UK state schools free one-hour visits from one of their staff Bank Ambassadors.  These volunteers work at the Bank in a wide range of roles.  They can talk to your students about the economy, what the Bank of England does, and share their own career stories.   By understanding more about the economy, it can help students establish good personal finance skills.  These presentations can also support your school’s careers programme and help you to achieve Gatsby benchmarks.

The Bank currently offer three types of talks that cover different subjects and age ranges. As part of each talk, the Bank Ambassador can also talk about their own career.  These visits can be made physically or virtually using video link. 

What does the Bank of England do?    Best for: 11 to 18 year olds

The Bank of England is the UK’s central bank and have an important role in the economy. This talk covers what they do and how they are different to a high street bank. 

Economics in practice    Best for: 16 to 18 year old studying A’ Level Economics

This talk will look at the work economists do at the Bank of England and the skills they develop.  The speaker will explain aspect of monetary and financial policy related to the A level economics curriculum.

Technology at the Bank of England   Best for: 11 to 18 year olds

This talk looks at how information technology is a vital part of the Bank's work. For example, supporting systems that process millions of pounds worth of payments every day. How large amounts of data are used to make important economic decisions. And why cyber security is important.

State schools & colleges can apply by completing an online request form at www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/schoolvisits