What would you add to National Curriculum ?

Yes, to basic finance, yes to a longer school day from age 11 and yes to proper cookery and household management.

I would also add basic manners and etiquette!
I know it sounds so old fashioned but I still get emails signed off with a kiss from people I don’t know.

Many young people have zero table manners, have lost the art of conversation and cannot dress appropriately.

I am always so thrilled when I meet well mannered articulate teenagers, I hope thy are not a dying breed.

Some fairly modern history - how our Parliament works etc.
I agree about the cooking and budgeting and also how much more things cost when bought on any type of credit - except mortgages.
I would also teach how to thread a needle and do simple repairs such as sewing on a button or stitching a hem up again.
I think that more teachers with aptitude to teach reading should be concentrated in Infant schools because in my experience if a child is not a competent reader by 7 or the time they start Junior school they are at a huge disadvantage for the rest of their lives.

School days only seem shorter because lunch and break times have been curtailed. Lesson time hasn’t been cut.

All these suggestions are laudable, but who is going to teach them? Current teaching staff, who have enough on their plate already? Newly recruited staff would have to be paid for and we all know there’s no money for that.

Totally agree with previous suggestions. Plus basic housekeeping type skills for all sexes. Simple things like knowing you should do separate washes for light and dark clothing, basic house cleaning, simple diy jobs maybe.
Respect for self and other people, kindness, a very underrated quality.

Same as above, as soon as I saw the heading for the post I thought personal finance and budgeting, including loans, credit cards etc.
Also basic nutrition and cooking for all. Maybe basic DIY skills.

Basic cookery and how to look after their money. I agree they do seem to leave school very early. Even earlier than primary schools!!

How to handle their basic finances, as soon as they are out of school they are offered loans and credit cards, no idea of how to handle money, including the ones you have mentioned.