Understanding Your Payslip – Income Tax & National Insurance Lesson (UK 2026/27) KS4 PSHE
A complete, up-to-date financial education lesson using the 2026/27 UK tax figures (personal allowance £12,570, 20%/40%/45% bands, 8%/2% National Insurance).
What’s included
• 12-slide PowerPoint: objectives, starter, key words, tax bands explained (“bands are like buckets”), worked example, independent task, payslip anatomy, quiz, answers, plenary
• Differentiated worksheet with 4 real-world jobs (barista, apprentice electrician, newly qualified nurse, software developer) and an extension task
• Full answer sheet
Supports the PSHE Association’s Living in the Wider World (economic wellbeing) theme and the Citizenship and maths financial content. Ready to teach in one 50–60 minute lesson.






