11 Year old pocket money?

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I’m trying to gauge how much pocket money is about right for DS. He’s 11 next month. His pocket money is for sweets, comics, stickers, save for bigger stuff etc Lego kits.

I pay for his sports clubs, Scouts and music lessons, music, guitar strings etc.

He is about to go to middle school (Y6-8). School is literally across the road so no travel expenses, although he does have to pas s sweet shop! He’s just got a phone, so we can keep in touch with him after school. We will pay for that too.

£10 per month in Y6 here.

DD had £10/mth in year 6. Going up to high school now and that will increase to £5/week. It's to cover all discretionary spends, including drinks and snacks at school. I provide everything she needs, pay for her phone and make her a packed lunch. This is for extras.

I think £10 is sufficient for an 11 year old.

We did £20 a month by standing order into their accounts from 11

My DS is going into year 7 and he gets £40 a month. He buys his own games and stuff though and saves up for stuff he wants

Blimey! You’re all a lot more generous than me! I might need to rethink. I was thinking £2/week.

My 11 year old is just about to head into secondary school- I've just set up a standing order for £15 a month for her. I'd always give her money on top of that if she's heading to the pictures/ bowling/swimming with friends. We did the same with her older sister and its worked out well. They also get slipped fivers, money for sweets etc from grandparents so they do alright. All money that they get incl birthday money etc is theirs to spend on what they want or stick it in the bank.

£2/week isn't even enough to buy a T-shirt each month

We used to get £20 p/m. Parents still bought all essentials.

@AmIThough - he has no interest in clothes, other than keeping warm and dry. I buy his clothes, he has no interest in choosing them. I’ve asked him many times! It’s literally just sweets that he wants to buy and the occasional magazine, although his GPs send him a subscription. He gets the odd £5er from GPs. He’s a member of the local baths, so swims for free, although is too young to go unsupervised. We’re too rural for him to do much unaccompanied tbh!

He’s going to Middle School into Y6 (this is normal here; middle school is y6-8). In most other places, he’d still be at primary school. Do primary school children really buy their own clothes?

I’ll see how he goes on £2/week. Happy to revise as if needed.

My 11 year old DS gets £3 a week through a GoHenry card. He has to tick the chores off to get extra up to £5

My DS is a similar age (11 in December). Like you we pay for everything he needs & a lot of things he wants, including sweets/ice creams/comics etc.

He gets pocket money ('wages') from his grandparents each week for taking their bins in on bin day. £1 per bin, 1 week there are 3 bins, the next week 2 bins & so on. He gets extra for watering plants if they are away. So £10-£15 per month. He saves this along with Christmas/birthday money & gets Xbox games, Lego sets & Match Atax cards!

Current account with debit card and £20 a month paid by standing order from age 11. Did this for all all DC's.

£3 a week into her account - she has a contactless visa debit and a current account.
At 11 you don't need to be paying for a Gohenry- Nationwide and a few others will open a free visa debit contactless account for them (some only give a cashcard for the atm which is less use for small purchases so you need to check). She enjoys seeing her balance increase and makes considered decisions on what she buys.

Oh yes, he has plenty of opportunity to earn more by doing more jobs.

£10 a week entering secondary school. Dd pays for her own school supplies out of that. She also buys any fancy brand toiletries she wants out of her pocket money as I only buy the basic supermarket stuff.

Shop well for less this week said the average was £8 a week.

Op I pay about 10 per month into dd account but she has no desire yet to spend money so there's a few hundred in there.

I'm sure when she is 13 or older she will want to spend so I will up to 20 a month soon.
They don't get Xmas money etc. I'm hoping by the time she is interested in spending, she will have a little pot to draw on.

Zoo walla can you name the other banks that do fee debit cards etc? Thanks

£20 a month sounds reasonable to me or you could give him £5 per week in cash which works out as a bit more and is easier (while we still have cash!).

All the high street banks will have an account for kids from age 11 that comes with a debit card

My eldest has just turned 9 and going into yr.5. He gets £2.50 a week onto a go Henry card, and is able to earn an extra £2.50 a week doing chores, so he could get £20 a month. Dd is 7 and she gets half the amount.

We do £5 a week.

DS is going into y6 - he gets 25p per year of age (currently 2.50 a week, 2.75 when he turns 11). When he is 11 I will look to open an acct with a debit card for him and pay monthly into his account.

His money currently is for things like Pokemon cards and the odd thing from places we visit. All other expenses we cover and he won't have a phone til he starts secondary next September. Money seems to burn a hole in his pocket so I'm hoping to encourage budgeting and money management skills before we get into the realms of paying a larger monthly allowance meant to cover phones/clothes/socialising etc. expenses.

I pay £10 pm into 11 bank account and my husband gives them money some Friday's.

We did £15 at that age and increased by £5 a year on one of the children’s debit cards and then switched to bank accounts later with an app to track spending so they knew balances.

Mine get 1/3 of their age per week. This has worked well so far - mine are 7,10 and 14. (Also in a middle school system, so one in each of 3 schools.....)