Children's bank account

Current Account

BarclayPlus current account for 11 to 15 year olds gives you easy access to your money and tiered interest rates to help you save.

-BarclayPlus: ideal for ages 11 to 15
-Barclays cash card or debit card gives -you easy access to your money
-Earn more interest

Current

Earn interest – and the more you save, the more interest you'll earn from 0.25% AER / 0.25% gross pa 1 on balances of £1 or more

-Apply in any branch (Link opens in a new window)
-Don't forget to bring your ID
-Complete the form and take it to a branch to save time

To open children's bank accounts, we need confirmation of who you are and where you live – this is required by government regulations. We need 2 original documents (not photocopies) from the lists below. If you're under 16, these documents can be in your parent's name.

To confirm who you are, we need 1 of the following:
-Full passport
-European Union National Identity Card
-UK photocard driving licence or UK full paper driving licence
-UK Armed Forces ID card
-An introduction from a parent or guardian who's an existing Barclays customer (where none of the above are held and the child is aged up to and including the age of 17)

To confirm where you live, we need 1 of the following:
-UK photocard driving licence or UK full paper driving licence (if not used as identification)
-Gas bill (less than 3 months old) with evidence that the bill has been paid
-Water bill (less than 3 months old) with evidence that the bill has been paid
-Telephone bill for a fixed line (less than 3 months old) with evidence that the bill has been paid. We can't accept mobile phone bills.
-Local authority (council) tax bill (less than 3 months old) with evidence that the bill has been paid.
-Bank statement (less than 3 months old) from another bank