How can I develop an interest in statistics at school?

You can develop an interest by looking for examples of where and how statistics is used in real life.

Look for items in the news, in your own other interests, in any publications you read where data and numerical information are used. Particularly notice where the data are used in an argument and where they are used to make decisions.

You might like to keep a scrapbook of the different examples that you find.

In all subjects that you study, look for where statistics are used as part of an argument. You can identify where statistical argument has been important in giving insight in these subjects. For example it was statistics about the different types of sweet pea that were produced that gave Mendel (in the 1850s and 1860s) his insight into the nature of genetics. It was statistics about cases of cholera in London that led to identifying the particular water pump (Broad Street, 1854) that was the source of the epidemic and led also to better understanding of the need for clean water.

You can also look for places where statistics could be used and are not.

See Which school courses use statistics? and also How can I develop my statistical ability at school?