The Speaking Summit is back for 2026! Oracy features prominently in the Curriculum and Assessment Review, but what does this mean for your school or organisation? Join us to ensure that you’re delivering the highest-quality oracy education for all your students www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-speaki...

📢👀Tickets for The Speaking Summit 2026 will be on sale soon! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get your discounted earlybird tickets for this year’s oracy extravaganza. Sign up to be notified when tickets go on sale via the link below👇 speakingsummit.voice21.org/speaking-sum...

What's that? Oracy October is your favourite time of year? You just can't get enough of hearing from the country's top oracy experts (looking at you @oracycam.bsky.social and @amygaunt.bsky.social) and leaders in Voice 21 Oracy Centres of Excellence? Sign up now for updates!

Voice 21@voice21oracy.bsky.social · 12mo ago

✨Oracy October is back for 2025✨ ⏰Now’s the time to shape your school’s vision for oracy 🌟 Free resources for teachers 🌟 4 webinars packed with practical tips 🌟 Blogs, insights & stories from classrooms Sign up for FREE expert webinars and resources👇 oracyoctober.voice21.org/home

This morning The Guardian has thrown its weight behind the campaign for oracy education. This is an important moment for the oracy movement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on talking in class: the writers speaking up for oracy education are right | Editorial

Editorial: Verbal communication has always been crucial. But today more than ever, young people must be equipped for jobs that can’t be done by machines

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Today's Guardian reporting 60 signatories, including @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, and two former education secretaries, calling for Keir Starmer to honour his pledge to embed oracy in the curriculum.

Voice 21@voice21oracy.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 2 years ago, Sir Keir Starmer pledged to embed #oracy in the curriculum. Today, a coalition of parliamentarians, education experts & schools are calling on him to deliver on that pledge. Read the letter here: voice21.org/open-letter/

Curriculum Review: Is oracy nowhere or everywhere? The Curriculum & Assessment Review is expected to include a focus on #oracy & yet there was not one mention of it in the interim report, but @moorghen.bsky.social @voice21oracy.bsky.social is not worried... buff.ly/kfbrb0z #teachers #edusky

Curriculum Review: Is oracy nowhere or everywhere? - SecEd

Surprisingly, the Curriculum and Assessment Review interim report does not mention oracy skills

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The 2025 SLA #conference theme is Breaking Barriers and we are excited to hear from @moorghen.bsky.social who will be breaking the barrier of silence in the #library! 🤫 Amanda will explore the unique opportunity for talk offered by #schoollibraries and #librarians. @voice21oracy.bsky.social

Repping @voice21oracy.bsky.social at the EPI/Hachette Roundtable on Oracy today. The evidence base for oracy is clear, but it's also clear that delivering an oracy education is a complex, long term project for a school, with teachers’ professional judgment sitting at the centre.

“The oracy skills we use, teach and value in the science classroom differ to those used, taught and valued in the history classroom.” Voice 21's @moorghen.bsky.social for ‘SecEd best practice guide to teaching oracy in schools’👇 voice21.org/why-you-need...