Oracy

Teacher training, GCSE reform and investment needed to make oracy the ‘fourth R’

Oracy Commission sets out how to embed speaking, listening and communication throughout the curriculum

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Oracy

Geoff Barton to lead oracy commission for Voice 21

Departing union boss will lead effort to build blueprint for a 'national entitlement', as Labour plans speaking boost

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Oracy

Labour will need to be clearer about what oracy means for schools

From tick-box implementation to confident vacuousness, we won’t benefit from oracy’s educational power without clearly defined goals, writes Ed...

JL Dutaut
Ed Reza Schwitzer
Oracy

A focus on oracy will require Ofsted to adapt

Richard Willis delves into the historical making of Labour's new policy and the changes needed to deliver it

JL Dutaut
Richard Willis
Oracy

The schools white paper must have oracy at its heart

We are now one year on from schools returning in full after the Covid lockdowns. But we are yet...

JL Dutaut
Emma Hardy and Geraint Davies