Voice 21 – The national oracy education charity

Oracy is engaging with others' ideas

Oracy is reasoning together

Oracy is listening to understand

Oracy is changing people's minds

Oracy is telling compelling stories

Oracy is developing arguments

Oracy is expressing yourself

Oracy is speaking up for what you believe in

Lydia Frater, Head of Oracy

Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

It’s given me the confidence to go: you know other people are doing this, I don’t have to sneak oracy in the back door, but we can demand that it is part of the curriculum, that is becoming part of a wider educational dialogue very very quickly

Gillian Russell

Coppice Primary School

It was an inspiring experience, which I have absolutely no doubt, has changed the life chances of many pupils at Coppice Primary School.

Julie Gibson

Park View School

For me, at the centre is the belief that we all have something worth saying. To develop oracy is to develop individuals who know and understand their own worth and that of others, to create collaborative and empathetic individuals who understand and invest in the importance of community and who can use their voices for the good of themselves and others.

Nicky Pear

Cubitt Town Junior School

The training has been consistently excellent and has given me the tools and confidence to lead oracy across my school. We also worked with Voice 21 for a full academic year at school, and they tailored their input and training to our specific needs. Again, all of this was well planned, thorough and helpful.

While schools devote hundreds of hours of teaching time and teacher expertise to the development of pupils’ writing and reading skills, barely any time is spent developing the vital verbal communication skills students need to succeed in work and life.