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How we work with schools

Voice 21 equips educators with the oracy expertise to transform their students' learning and life chances through talk.

Steps to becoming a Voice 21 Oracy School in 2025

Step 1

Make the case for oracy in your school

Discover the transformative impact of a high quality oracy education and identify where oracy will have an impact on your students.

Learn about oracy and make the case for your school using our 'Spotlight on Oracy' hub 📝

Learn about oracy
Step 2

Join the 2025 waiting list

We’re delighted to be supporting more than 1,100 Voice 21 Oracy Schools in their oracy journeys this academic year. Unfortunately, this means we have no more spaces available.

To be the first to hear about when you can register for Voice 21’s membership, starting in September 2025, join our Waiting List and stay in the know ✅

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Learn more about oracy and Voice 21

Oracy October

Oracy October is back and this year’s theme is all about ‘listening’. Throughout the month we’ll be reflecting on the role listening plays in oracy, and how you can support your students to become great listeners. 

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SOLD OUT! The Great Oracy Exhibition 2024

Vibrant, energising and inspiring, the Great Oracy Exhibition is the UK’s largest oracy event. Join us on Wednesday 16th October 2024 for a celebration and showcase of incredible oracy achievements and practice.

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What does unlimited oracy CPD look like?

Becoming a Voice 21 Oracy School means you and your whole school will get access to the Voice 21 Exchange, the online learning platform dedicated to oracy planning and practise. As a member, you'll get access to the Exchange with oracy CPD for school leaders, teachers, support staff and governors.

FAQs

How much time does my school need to devote to oracy?
Being a Voice 21 Oracy School is an annual commitment. Members generally commit for 2-3 years with us. There are some cases where members register for just a single year. Book a call with us to talk through what is best for you.
  • 2 x full days of training across the year for your Oracy Champions 
  • 1.5 hour online presentation at the end of the year for your Oracy Champions
  • 1 x full day of Oracy Consultancy for your school
  • 3 x hour online implementation module over the year for your School Lead
  • 90 x minutes (approx.) of online CPD per term
They will also need time set aside in the school calendar for Oracy in inset days, staff or departmental meetings to share learning and cascade oracy across the school.
 
Download the Yearly Oracy CPD Schedule to help you plan your time for oracy CPD sessions and understand the training and responsibilities of your school leaders, oracy champions and teaching staff.
Who are my Oracy Champions?
Oracy Champions (OCs) are the staff you select to plan and implement the strategic roll out of oracy across your whole school (with our help, of course!).
  • Primary/Special schools have 2 OCs
  • Secondary schools/All-through/Colleges have 3 OCs
  • You can pay £700 for an additional OC.
We'd recommend that you select staff who have the passion and confidence to cascade a vision whole school - but don't worry, we're on hand to support with the planning of this too!
What does the membership include?

To find out what's available to your school when you become a Voice 21 Oracy School, download our Membership Guide here. Our membership guide is updated each year and includes a step-by-step guide to your oracy journey with us plus all of the resources, CPD and consultancy included in the Voice 21 membership.

How much does it cost?

Voice 21’s annual membership starts at £2,475 per year for Voice 21 Oracy Schools. As a charity, Voice 21 is partly funded by partners who share our mission to transform children and young people’s learning and life chances through talk, allowing us to focus on the quality of our support to schools. This means our costs to schools can be 40% less than other suppliers while providing as much or more CPD, consultancy and change management support. Small schools can also make an application for an additional subsidy if your school would struggle to access our services in September 2024. This offer is reviewed annually. If this might apply, book a call to discuss eligibility with our team.

Our mission

Find out more about Voice 21 and our mission to build speaking and listening into the curriculum, teaching and learning and wider school life.