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Voice 21 Resources

Free resources dedicated to oracy education that you can take away today

Blogs

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Positive behaviour for learning: Creating a culture of talk

Recognising and identifying language and communication needs is essential in developing a child's confidence and ability to express how they feel.

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Boosting student confidence in schools and beyond

For students, developing confidence helps them better deal with new situations, self-advocate and have faith in themselves.

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The impact of oracy on early years language development

Early language development plays a crucial role in shaping a child's future academic success and overall well-being both in school and beyond.

Webinars & Videos

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The Oracy Imperative

In this webinar, we discuss what we mean by a high quality oracy education and the difference it could make to your students and your school.

 

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Diving into the Impact Report Webinar

To celebrate our newest Impact Report, senior leaders in Voice 21 Oracy Schools will talk about how they have implemented, developed, and measured oracy in their schools.

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Create and implement your vision for oracy
For this on-demand webinar, we'll cover the oracy framework, examples of other school visions for oracy and how to make your vision memorable and get staff buy-in.
 

Research

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Oracy Starter Kit

The Voice 21 oracy starter kit is the best place to get started on your school's oracy journey and includes the Voice 21 Benchmarks and Framework along with other useful resources such as our Listening Ladder, latest Impact Report and the Voice 21 Journal.

 

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Voice 21 2022/23 Impact Report

In our latest Impact Report, you can read more about the progress we have made towards achieving our mission, including a spotlight on the difference oracy education is making in four Voice 21 Oracy Schools from around the country and at different points on their oracy journey.

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Voicing Vocabulary

Voice 21 launched a 2-year research project to answer the question: How can oracy education support vocabulary development? Learn more about the research and teacher insights that we’ve drawn upon to identify each of the active ingredients of an oracy-centred approach to vocabulary development.

FAQs

How much time does my school need to devote to oracy?

Schools join us for a minimum of one year. Working towards becoming an accredited Voice 21 Centre of Excellence takes a minimum of three years.

School Leads will attend an in-school consultancy day (1 day) and the Oracy Champions will attend their Pathway Programme (2.5 days). They will need time throughout the year to plan, complete tasks and do online modules.

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.

How many Oracy Champions can we have?

Oracy Champions are the staff in your school who attend the in-person Pathway Programme professional development days. Primary Schools get two and Secondary Schools get three, as part of their membership. You can purchase additional Oracy Champions at the cost of £700 / person. Please contact your School Relationship Officer or use the contact us form.

What does the membership include?
  • Annual impact measurement tools
  • A dedicated School Relationship Officer
  • An in-school consultancy day and one to one support from an Oracy Expert
  • Professional Development through our Pathway Programmes of your choice for Oracy Champions (normally 2 for Primary and 3 for Secondary)
  • Unlimited online learning through the Voice 21 Exchange modules and live open online learning for all staff in your school
  • Peer Open Mornings and networking
  • Exclusive publications, resources, and our Talk on Tuesday Newsletter.
  • Discounted tickets for national events like the Great Oracy Exhibition.
  • The opportunity to become an accredited Voice 21 Centre for Excellence 
  • The opportunity to purchase additional Oracy Champions 

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.