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Lords Chamber
Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) First, all of us need basic skills, including literacy, numeracy, digital literacy and no doubt oracy - Speech Link
2: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) We noted that oracy, as the noble Lord, Lord Aberdare, has said, featured very little in state schools - Speech Link
3: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Mental arithmetic needs to be hammered in, and grammar, punctuation, and good oracy skills, need to be - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Education

Apr. 25 2024

Source Page: ITT core content framework and early career framework: call for evidence
Document: The evidence base underpinning the initial teacher training and early career framework: government response to call for evidence (PDF)

Found: supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), oral language (sometimes known as oracy

Westminster Hall
Educational Attainment of Boys - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) what they are being taught.Thirdly, there need to be tactical interventions, especially on literacy, oracy - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Qualifications and Assessment - Wed 28 Feb 2024

Mentions:
1: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Lab - Glasgow) technology or gaming.Reform needs to include a stronger focus on developing skills in problem solving, oracy - Speech Link

Early Day Motion
Rosebank Primary School Voice 21 Oracy Centre of Excellence (5 Signatures)
27 Feb 2024
Tabled by: Chris Law (Scottish National Party - Dundee West)
That this House recognises Rosebank Primary School in Dundee for their accreditation as a Voice 21 Oracy Centre of Excellence; applauds the excellent work undertaken by the school to ensure that all students have the speaking and listening skills that they need to succeed in school and in life; acknowledges …
Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Royal Armouries Museum

Feb. 21 2024

Source Page: Royal Armouries Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023
Document: Royal Armouries Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023 (PDF)

Found: The Leeds team also delivered the pandemi c-delayed ‘Mightier Than The Sword’ oracy project, conceived

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Feb. 21 2024

Source Page: Royal Armouries Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023
Document: Royal Armouries Annual Report and Accounts 2022 to 2023 (PDF)

Found: The Leeds team also delivered the pandemi c-delayed ‘Mightier Than The Sword’ oracy project, conceived

Select Committee
Government response to Requires improvement: urgent change for 11–16 education

Government Response Feb. 19 2024

Committee: Education for 11–16 Year Olds Committee

Found: Government response 5 Literacy and numeracy 8 Government response 8 Government response 11 Oracy

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Department for Education

Feb. 19 2024

Source Page: Education for 11 to 16 year olds committee: government response
Document: Education for 11 to 16 year olds committee: government response (PDF)

Found: Government response 5 Literacy and numeracy 8 Government response 8 Government response 11 Oracy

Lords Chamber
Arts - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Rebuck (Lab - Life peer) With the arts declining by 40% at GCSE and no government plan to improve literacy, oracy, creativity - Speech Link
2: Viscount Chandos (Lab - Life peer) My right honourable friend Sir Keir Starmer’s commitment to the Labour Party promoting oracy through - Speech Link