Thanks to @edupolicyinst.bsky.social and @hachettelearning.bsky.social for hosting at this critical time and inviting us to join the collaboration across the sector that is needed - taking oracy seriously, and tackling the barriers to an oracy education being the entitlement of every child.

For so many young people, oracy offers them the language to be part of a joyful, curious intellectual community. It offers a way to be heard, and to hear others in turn. These relationships - to peers, to adults, and to learning - have never mattered more.

Oracy isn’t an island - the question of how it connects with other areas of expertise in a school is crucial. How do Speech and Language Therapists, subject leads, pastoral teams and all the other experts in the school work together to provide a coherent oracy education for every child?

Voices from across the sector discussed excellent oracy education being delivered by so many schools and the barriers that prevent this from being a universal picture. How can government, exam boards and other actors in the space help, not hinder?