Oracy workshops for Key Stages 2 - 5
The ESU’s Discover Your Voice oracy workshops are available for learners in Key Stages 2-5, providing oracy skills development opportunities tailored to age, ability and school requirements.
Suitable for: Beginner (Years 5-6); Intermediate (Years 7-8) and Advanced (Years 9-10)
Workshop length: Workshops last 2.5 hours (but multiple options can be combined to create a full-day programme)
Delivery: ESU oracy experts
Pricing: From £325 for half-day or £900 for a series of three.
Using the ESU’s century of oracy education experience we support schools to develop their oracy provision through the lens of debate or public speaking – but every workshop provides all learners with a thorough understanding of core oracy skills and workshop 1 in each stream provides a general oracy skills introduction for students of all ages.
Choose a one-off workshop or work with us over a longer period with a sequenced series of sessions, building to a capstone oracy event day, facilitated by ESU oracy experts.
Each of the workshops are structured around the ESU key skill sets of reasoning and evidence; listening and response; expression and delivery and organisation and prioritisation.
Customisable to specific curriculum areas or projects, all Discover Your Voice workshops build learners’ ability to communicate and reason effectively, to listen, and to understand and respond to others’ points of view. All workshops last 2.5 hours, but multiple options can be combined to create a full-day programme (or longer).
See our range of workshops below, or get in touch to discuss your specific requirements.

Oracy Through Debate – Beginner
What: Our Oracy Through Debate workshops provide students with plenty of opportunities to use their voice, to craft arguments based on reasoning and evidence, and – just as importantly – to listen! This workshop series is developed specifically for Years 5-6, providing primary children with an excellent foundation in oracy which can be directly translated into classroom activity.
Suitable for: Beginner (Years 5-6)
Workshop length: workshops last 2.5 hours (but multiple options can be combined to create a full-day programme)
Delivery: ESU oracy experts
Pricing: From £325 for half-day or £900 for a series of three.
Oracy Through Debate – Intermediate
What: Our Oracy Through Debate workshops provide students with plenty of opportunities to use their voice, to craft arguments based on reasoning and evidence, and – just as importantly – to listen! These workshops provide KS3 students with an excellent foundation in oracy which can be directly translated into classroom activity.
Suitable for: Intermediate (Years 7-8)
Workshop length: workshops last 2.5 hours (but multiple options can be combined to create a full-day programme)
Delivery: ESU oracy experts
Pricing: From £325 for half-day or £900 for a series of three.
Oracy Through Debate – Advanced
What: Our Oracy Through Debate workshops provide students with plenty of opportunities to use their voice, to craft arguments based on reasoning and evidence, and – just as importantly – to listen! These workshops provide KS3-4 students with an excellent foundation in oracy which can be directly translated into classroom activity.
Suitable for: Advanced (Years 9-10)
Workshop length: workshops last 2.5 hours (but multiple options can be combined to create a full-day programme)
Delivery: ESU oracy experts
Pricing: From £325 for half-day or £900 for a series of three.
Oracy Through Public Speaking – Beginner
What: With links across the curriculum, our Oracy Through Public Speaking workshops provide schools with a fun, engaging opportunity to get all students talking with confidence. This workshop series is developed specifically for Years 5-6, providing primary children with an excellent foundation in oracy which can be directly translated into classroom activity.
Suitable for: Beginner (Years 5-6)
Workshop length: workshops last 2.5 hours (but multiple options can be combined to create a full-day programme)
Delivery: ESU oracy experts
Pricing: From £325 for half-day or £900 for a series of three.
Oracy Through Public Speaking – Intermediate
What: With links across the curriculum, our Oracy Through Public Speaking workshops provide schools with a fun, engaging opportunity to get all students talking with confidence. These workshops provide KS3 students with an excellent foundation in oracy which can be directly translated into classroom activity.
Suitable for: Intermediate (Years 7-8)
Workshop length: workshops last 2.5 hours (but multiple options can be combined to create a full-day programme)
Delivery: ESU oracy experts
Pricing: From £325 for half-day or £900 for a series of three.
Oracy Through Public Speaking – Advanced
What: With links across the curriculum, our Oracy Through Public Speaking workshops provide schools with a fun, engaging opportunity to get all students talking with confidence. These workshops provide KS3-4 students with an excellent foundation in oracy which can be directly translated into classroom activity.
Suitable for: Advanced (Years 9-10)
Workshop length: workshops last 2.5 hours (but multiple options can be combined to create a full-day programme)
Delivery: ESU oracy experts
Pricing: From £325 for half-day or £900 for a series of three.
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