Dr. Jean Lang🇺🇦🇳🇿

It was a real privilege to attend the International Summit on the Teaching Profession in Estonia last week. There was a powerful discussion amongst ministers and educators about the critical role teachers play in shaping young lives and how partnership with the teaching profession is as vital as ever in our rapidly changing world. I am also thrilled to announce that next year it will be our turn, as the UK hosts the 2027 edition! A huge opportunity to welcome the world's education leaders and shine a light on our incredible teachers.

On Monday, we set out our plans for SEND reform, shaped by the ideas and insights of families, young people, teachers, support staff and practitioners from around the country. But this is far from the end of our work. Now that we have a set of proposals, we want as many of you as possible to share your views through our consultation. In doing so you will help us ensure we deliver the generational change our children deserve.

Don’t miss the chance to attend this amazing event. Get further information below and book your place now!! collaborative-lesson-research.uk/events/japanes…

‘We want to be seen and our voices heard in every decision that impacts our lives’. Thanks to @KidsCharity for facilitating a powerful session in Manchester on Tuesday with a group of incredible young people with SEND, as part of our national conversation. The group talked about the need for schools to see all of their needs and respond to them, the importance of mentors and role models with lived experience and how listening to young people needs to be at the heart of our plans.

To mark the launch of the Implementing Oracy programme, Neil Mercer, @PageTopsy & James Mannion from @OracyCambridge discuss how we can engage students in productive classroom discussion – with 4 practical & concrete ideas: buff.ly/xMOf2VP #teaching #teachers #schools

Last few places for IMPLEMENTING #ORACY 2026. Six sessions, Jan-Jun. We have a great cohort - several schools are sending more than one colleague. Our Festive Fee expires Friday 19th Dec, and you can book now and pay in April. Link in comments ⬇️

Children with SEND and their families have told us they don’t feel heard - we are determined to change that. This week we launched what we hope will be the biggest national conversation on SEND in a generation, putting the experiences of families at the heart of efforts to shape a system that works for everyone. Visit consult.education.gov.uk/send-reform-na… to get involved

A Camden primary school has been running parent absent awareness courses for two years - and says attendance has improved for 75% of participant's children schoolsweek.co.uk/the-school-run…

“Those of us in primary schools have been shouting about the power of talk for years - it’s not just about talking well, but about learning to think aloud, debate, question and collaborate”: the oracy conversation continues … @tes tes.com/magazine/analy…

@OracyCambridge This looks brilliant. Don’t miss the deadline!

We have created a brand new 6-part professional learning programme for teachers, leaders, oracy leads It's called 'Implementing Oracy: Inclusion, Assessment, Impact' and it runs from Jan-Jun 2026. The early bird deadline is next Friday 21st Nov See the link below for details!

Last week, our Chief Inspector Sir Martyn Oliver and Regional Director Jonathan Smart visited a small primary school in the Lake District. They spoke with pupils, staff and governors about the renewed framework and challenges facing small rural schools.

WALS 2025 opening in the Peace Memorial International Convention Centre, Hiroshima. Theme - Tsunagu - Connect

Very happy indeed that the government will create an oracy framework to ensure all children are fluent, confident speakers and listeners by 11 and an oracy, reading and writing framework + whole school strategy, to develop all three skills in curriculum subjects. @OracyCambridge

We welcome the government’s plan to introduce a national oracy framework – a major step towards giving spoken language its rightful place in education. We look forward to working with @educationgovuk to support its careful implementation and bring about lasting change.

Oracy in action...

Excellent blog (& resources) by Holly Churchill and Kat Branco @TorrianoJuniorS & North London Alliance Research School: Laying the Foundations for Talk from Reception to Year 1 here! researchschool.org.uk/north-london/n… @OracyCambridge @voice21oracy

Published 1975 but still so relevant - Barnes introduced exploratory talk and writing, highlighted the role of prior knowledge and more!! 👏👏 @voice21oracy @MichaelRosenYes @FirstStory Old but Gold! @NEUnion @RealGeoffBarton

"It’s not enough for students to simply use these moves more frequently. Quality matters too." Speak Up, Measure Up: Building Better Tools for Evaluating Classroom Conversation Proud to host this guest post by researchers from the University of Surrey oracycambridge.org/speak-up-measu…

Check out Neil Mercer’s “enlightening”, “inspiring”, “immensely fun” new book! oracycambridge.org/oracy-the-tran…