Voice 21 organised a meeting in parliament, on 29th November 2022, in its capacity as the Secretariat for the Oracy All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), bringing together various parliamentarians, researc

Peers have urged the government to amend the schools white paper to include greater measures around children’s speech and language development.

In response to the Government’s schools white paper, the APPGs on Oracy and Speech and Language Difficulties are renewing their joint call for a much greater emphasis on developing children’s spoken language and communication in schools.

The pandemic has shone a spotlight on the educational inequalities children face depending on where they live and the circumstances in which they grow up.

The Government must recognise that spoken language is fundamental to developing and improving children’s literacy and numeracy.

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The impact of Covid-19 school closures on children’s spoken language skills paints a stark picture, with the already persistent language gap between disadvantaged students and their peers further exacerbated across all ages.

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