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‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’ – that is the view from Nottingham’s Ellis Guilford School when they decided to embed oracy into their jam-packed curriculum…

In addition to RECLAIM and Ellis Guilford, Tina also visited learners of other centres who engaged with the new Pathways. The centres included Lincolnshire’s King Edward VI Grammar School and Plymouth’s All Saints Academy, Court Fields School and Cornwall’s Bodmin College. “The latter three centres did their Pathways assessments with the help of Articulacy UK Ltd. Our partnership with Articulacy continues to grow and bring outstanding results for oracy in the South West”, added Tina.

Design-Technology teacher, Carl Bennett, took over as Head of Literacy to run the school’s Pathways programme to great success. Speech to Inform and Speech for Employability were the two Pathways that Carl and his team selected for 11 eager learners. Says Carl: “The experience was fantastic as each learner had the opportunity to deliver a presentation to their peers. It raised their confidence and of course, the icing on the cake was that all-important feeling of achievement on being rewarded with a full qualification for their efforts at the end”. On visiting the school to present the successful 11 learners with their certificates, Chief Executive Tina Renshaw, said: “Whilst our primary concern was that the service being provided by ESB was of great benefit to Ellis Guilford’s learners, the school also provided us with a great case study in how oracy can be embedded into a school’s curriculum outside of English lessons – and how these benefits can be transferred to other classes”.

PHOTO Carl Bennett, Head of Literacy and Ellis Guilford learners with their Speech Pathways Certificates VIDEO: Ellis Guilford Speech Pathways Learners

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