Insights
Oracy, the evidence and 2028, in plain words.
Young people are increasingly connected, yet many lack confidence in communicating effectively.
Schools are under pressure to improve engagement, develop communication skills and prepare students for life beyond education.
Oracy remains difficult to teach consistently and even harder to evidence.
MiniVox exists to bridge that gap.
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14 October 2026
What the Curriculum Review actually says about oracy, and what it does not
Some of the staffroom talk about oracy becoming compulsory is right and some is not. Here is the accurate version for anyone planning for 2028.
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12 October 2026
"Why would a school leader want Minivox? A deputy head answers."
Tom Cragg has led in schools and sold EdTech to them. We asked him the question every head asks first, and let him answer it as a head would.
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7 October 2026
Six months' progress for almost nothing. What the EEF evidence says, and what it does not
One number to take into a senior leadership meeting about oracy, and the honest caveat an informed head will ask about.
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30 September 2026
Nobody measures progress in talk. Here is what it would take.
Ask a school for a pupil's progress in writing and you get a book. Ask for the same in speaking and most schools have nothing to show. Four things would close the gap.
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23 September 2026
Oracy is a skill, not a subject
The mistake most schools make with oracy is to treat it as a slot on the timetable. It runs through every subject, and that is how it has to be taught if it is going to stick.
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16 September 2026
Homework for the twenty-first century
Every school has the pupil who can explain the whole thing out loud and dreads the page. What if his homework was two minutes in his own words, heard by his teacher and kept?