Labour peer Lord Watson of Invergowrie, vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on oracy, tabled two amendments to the white paper, which was published in March, “designed to test the government’s thinking” on its approach to improving spoken language in schools.
The amendments included calls for the Education Secretary to issue an annual report to parliament which examines levels of spoken language across all education settings and provision available to improve this.
Watson is also calling for the white paper to include plans for Ofsted to assess the provision available to develop pupils’ spoken language and communication skills.
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