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Written question asked by Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 17 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 November 2025. It was answered by Georgia Gould (Labour) on Monday, 24 November 2025 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Basic Skills: Curriculum

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timeline is for the (a) new oracy framework and (b) combined oracy, writing and reading framework.

Answer

The department welcomes the Curriculum and Assessment Review’s focus on oracy. Expressing oneself fluently and communicating well is crucial for life and work, and an important vehicle for social justice.

We will make sure that communication skills are more clearly expressed through revised programmes of study. We will also create a primary oracy framework and a combined secondary oracy, writing and reading framework to be published following the revised national curriculum.

The primary oracy framework will support teachers to help their pupils become confident, fluent speakers by the end of key stage 2. This will build on our primary frameworks for reading and writing.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
91575
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Curriculum Communication Literacy Reading
Link
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