Speech and Language UK

The Government announced in 2025 that they will introduce oracy frameworks for schools.🙌 To help you give your pupils the foundations, we have a range of tools and resources on our website>>https://bit.ly/4d6pGaa

Thank you Cllr. Charli Thompson for mentioning the 1.3 million children with Developmental Language Disorder across the country who must be included in the changes to the SEND system. We won't stop speaking up until every child with speech and language challenges is part of the conversation! 📢

It’s our chance to put children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder and Childhood Apraxia of Speech at the heart of SEND reforms. Will you use your voice to amplify theirs? Email your MP now >> https://speechandlanguage.eaction.org.uk/the-missing-million

Thanks to Jen Craft MP for highlighting the 1.3M children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)! Right now, children and young people with DLD are being left behind in the SEND reform plans. Will you email your MP and help them find the missing million? https://bit.ly/48dJkhC

Our new Pre-phonics Boost programme could help children in your classroom get ready to succeed, giving them the foundational skills they need to use phonics as they begin to learn to read and write. 🐣📈 Join us at our free webinar to find out more: https://bit.ly/4mAAXlS

@janeharrislondon.bsky.social talked to the Education Committee today to highlight what the Government needs to do so that every child with speech and language challenges, including the 1.3M children with Developmental Language Disorder, gets the support they need to communicate, learn and thrive.

Calling all teachers! Think your class can go the whole day without using a pen? 👀 Join No Pens Day, the nation’s favourite pen-free fundraiser! Beat other schools to the top of the fundraising leaderboard… and unlock pen-omenal goodies for you and your pupils! https://bit.ly/46lMY7R

📣The Schools White Paper is out! @janeharrislondon.bsky.social outlines our key takeaways from Bridget Phillipson's announcement this morning👇 Want to understand what the Schools White Paper means for you? Sign up to our information sessions for families and educators >> https://bit.ly/46gTkpm

📢 We’ve got some brilliant #career opportunities for you at our outstanding schools and national teams! 👉 Premises Assistant at Meath School, Surrey 👉 Deputy Principal at Dawn House School, Nottinghamshire 👉 Family Advice Line Volunteer Advisor Browse our #vacancies: https://bit.ly/3VVgdd2

Thank you @thurrockjen.bsky.social for highlighting the importance of play for speech and language development! Playing helps children learn and grow. It’s also one of the best ways to help them learn to communicate. 💡Find out more on our website >> https://bit.ly/45DPJS4

We're really pleased to see Bridget Phillipson is listening and bringing attention to speech and language support in Parliament. Here’s what we believe needs to be in the schools white paper to give every child the best start in life: https://bit.ly/4aL44PC

Specialist resourced speech and language provisions could make it possible for children with speech and language challenges to be included – and to learn – in their local mainstream school🌟 Our new guidance shows how you can set up and run these provisions in your area: https://bit.ly/4jW75PS

Massive thanks to @georgiagould.bsky.social for taking the time to talk to us today! Here's a post-roundtable reflection from the Minister👇

BIG news!⚡ Our new online space – made by and for young people with speech and language challenges – is live on our website🥳 Find advice, information, and stories online now – plus ways to make your voice heard as part of an amazing community: https://speechandlanguage.org.uk/for-young-people/

Want to change children's lives every day? Join our highly skilled therapy team at Dawn House School as a Specialist Speech and Language Lead Practitioner! Learn more about this opportunity at our outstanding specialist school🌟 https://bit.ly/4oTMoF5

Sir Keir Starmer was recently on BBC Radio 3 discussing the importance of communication skills! We're keen to see this in action following the #CurriculumReview and new oracy framework. Join us and tell the Government to press SEND on a future where every voice is heard.👇 https://bit.ly/3KJ2CSO

Suzanne from the brilliant Singing Hands gives the lowdown on #Makaton and why it's such a helpful communication tool for children with speech and language challenges! Think you've got what it takes to learn a Christmas song in Makaton? Sign up to our festive fundraiser🦌🎁 >> https://bit.ly/46Lwi9v

This month's highlight: the launch of our Pre-phonics Boost in Parliament! 🙌 Massive thanks to @jessasatomp.bsky.social for hostingt, as well as Ministers @helenhayes.bsky.social, @davidbainesmp.bsky.social, @rupahuq.bsky.social and Sarah Russell for attending. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47q9dtn

🎄 Signed up to sing yet? If you have, how’s it going? We’d love to hear. If not, there’s still time to join our festive fundraiser for the 1 in 5 children who struggle with talking and understanding words. Sign up here👉 https://bit.ly/46Lwi9v #SignUpToSing #FestiveFundraiser

Speech and language skills underpin so many areas of learning and development, including reading!💬📖 We really hope that the upcoming Schools White Paper includes a tool to help schools assess speech and language skills – identifying children is 🔑 to giving them the support they need to thrive.