ESB News Winter Edition 2022

Liskeard teacher and ESB Organiser, Jenny Brown added: “Whilst running the Speech Qualifications at Liskeard, we had co-operation between some students of different years and it proved a valuable team-building exercise! We noticed that the qualifications ended up encouraging better behaviour amongst students, as well as boosting confidence! “As a school that caters to learners from disadvantaged backgrounds we value being partnered with ESB. It is a big part of this school and we are now considering offering Debating Qualifications to our higher-achieving students.” ESB’s Chief Executive, Tina Renshaw, says: “We are delighted to see the reach of speaking and listening skills develop at Liskeard. They now will give their Key Stage Five as well as Key Stage Three learners the opportunity to develop accredited Oracy skills.

As one of our 70/70 Campaign schools we support them with training to achieve the best for their learners and through our benchmarking exercises, we share a full report of the performance of their learners and the impact of our qualifications.” Liskeard’s Head Teacher, Alex Lingard, says in his school website’s introduction, “Someone once said, ‘It takes a whole village to educate a child’. At Liskeard, we believe this to be true. Our aim is that by working together, the improvements we have secured in recent years in both aspiration and achievement will continue to rise and our community as a whole will thrive”.

Well, we are proud to be part of your village as we help you achieve its aspirations.

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