Twelve ready-to-teach discussions on the questions a Key Stage 3 class will actually argue about:

• votes at 16,
• when law may be broken,
• where free speech ends,
• who decides what British values are,
• whether protest should disrupt,
• juries, and more.

Each Talking Point gives you an original stimulus, a question ladder from accessible to genuinely hard, both sides written at equal strength, key vocabulary, sentence stems and teacher notes — plus an international variant for schools outside the UK.

Written for teaching outside your specialism.
Every Talking Point carries a full Teacher Briefing: five-minute prep if you are covering the lesson at short notice, the background you need, dated key facts, where the experts genuinely disagree, and the questions pupils ask that catch teachers out. The pack also includes a Subject Background & Further Reading document — deeper context on all twelve topics with a curated reading list of named, stable sources rather than links that go dead.

Built for dual coverage: every discussion evidences Citizenship and fundamental British values and develops oracy, aligned to the four strands of the Oracy Skills Framework. With the DfE placing oracy across the revised national curriculum from September 2028, resources that teach talk through subject substance are the form that requirement will take.

No preparation. No sign-off required. Includes a teacher guide on impartiality, ten reusable talk protocols, a pupil talk log, a curriculum map and a projectable display deck.

Aligned to the Oracy Skills Framework (Voice 21 & Oracy Cambridge, University of Cambridge; © Voice 21 and the University of Cambridge, 2018 — ), an openly published framework. This resource draws on the Framework’s four strands but does not reproduce it. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or produced by Voice 21, the University of Cambridge or the DfE.
Verity Talking Points · Citizenship & British Values · Key Stage 3
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