English Speaking Board (International) Ltd

Author: Liam Morton

  • Celebrating success at our Young Speakers of the Year Showcase

    2017: ESB’s Chief Executive, Tina Renshaw, with the winners of Young Speaker of the Year Award

    English Speaking Board (International) Ltd. held its annual Young Speakers of the Year Showcase on Saturday, 11th November. Winners travelled from around the country to Liverpool to attend the celebration and receive their awards.

    Out of 15,000 students who took ESB Speech assessments across 2016/17, nine students were selected as winners in recognition for their outstanding spoken language skills.

     

    The 2017 Young Speakers of the Year are:

    Malayka Ali – Plymouth Grove Primary School, Manchester

    Sacha Noursadeghi – Broomfield House School, Richmond

    Mia Pitts – St Francis School, Pewsey

    Morgan Robson – Ruthin School, Wales

    Ameerah Saleem – Wilmslow Preparatory School, Cheshire

    Bradley Tranter – Ellowes Hall Sports College, Dudley

    Joey Webster – Liverpool College, Liverpool

    Joseph Wright – The Chorister School,

    Emma Young – Moreton Hall, Shropshire

     

    The celebration featured two new award categories introduced this year. The Spirit of ESB awards recognise and encourage the potential of all learners, rewarding individuals who showed great promise in their assessments. Also introduced is the Burniston Bell Award, which recognises teachers demonstrating exceptional commitment to ESB.

    The 2017 Spirit of ESB winners are:

    Eloise Goddard – Calder House School, Bath

    Sara Khan – Sir William Burrough Primary School, London

    Liam Barlow – Oakhill Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent

     

    The 2017 Burniston Bell Award winner is:

    Sue Turford – former teacher at Concord College, Shropshire

     

    Each student performed for an audience of family, friends and teachers, impressing everyone with their skills and abilities, and their charisma and confidence.

    ESB’s Chief Executive, Tina Renshaw, says: “ESB’s mission is to extend communication skills, to offer opportunities to stretch the most able, and to support the least confident. We do this in a learner-focused way with our students choosing their own topics, poems and books. It is wonderful reward their achievements and then share their passions at our annual Showcase.”

    One of the winners, Sacha from Broomfield House School said after the ceremony, “I love performing and ESB has reinforced my enthusiasm for listening to, and delivering a good story. I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to read aloud my favourite passage from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. It is a day I will never forget.”

    Another worthy winner, Mia Pitts from St Francis School said, “I am thrilled to receive this award, and to speak about my prized instrument, the piano accordion. It was a very special day for me and my family.”

  • Giving youngsters a platform with Speakers Trust

    SpeakersTrust

    English Speaking Board (International) Ltd. and Speakers Trust today announced a partnership based on their shared aims of raising a learner’s confidence and unlocking their potential by developing and enhancing their oral communications skills.

    As part of their new partnership, ESB will create a qualification to support Speakers Trust public speaking courses, which will be added to ESB’s suite of speech products.

    In addition, material from a number of Speakers Trust programs with young people will be endorsed by ESB. This will allow the ESB brand to be marketed to a wider demographic of state schools in London and the South East who have participated in Speakers Trust workshops. ESB Chief Executive, Tina Renshaw, will be part of the judging panel for the Grand Final of the Speakers Trust’s Jack Petchey “Speak Out” Challenge! in London in July.

    Said Tina:

    Our partnership with Speakers Trust is an exciting development. Both charitable organisations share similar visions of raising achievement and providing enrichment for its learners. It is a natural fit for both of us and I sincerely believe our partnership will offer more opportunities for our learners to develop their confidence and become better communicators.

    Speakers Trust Chief Executive, Julie Holness, said:

    Speakers Trust and the English Speaking Board share a commitment to developing articulate young men and women who will speak out, inspire and make their mark in the world. We are proud and delighted to be working in partnership to bring all the benefits of public speaking training and flexible qualifications to an even wider audience.

     

    About English Speaking Board (International) Ltd.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

    English Speaking Board (International) Ltd. is a national awarding body with a mission to promote clear, effective communication at all levels by providing high quality products and services domestically and internationally, recognising and encouraging the potential of all. Founded in 1953, ESB offers English speech and language qualifications in the UK and internationally.  ESB’s ethos is to stretch the most able and support the least confident.

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    About Speakers Trust

    Speakers Trust is the UK’s leading public speaking charity. Our vision is for every young person to be able to speak confidently and to be heard. We work extensively in the education, not-for-profit and community sectors, helping individuals to use their voice with confidence to effect positive change. We run the UK’s largest youth speaking competition which trains over 18,000 young people every year in effective communication skills.

    To find out more about ESB and our work with SpeakersTrust, please click here.

  • Charity Commission’s Chief Executive speaks on the value of Trusteeship

    Paula Sussex

    Charity Commission’s Chief Executive, Paula Sussex, delivered a speech at the Institute of Chartered Accountants’ annual dinner this Wednesday, emphasising the importance of trustees in charity-led businesses.

    English Speaking Board (International) Ltd. values its Trustees, who continue to be a source of great support and guidance in ESB’s strategic direction.

  • Government minister visits Foxes Academy

    Penny Mordaunt visits Foxes Academy

    Penny Mordaunt, Minister for Disabled People, Work and Health recently visited Foxes Academy in Minehead for an event at the Academy’s very own Foxes Hotel.

    After a dinner prepared by the learners, seven of them gave a presentation on their passion for working, and put forward their ideas on how to decrease the learning disability employment gap.

    Said Penny:

    Foxes Academy is a real asset to the Taunton area, helping empower local disabled people in the workplace. As a leader in our Disability Confident scheme, they are also showing employers across the country how they can make the most of the huge pool of untapped talent that disabled people offer.

    The unique Foxes Hotel, which provides educational and vocational training for young people with disabilities, equips learners with the practical skills needed for future employment. As part of their Functional Skills programme, learners at Foxes Academy achieve nationally recognised qualifications with ESB.

    ESB examiner, Jane Cross, who attended the event, said:

    Foxes Academy is an amazing place and ESB qualifications are certainly an integral and very important part of their Functional Skills programme. They provide learners with essential communication skills to use in a work environment.